Monterey County, CA
The federal environmental record for Monterey County (population 430,723): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
3
Superfund NPL sites
12
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
32
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crazy Horse Sanitary Landfill | Salinas | on the NPL | 08/30/1990 |
| Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. (Salinas Plant) | Salinas | deleted | 07/22/1987 |
| Fort Ord | Marina | on the NPL | 02/21/1990 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Monterey with at least one PFAS detection under UCMR5. The federal limit for PFOA and PFOS is 4 ng/L; EPA proposed in May 2026 to rescind the limits for the other compounds, which are shown for information.
| System | Highest results | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| CAL AM WATER COMPANY - MONTEREY CA2710004 | PFBS: 13.2 ng/L PFHxA: 9.3 ng/L PFPeA: 9.2 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
6 facilities in Monterey filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 24k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. ARMY GARRISON FORT HUNTER LIGGETT RANGES | JOLON | Copper, Lead | 23k lb |
| LHOIST NORTH AMERICA NATIVADAD PLANT | SALINAS | Lead compounds | 1k lb |
| FUJIFILM ELECTRONIC MATERIALS USA INC. | CASTROVILLE | N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone, Ethylene glycol | 55 lb |
| DOLE FRESH VEGETABLES INC | SOLEDAD | - | 0 lb |
| GRANITE ROCK CO MONTEREY BRANCH BR341 | SEASIDE | Lead | 0 lb |
| GRANITE ROCK CO SALINAS CONCRETE | SALINAS | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 219 tank facilities in Monterey: 562 tanks in service and 0 closed. 415 fuel releases are on record, of which 32 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Monterey as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 4 pCi/L average). Radon and air quality are covered in depth on lung.com.
The record for one specific address
County figures blur what matters: distance. The Address Environmental Report runs these same federal datasets against one address and reports every site, tank, polluter and water result around it, with distances, in about a minute.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Monterey, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CRAZY HORSE SANITARY LANDFILLSALINAS
- DAYTON STREET CHEMICAL FIRESALINAS
- FIRESTONE BUSINESS PARKSALINAS
- FORT ORDMARINA
- KCAC CORPORATIONKING CITY
- MOSS LANDING POWER PLANTMOSS LANDING
- NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOLMONTEREY
- POINT SUR NAVAL FACILITYBIG SUR
- SALINAS BAY MERCURYSALINAS
- TAYLOR FARMS CALIFORNIASALINAS
- US ARMY GARRISON FORT HUNTER LIGGETT RANGESJOLON
- VISTRA MOSS LANDING POWER PLANTMOSS LANDING