Santa Barbara County, CA
The federal environmental record for Santa Barbara County (population 441,257): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
7
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
11
TRI facilities
29
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casmalia Resources | Casmalia | on the NPL | 09/13/2001 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Santa Barbara 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GOLETA WATER DISTRICT CA4210004 | PFPeA: 5.9 ng/L PFHxA: 4.5 ng/L | detected |
| SOLVANG WATER DIVISION CA4210013 | PFBS: 3.5 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
11 facilities in Santa Barbara filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 56k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE PICTSWEET CO - SANTA MARIA CA PLANT | SANTA MARIA | Ammonia | 27k lb |
| OKONITE CO INC | SANTA MARIA | Zinc compounds, Lead compounds | 26k lb |
| RAYTHEON VISION SYSTEMS | GOLETA | Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 2k lb |
| RAYTHEON VISION SYSTEMS | LOMPOC | Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 700 lb |
| US DOD USAF VANDENBERG AFB | VANDENBERG AFB | Lead, Ethylbenzene | 467 lb |
| FCC LOMPOC | LOMPOC | Lead | 305 lb |
| NUSIL TECHNOLOGY LLC | CARPINTERIA | Xylene (mixed isomers), Ethylbenzene | 146 lb |
| CALPORTLAND CO SOLVANG PLANT | SOLVANG | - | 0 lb |
| CEMEX SANTA BARBARA PLANT | SANTA BARBARA | - | 0 lb |
| CALPORTLAND CO SANTA MARIA PLANT | SANTA MARIA | - | 0 lb |
| CALPORTLAND CO GAREY PLANT | SANTA MARIA | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 145 tank facilities in Santa Barbara: 411 tanks in service and 0 closed. 656 fuel releases are on record, of which 29 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Santa Barbara as Zone 1, the highest predicted indoor radon levels (over 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 Santa Barbara, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BRADLEY THREE ISLAND OIL PRODUCTION FACILITYSANTA MARIA
- CASMALIA RESOURCESCASMALIA
- GOSS-JEWETT (GOLDBERG)SANTA BARBARA
- TAJIGUAS LANDFILLGOLETA
- USDA USFS R05 LOS PADRES NAT'L FORESTGOLETA
- USDA USFS R05 LOS PADRES NAT'L FORESTGOLETA
- VANDENBERG AFBLOMPOC