Pueblo County, CO
The federal environmental record for Pueblo County (population 169,422): 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
3
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
14
TRI facilities
14
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Smelter | Pueblo | on the NPL | 12/11/2014 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Pueblo 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ST CHARLES MESA WD CO0151750 | PFBA: 13 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
14 facilities in Pueblo filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.5M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUBLIC SERVICE CO OF COLORADO COMANCHE STATION | PUEBLO | Barium And Barium Compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 1.1M lb |
| CS WIND AMERICA | PUEBLO | Manganese, Zinc (fume or dust) | 189k lb |
| GCC RIO GRANDE INC | PUEBLO | Ammonia, Hydrogen cyanide | 129k lb |
| EVRAZ ROCKY MOUNTAIN STEEL | PUEBLO | Manganese compounds, Hydrogen fluoride | 104k lb |
| FUJIFILM ELECTRONIC MATERIALS U.S. INC. | PUEBLO | Hydrogen fluoride, Ammonia | 6k lb |
| INTERSTATE CHEMICAL CO INC | PUEBLO WEST | Methanol, Cyclohexane | 3k lb |
| GOODRICH CORP | PUEBLO | Hydrogen cyanide, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 3k lb |
| ALTA FUELS LLC - PUEBLO PLANT | PUEBLO | n-Hexane, Toluene | 847 lb |
| TRANE CO | PUEBLO | Copper, Manganese | 55 lb |
| PUEBLO ASPHALT PLANT | PUEBLO | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 1 lb |
| SUMMIT PRESSED BRICK & TILE CO | PUEBLO | - | 0 lb |
| ERGON ASPHALT PARTNERS LP - PUEBLO | PUEBLO | - | 0 lb |
| BURNCO COLORADO LLC - PUEBLO | PUEBLO | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| BEST BLOCK PUBB | PUEBLO | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 387 tank facilities in Pueblo: 240 tanks in service and 838 closed. 282 fuel releases are on record, of which 14 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Pueblo 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 Pueblo, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- COLORADO SMELTERPUEBLO
- FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATIONPUEBLO
- US ARMY PUEBLO CHEMICAL DEPOTPUEBLO