Bibb County, GA
The federal environmental record for Bibb County (population 156,512): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
18
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
9
TRI facilities
23
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | Macon | on the NPL | 09/16/2011 |
| Macon Naval Ordnance Plant | Macon | on the NPL | 05/24/2013 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Bibb reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
9 facilities in Bibb filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 2.4M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL LLC | MACON | Manganese compounds, Methanol | 2.0M lb |
| NICHIHA USA INC. - MACON CEMENT FIBERBO | MACON | Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), Arsenic compounds | 269k lb |
| ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES INC | MACON | Formaldehyde, Ammonia | 113k lb |
| SOLENIS LLC | MACON | Zinc compounds, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 6k lb |
| YKK (USA) INC. - NATIONAL MAN UFACTURING CENTER | MACON | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Copper | 5k lb |
| CHEROKEE BRICK & TILE CO | MACON | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Hydrogen fluoride | 2k lb |
| YKK (USA) INC. NATIONAL MANUFACTURING CENTER | MACON | Copper | 1k lb |
| ARGOS MACON CONCRETE PLANT | MACON | Lead | 0 lb |
| GEORGIA MASONRY SUPPLY-MACON | MACON | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 589 tank facilities in Bibb: 580 tanks in service and 1,142 closed. 412 fuel releases are on record, of which 23 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Bibb as Zone 3, the lowest predicted indoor radon (under 2 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 Bibb, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ADC GRACE ROAD SITEMACON
- AEROSPACE DEFENSE COATINGS OF GAMACON
- ARBOR ESTATES MOBILE HOME PARK AREAMACON
- ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND ADM INC.MACON
- ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES INCMACON
- ATLANTA GAS PLANTMACON
- BAY STREET CHEMICALMACON
- FORMER MACON NAVAL ORDNANCE LANDFILLMACON
- GC QUALITY LUBRICANTSMACON
- MACON MERCURY SPILLMACON
- MACON NAVAL ORDNANCE PLANTMACON
- MUMFORD RD DRUMMACON
- SAFETY-KLEEN CORP INC - MACON FACILITYMACON
- SOUTHERN WOOD PIEDMONT COMACON
- TRIANGLE CHEMICAL CO BURIED DRUMSMACON
- VIRGINIA CAROLINA CHEMICAL (VCC) MACONMACON
- WALKER LAKES DUMP SITEMACON
- WHEELER MANUFACTURING COMPANYMACON