Chattooga County, GA
The federal environmental record for Chattooga County (population 25,222): 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
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federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
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TRI facilities
5
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Chattooga 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CHATTOOGA COUNTY GA0550000 | PFBS: 150 ng/L PFOA: 20 ng/L PFPeA: 17 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
1 facilities in Chattooga filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOUNT VERNON MILLS INC APPAREL FABRICS DIV | TRION | Ammonia | 1k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 92 tank facilities in Chattooga: 92 tanks in service and 185 closed. 63 fuel releases are on record, of which 5 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Chattooga 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 Chattooga, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- HERITAGE CRYSTAL CLEANSUMMERVILLE