Clarke County, GA
The federal environmental record for Clarke County (population 129,933): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
6
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
11
TRI facilities
11
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminous Processes, Inc. | Athens | deleted | - |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Clarke 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)
11 facilities in Clarke filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 221k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CERTAINTEED LLC | ATHENS | Ammonia, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 182k lb |
| PILGRIM'S PRIDE ATHENS PROCESSING PLANT | ATHENS | Peracetic acid | 17k lb |
| ABB MOTORS & MECHANICAL INC. | ATHENS | Xylene (mixed isomers), Copper | 12k lb |
| JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS INC. | ATHENS | Methanol, Toluene | 7k lb |
| POWER PARTNERS LLC | ATHENS | Copper, Chromium | 2k lb |
| CATERPILLAR | ATHENS | Ethylene glycol, Manganese | 750 lb |
| THOMAS CONCRETE - ATHENS | ATHENS | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| MORGAN CONCRETE CO - ATHENS PLANT 2 | ATHENS | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| ATHENS FEED MILL PILGRIM'S PRIDE | ATHENS | - | 0 lb |
| ARGOS ATHENS CONCRETE PLANT | ATHENS | Lead | 0 lb |
| CARRIER TRANSICOLD - ATHENS | ATHENS | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 380 tank facilities in Clarke: 285 tanks in service and 881 closed. 299 fuel releases are on record, of which 11 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Clarke 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 Clarke, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ATHENS GRAIN ELEVATOR SITEATHENS
- CMC RECYCLINGATHENS
- EPA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABATHENS
- LUMINOUS PROCESSES, INC.ATHENS
- OAKWOOD MOBILE HOME PARKATHENS
- VIRGINIA CAROLINA CHEMICAL (VCC) ATHENSATHENS