Clayton County, GA
The federal environmental record for Clayton County (population 298,300): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
7
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
10
TRI facilities
22
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Clayton 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CLAYTON COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY GA0630000 | PFPeA: 18 ng/L PFHxA: 16 ng/L PFOS: 8.5 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
10 facilities in Clayton filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 96k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLYNT COMPOSITES USA INC. | FOREST PARK | Xylene (mixed isomers), Styrene | 66k lb |
| SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO | MORROW | Zinc compounds, Nonylphenol Ethoxylates | 25k lb |
| SAFETY-KLEEN SYSTEMS MORROW (MOR) | MORROW | Ethylene glycol, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 3k lb |
| DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. | ELLENWOOD | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 2k lb |
| INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS INC | JONESBORO | Nitric acid, Copper And Copper Compounds | 40 lb |
| CLOROX PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING CO | FOREST PARK | Certain glycol ethers | 28 lb |
| CLOROX PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING | FOREST PARK | Certain glycol ethers | 15 lb |
| GXO WAREHOUSE CO INC | ELLENWOOD | - | 0 lb |
| GEORGIA MASONRY SUPPLY JONESBORO | JONESBORO | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| SYNMAR | JONESBORO | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 518 tank facilities in Clayton: 636 tanks in service and 1,174 closed. 487 fuel releases are on record, of which 22 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Clayton 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 Clayton, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CLOROX ATLANTA MAINFOREST PARK
- CLOROX ATLANTA MAINFOREST PARK
- POLYNT COMPOSITES USA, INC. - FOREST PARKFOREST PARK
- SL THRIFT STORE SPILLRIVERDALE
- TENSAR FACILITY FIREMORROW
- THURMAN ROAD DRUMSCONLEY
- USA FORT GILLEMFOREST PARK