Dougherty County, GA
The federal environmental record for Dougherty County (population 82,645): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
3
Superfund NPL sites
10
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
15
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. (Albany Plant) | Albany | on the NPL | 10/04/1989 |
| Marine Corps Logistics Base | Albany | on the NPL | 11/21/1989 |
| T.H. Agriculture & Nutrition Co. (Albany Plant) | Albany | on the NPL | 03/31/1989 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Dougherty 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ALBANY GA0950000 | PFBS: 6.4 ng/L PFOS: 4 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
6 facilities in Dougherty filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 77k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEORGIA-PACIFIC WOOD PRODUCTS LLC ALBANY LUMBER | ALBANY | Methanol, Lead | 48k lb |
| MOLSON COORS BEVERAGE CO USA LLC | ALBANY | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 21k lb |
| THE PROCTER & GAMBLE PAPER PRODUCTS CO | ALBANY | Formic acid, Lead | 5k lb |
| SASCO CHEMICAL GROUP INC | ALBANY | Zinc compounds | 2k lb |
| U.S. MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS BASE ALBANY | ALBANY | Lead | 1k lb |
| SARATOGA RP EAST LLC - ALBANY TERMINAL | ALBANY | Toluene, Benzene | 346 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 484 tank facilities in Dougherty: 350 tanks in service and 1,130 closed. 321 fuel releases are on record, of which 15 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Dougherty 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 Dougherty, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ALBANY GAS WORKSALBANY
- CLARK BROTHERS WAREHOUSEALBANY
- CONTAINER WASTE SERVICE INCALBANY
- COWART MERCURYALBANY
- CUSTOM FARM SERVICESALBANY
- ESTECH GENERAL CHEMICALSALBANY
- FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO. (ALBANY PLANT)ALBANY
- GA POWER CO MITCHELL STM ELEC GEN STAALBANY
- MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS BASEALBANY
- T.H. AGRICULTURE & NUTRITION CO. (ALBANY PLANT)ALBANY