Hall County, GA
The federal environmental record for Hall County (population 217,267): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
27
TRI facilities
20
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Hall 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)
27 facilities in Hall filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 785k lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARGILL GAINESVILLE | GAINESVILLE | n-Hexane | 562k lb |
| MINCEY MARBLE MANUFACTURING INC. | GAINESVILLE | Styrene | 137k lb |
| PILGRIM'S PRIDE GAINESVILLE PROCESSING PLANT | GAINESVILLE | Ammonia, Peracetic acid | 23k lb |
| FIELDALE FARMS CORP MURRAYVILLE COMPLEX | MURRAYVILLE | Ammonia, Certain glycol ethers | 22k lb |
| SHEILDTEC LLC | BUFORD | Certain glycol ethers, Chromium | 18k lb |
| HYDRO EXTRUSION USA LLC | GAINESVILLE | Xylene (mixed isomers), Ethylbenzene | 8k lb |
| SKF USA INC | FLOWERY BRANCH | Chromium, Nickel | 6k lb |
| MAR-JAC POULTRY INC-GAINESVILLE PLANT | GAINESVILLE | Ammonia, Peracetic acid | 4k lb |
| THE PITTSBURGH PAINTS CO. | OAKWOOD | Zinc compounds, Certain glycol ethers | 3k lb |
| WHITEHEAD DIE CASTING INC | GAINESVILLE | Aluminum (fume or dust), Zinc (fume or dust) | 1k lb |
| COTTRELL INC. | GAINESVILLE | Manganese, Lead | 578 lb |
| HARRIS PRODUCTS GROUP | GAINESVILLE | Copper, Lead | 327 lb |
| ABB MOTORS & MECHANICAL INC. | FLOWERY BRANCH | Copper, Nickel | 85 lb |
| MAREL INC. | GAINESVILLE | Nickel, Chromium | 39 lb |
| CANTRELL GAINCO | GAINESVILLE | Chromium | 6 lb |
| KUBOTA MANUFACTURING OF AMERICA - GATEWAY | GAINESVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| PURINA ANIMAL NUTRITION LLC - GAINESVILLE | GAINESVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| KUBOTA MANUFACTURING OF AMERICA CORP | GAINESVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| READY MIX USA LLC - BUFORD PLANT | BUFORD | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| MORGAN CONCRETE CO INC. - BUFORD PLANT | BUFORD | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| BARBE AMERICA INC. | OAKWOOD | - | 0 lb |
| THOMAS CONCRETE - GAINESVILLE | FLOWERY BRANCH | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| ARGOS GAINESVILLE CONCRETE PLANT | GAINESVILLE | Lead | 0 lb |
| ASSOCIATED ASPHALT GAINESVILLE LLC | GAINESVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| PILGRIM'S PRIDE GAINESVILLE FEED MILL | GAINESVILLE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 472 tank facilities in Hall: 528 tanks in service and 963 closed. 328 fuel releases are on record, of which 20 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Hall 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 Hall, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ALEX C. FERGUSSON, LLCGAINESVILLE
- BRENAU UNIVERSITY MERCURYGAINESVILLE
- SALL MOUNTAIN ASBESTOS COMPANY MILLGAINESVILLE
- SHADE/ALLIED, INC.OAKWOOD