Richmond County, GA

The federal environmental record for Richmond County (population 205,414): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.

Superfund NPL sites

federal cleanup sites

PFAS-detecting water systems

TRI facilities

open tank releases

Superfund NPL sites

Site	City	Status	Listed
Alternate Energy Resources	Augusta	on the NPL	04/19/2006
Monsanto Corp. (Augusta Plant)	Augusta	deleted	09/21/1984
Peach Orchard Road PCE Ground Water Plume	Augusta	on the NPL	09/14/2005

Drinking water: PFAS testing

Public water systems serving Richmond 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

AUGUSTA-RICHMOND CO WS

GA2450000

PFHxS: 51.2 ng/L

PFOS: 51 ng/L

PFOA: 29.9 ng/L

above final limit

On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options

Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)

18 facilities in Richmond filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 6.4M lb released.

Facility	City	Top chemicals	Total released
PCS NITROGEN FERTILIZER LP	AUGUSTA	Ammonia, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	4.6M lb
CLEARWATER PAPER - AUGUSTA MILL	AUGUSTA	Methanol, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	1.7M lb
US BATTERY MANUFACTURING CO	AUGUSTA	Lead And Lead Compounds	65k lb
SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA L.L.C.	AUGUSTA	Chlorobenzene, Hydroquinone	37k lb
MODERN WELDING CO OF GEORGIA,INC.	AUGUSTA	Styrene	8k lb
SSC-AUGUSTA	AUGUSTA	Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	7k lb
U.S. ARMY HQ SIGNAL CENTER FORT GORDON	AUGUSTA	Lead	3k lb
GENERAL SHALE BRICK INC. - PLANT 50	AUGUSTA	Hydrogen fluoride, Lead	1k lb
INNOVATIVE CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC	AUGUSTA	Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Acrylic acid	713 lb
KEMIRA WATER SOLUTIONS INC.	AUGUSTA	Chlorine, Chlorine dioxide	669 lb
E-Z-GO A TEXTRON CO	AUGUSTA	Manganese, Chromium	453 lb
KENDALL PATIENT RECOVERY LLC	AUGUSTA	Ethylene oxide	124 lb
MANUS BIO	AUGUSTA	Ammonia	114 lb
COVESTRO LLC	AUGUSTA	Ethylene glycol	107 lb
PVS TECHNOLOGIES INC. (AUGUSTA)	AUGUSTA	Chlorine	68 lb
OLIN CORP	AUGUSTA	Chlorine	1 lb
REEVES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY- RIVERWATCH	AUGUSTA	Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	1 lb
THOMAS CONCRETE AUGUSTA	AUGUSTA	Lead And Lead Compounds	0 lb

Underground fuel tanks

EPA's UST Finder records 532 tank facilities in Richmond: 494 tanks in service and 1,200 closed. 437 fuel releases are on record, of which 12 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".

Radon

EPA maps Richmond 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.

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All federal cleanup sites on file

The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Richmond, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.

ALTERNATE ENERGY RESOURCES INCAUGUSTA
BRENTWOOD PLACE MERCURY SPILLAUGUSTA
CEMETERY ROAD ABANDONED DRUMAUGUSTA
ELAM RESIDENCEAUGUSTA
GENERAL CHEMICAL LLC, AUGUSTA PLANTAUGUSTA
GRAVEL PIT ROAD SITEAUGUSTA
IP AUGUSTA CAUSTIC SPILLAUGUSTA
LOVERS LANE MYSTERY SPILLAUGUSTA
MONSANTO CORP. (AUGUSTA PLANT)AUGUSTA
MORELAND MCKESSON COAUGUSTA
OLIN CORP. (AREAS 1,2 & 4)AUGUSTA
PCS AMMONIA RELEASEAUGUSTA
PEACH ORCHARD RD PCE GROUNDWATER PLUME SITEAUGUSTA
SAVANNAH PLACE SUBDIVISIONAUGUSTA
SOUTHERN WOOD PIEDMONT COAUGUSTA
U S ARMY GARRISON FORT GORDONFORT GORDON