Boyd County, KY
The federal environmental record for Boyd County (population 48,110): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
8
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
4
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Boyd 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CANNONSBURG WATER DISTRICT KY0100064 | PFOA: 6.8 ng/L PFBS: 3.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| ASHLAND WATER WORKS KY0100011 | PFPeA: 24 ng/L | detected |
| BIG SANDY WATER DISTRICT KY0100944 | HFPO-DA: 25 ng/L PFBS: 3.7 ng/L PFPeA: 3.3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
4 facilities in Boyd filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 247k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATLETTSBURG REFINING LLC | CATLETTSBURG | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), n-Hexane | 226k lb |
| CALGON CARBON CORP | CATLETTSBURG | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 20k lb |
| HUNTINGTON ALLOYS CORP | CATLETTSBURG | Copper, Nickel | 151 lb |
| FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION ASHLAND KY | ASHLAND | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 206 tank facilities in Boyd: 155 tanks in service and 493 closed. 136 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Boyd 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 Boyd, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AK COKE PLANT SCRUBBER FIREASHLAND
- B&L UTILITY CONTRACTORS SITEASHLAND
- COOKSEY BROS. LANDFILL FIREASHLAND
- HUNTINGTON ALLOYS/INCOBURNAUGH
- LLD SITECANNONSBURG
- OHIO RIVER MCHM SPILLASHLAND
- US FEDERAL CORRECTIONS INSTIT. ASHLANDASHLAND
- USDOE H COAL PILOT PLANTCATLETTSBURG