Greenup County, KY
The federal environmental record for Greenup County (population 35,403): 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
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
4
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Greenup 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FLATWOODS WATER COMPANY KY0450132 | PFOA: 6.5 ng/L PFBS: 4 ng/L PFHxA: 3.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| CITY OF SOUTH SHORE WATER WORKS KY0450410 | PFPeA: 8.6 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
4 facilities in Greenup filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 9k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SILOAM NGL FACILITY | SOUTH SHORE | n-Hexane, Benzene | 5k lb |
| VESUVIUS USA - WURTLAND PLANT | WURTLAND | Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 3k lb |
| HARBISONWALKER INTERNATIONAL INC | SOUTH SHORE | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 1k lb |
| NEXPERA WURTLAND PLANT | WURTLAND | Hydrogen sulfide, Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 30 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 139 tank facilities in Greenup: 84 tanks in service and 328 closed. 101 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Greenup 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 Greenup, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ALLIED SIGNAL FIRERUSSELL
- INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY COMPANY DUMPGREENUP
- LARCHER TRANSFORMER SITESOUTH PORTSMOUTH
- OAK STREET MERCURYRUSSELL