Kenton County, KY
The federal environmental record for Kenton County (population 170,313): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
9
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Kenton 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NORTHERN KENTUCKY WATER DISTRICT KY0590220 | PFPeA: 4.5 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
9 facilities in Kenton filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 177k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIVERSEY | FLORENCE | Ethylene oxide, Acetaldehyde | 156k lb |
| INTERPLASTIC CORP-FORT WRIGHT | COVINGTON | Styrene, Maleic anhydride | 12k lb |
| A O SMITH CORP PROTECTIVE COATINGS DIV | FLORENCE | Manganese compounds, Cobalt compounds | 7k lb |
| MPLX TERMINALS LLC - COVINGTON KY TERMINAL | COVINGTON | n-Hexane, Toluene | 2k lb |
| IOFINA CHEMICAL INC. | COVINGTON | 3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate, Methyl iodide | 275 lb |
| CAMCO CHEMICAL CO. INC. | FLORENCE | Certain glycol ethers | 221 lb |
| ESCO GROUP LLC | COVINGTON | Manganese | 21 lb |
| HOLCIM SOLUTIONS & PRODUCTS | FLORENCE | Diisocyanates | 1 lb |
| RONAN ENGINEERING CO | FLORENCE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 280 tank facilities in Kenton: 209 tanks in service and 707 closed. 219 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Kenton 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 Kenton, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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