Laurel County, KY
The federal environmental record for Laurel County (population 62,885): 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
4
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Laurel 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 |
|---|---|---|
| LAUREL CO WATER DISTRICT #2 KY0630238 | PFHxA: 3.9 ng/L | detected |
| LONDON UTILITY COMMISSION KY0630255 | PFHxA: 3.2 ng/L | detected |
| WOOD CREEK WATER DISTRICT KY0630477 | PFBA: 5.8 ng/L | detected |
| EAST LAUREL WATER DISTRICT KY0630797 | PFBA: 6.8 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
3 facilities in Laurel filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 26k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEW DAIRY KENTUCKY LLC | LONDON | Sodium nitrite, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 26k lb |
| ACCENT MARBLE INC. | LONDON | Styrene | 648 lb |
| AISIN AUTOMOTIVE CASTING LLC | LONDON | Copper, Nickel | 117 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 220 tank facilities in Laurel: 186 tanks in service and 508 closed. 169 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Laurel 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 Laurel, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CLIMAN TRANSPORT SODIUM HYDROSULFITE RELEASELONDON
- LONDON DRY CLEANERSLONDON
- RAINBOW CLEANERSLONDON