Pendleton County, KY
The federal environmental record for Pendleton County (population 14,676): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
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federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Pendleton 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EAST PENDLETON WATER DISTRICT KY0960112 | PFPeA: 18.8 ng/L PFHpA: 13.9 ng/L PFHxA: 12.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| PENDLETON CO WATER DISTRICT #1/SOUTH KY0960499 | PFPeA: 16 ng/L PFHpA: 13 ng/L PFHxA: 9.2 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
2 facilities in Pendleton filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 140k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARMEUSE LIME & STONE BLACK RIVER FACILITY | BUTLER | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Lead compounds | 74k lb |
| DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. | BUTLER | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 66k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 67 tank facilities in Pendleton: 20 tanks in service and 159 closed. 58 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Pendleton as Zone 1, the highest predicted indoor radon levels (over 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 Pendleton, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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