Androscoggin County, ME
The federal environmental record for Androscoggin County (population 113,765): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
8
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
8
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds Metal | Leeds | on the NPL | 09/18/2012 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Androscoggin 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 |
|---|---|---|
| LISBON WATER DEPARTMENT ME0090870 | PFHxS: 13.2 ng/L PFBS: 9.3 ng/L PFHxA: 5.5 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
8 facilities in Androscoggin filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 67k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIONEER PLASTICS CORP | AUBURN | Methanol, Formaldehyde | 40k lb |
| M.S. AMBROGIO N.A. LLC | AUBURN | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Copper | 20k lb |
| DINGLEY PRESS | LISBON | Certain glycol ethers, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 8k lb |
| OLDCASTLE LAWN & GARDEN | POLAND SPRING | Lead And Lead Compounds | 9 lb |
| PIKE INDUSTRIES INC. - POLAND | POLAND | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 1 lb |
| POLYMER LABORATORIES & SOLUTIONS LLC | LEWISTON | Diisocyanates | 1 lb |
| AVIENT COLORANTS USA LLC - LEWISTON FACILITY | LEWISTON | - | 0 lb |
| THE MAINE WOOD TREATERS INC | MECHANIC FALLS | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 386 tank facilities in Androscoggin: 169 tanks in service and 890 closed. 253 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Androscoggin 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 Androscoggin, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BONAFIDE DUMP SITELISBON
- FARWELL MILL PROPERTIESLISBON
- LEEDS METALLEEDS
- MAINE NATIONAL GUARD TRAINING SITEAUBURN
- SAVAGE SAFE HANDLINGAUBURN
- VALETONE CLEANERSAUBURN
- VALETONE CLEANERS AT 100 CENTER STREETAUBURN
- WASCO SUPREMEAUBURN