Knox County, ME
The federal environmental record for Knox County (population 40,977): 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
3
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Chemical Co., Inc. | South Hope | deleted | 10/04/1989 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Knox reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
5 facilities in Knox filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 32k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH END COMPOSITES | ROCKLAND | Styrene | 18k lb |
| INTERNATIONAL N&H USA INC. | ROCKLAND | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), n-Hexane | 14k lb |
| FISHER ENGINEERING | ROCKLAND | Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 135 lb |
| PIKE INDUSTRIES INC-WASHINGTON | WASHINGTON | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 2 lb |
| DRAGON PRODUCTS CO | THOMASTON | Lead compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 164 tank facilities in Knox: 65 tanks in service and 403 closed. 94 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Knox 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 Knox, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CLEAN BEECAMDEN
- CLOTHES CARE UNLIMITEDCAMDEN
- UNION CHEMICAL CO., INC.SOUTH HOPE