Penobscot County, ME
The federal environmental record for Penobscot County (population 155,312): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
14
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
4
TRI facilities
1
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastland Woolen Mill | Corinna | on the NPL | 07/22/1999 |
| West Site/Hows Corners | Plymouth | on the NPL | 09/29/1995 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Penobscot 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)
4 facilities in Penobscot filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 349 lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELDUR CORP | BANGOR | Methanol | 250 lb |
| GE VERNOVA BANGOR | BANGOR | Chromium, Nickel | 41 lb |
| GE VERNOVA BANGOR | BANGOR | Chromium, Nickel | 29 lb |
| U.S. ARMY MAINE NATIONAL GUARD BANGOR TRAINING SITE RANGE | BANGOR | Lead | 29 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 713 tank facilities in Penobscot: 246 tanks in service and 1,634 closed. 396 fuel releases are on record, of which 1 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Penobscot 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 Penobscot, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- 6 CLINTON STREET FORMER DRY CLEANERBANGOR
- BANGOR DRY CLEANING AND LAUNDRYBANGOR
- BANGOR-AROOSTOOK RAILROAD COMPANYHERMON
- BROADWAY DRY CLEANINGBANGOR
- DOW AIR FORCE BASE FIRE TRAINING AREA (FORMER)BANGOR
- DOW AIR FORCE BASE FIRE TRAINING AREA (FORMER)BANGOR
- EAST MILLINOCKET PAPER MILLEAST MILLINOCKET
- EASTLAND WOOLEN MILL- RT 222CORINNA
- GUDROE JUNKYARDDEXTER
- HILLSIDE CLEANERSBANGOR
- MAINE AIR NATIONAL GUARD-BIABANGOR
- MRS. BUBBLESBANGOR
- PENOBSCOT ENERGY RECOVERY FACILITYORRINGTON
- WEST SITE/HOWS CORNERSPLYMOUTH