Cecil County, MD
The federal environmental record for Cecil County (population 105,672): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
5
Superfund NPL sites
15
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
8
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dwyer Property Ground Water Plume | Elkton | on the NPL | 03/10/2011 |
| Ordnance Products, Inc. | Cecil County | on the NPL | 09/25/1997 |
| Sand, Gravel and Stone | Elkton | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Spectron, Inc. | Elkton | on the NPL | 05/31/1994 |
| Woodlawn County Landfill | Woodlawn | on the NPL | 07/22/1987 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Cecil 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 |
|---|---|---|
| TOWN OF ELKTON MD0070011 | PFOA: 23.3 ng/L PFPeA: 14.4 ng/L PFHxA: 12.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| TOWN OF NORTH EAST MD0070016 | PFBA: 12.5 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
5 facilities in Cecil filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 73k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| TERUMO MEDICAL CORP | ELKTON | Methanol, Cyclohexane | 72k lb |
| W L GORE & ASSOCIATES INC | ELKTON | N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone, Diisocyanates | 1k lb |
| COLONIAL METALS INC | ELKTON | Chlorine | 10 lb |
| W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES INC - LOVETT I | ELKTON | Diisocyanates | 7 lb |
| QUIKRETE - PERRYVILLE MD PLANT | PERRYVILLE | Lead | 1 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 330 tank facilities in Cecil: 164 tanks in service and 1,406 closed. 317 fuel releases are on record, of which 8 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Cecil 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 Cecil, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- DWYER PROPERTY GROUND WATER PLUMEELKTON
- ELKTON FARM FIREHOLEELKTON
- ELKTON SPARKLERNORTH EAST
- GE RAILCAR SITEELKTON
- MARYLAND CORK CO., INC.ELKTON, MD 21922
- NAVY TRAINING CENTER - BAINBRIDGEBAINBRIDGE
- NEW JERSEY FIREWORKSELKTON
- ORDNANCE PRODUCTS, INC.NORTH EAST
- PATRIOTIC FIREWORKS MANUFACTURING FACILITYNORTH EAST
- SAND, GRAVEL AND STONEELKTON
- SPECTRON, INC.ELKTON
- STAUFFER CHEM COELKTON
- USCG BACK CREEK REAR RANGE STRUCTURECHESAPEAKE CITY
- VICON PROPERTYELKTON
- WOODLAWN COUNTY LANDFILLCOLORA