Harford County, MD
The federal environmental record for Harford County (population 264,644): 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
12
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
14
TRI facilities
6
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bush Valley Landfill | Abingdon | on the NPL | 03/31/1989 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Harford 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CITY OF ABERDEEN MD0120001 | PFBA: 9.4 ng/L PFPeA: 8.7 ng/L PFOS: 8.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| MARYLAND AMERICAN WATER COMPANY MD0120003 | PFPeA: 10.5 ng/L PFHxA: 9.5 ng/L PFOA: 9.3 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
14 facilities in Harford filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 69k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CYTEC ENGINEERED INC | HAVRE DE GRACE | 2-Ethoxyethanol, N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 32k lb |
| U.S. ARMY ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND | ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND | Methanol, Lead | 31k lb |
| TANNER INDUSTRIES INC | HAVRE DE GRACE | Ammonia | 2k lb |
| INDEPENDENT CAN CO | BELCAMP | Certain glycol ethers, Copper | 2k lb |
| S&G CONCRETE EDGEWOOD | EDGEWOOD | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead | 823 lb |
| THE GILL CORPORATION-MARYLAND | EDGEWOOD | Methanol | 750 lb |
| PROFORM FINISHING PRODUCTS - BELCAMP | BELCAMP | Vinyl acetate, Lead And Lead Compounds | 56 lb |
| TILLEY DISTRIBUTION | BELCAMP | Ethylene glycol | 31 lb |
| OLDCASTLE PRECAST INC | EDGEWOOD | Lead compounds | 25 lb |
| NOBLE OIL SERVICES INC. | BELCAMP | Ethylene glycol, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 6 lb |
| ELITE COMFORT SOLUTIONS - HAVRE DE GRACE | HAVRE DE GRACE | Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers), Diisocyanates | 6 lb |
| MARYLAND PAVING INC | ABERDEEN | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lb |
| HARFORD SYSTEMS LLC | ABERDEEN | - | 0 lb |
| PERRYMAN GENERATING STATION | PERRYMAN | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 559 tank facilities in Harford: 249 tanks in service and 1,805 closed. 644 fuel releases are on record, of which 6 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Harford 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 Harford, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND (MICHAELSVILLE LANDFILL)ABERDEEN
- ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND (MICHAELSVILLE LANDFILL)ABERDEEN
- BUSH VALLEY LANDFILLABINGDON
- HAVRE DE GRACE DUMPHAVRE DE GRACE
- HAVRE DE GRACE FIREWORKS SITEHAVRE DE GRACE
- HAVRE DE GRACE PLTHAVRE DE GRACE
- KROH'S CLEANERSBEL AIR
- MCSPADDEN CLEANERSHAVRE DE GRACE
- MILLER CHEMICAL & FERTILIZER CORPWHITEFORD
- PULASKI MOTORSJOPPA
- STARLIGHT CLEANERSABERDEEN
- VALET 1-HOUR CLEANERSABERDEEN