Prince George's County, MD
The federal environmental record for Prince George's County (population 947,430): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
3
Superfund NPL sites
18
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
11
TRI facilities
5
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews Air Force Base | Camp Springs | on the NPL | 05/10/1999 |
| Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (USDA) | Beltsville | on the NPL | 05/31/1994 |
| Brandywine DRMO | Brandywine | on the NPL | 05/10/1999 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Prince George's 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MGM NATIONAL HARBOR MD1160049 | PFBA: 6.2 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
11 facilities in Prince George's filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 3k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. DHS JAMES J. ROWLEY TRAINING CENTER | LAUREL | Lead And Lead Compounds | 2k lb |
| EATON AEROSPACE | BELTSVILLE | Nickel, Lead And Lead Compounds | 869 lb |
| U.S. DHS FLETC CHELTENHAM MD | CHELTENHAM | Lead And Lead Compounds, Copper And Copper Compounds | 419 lb |
| US DOD USAF JOINT BASE ANDREWS | ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE | Naphthalene, Ethylbenzene | 401 lb |
| BUREAU OF ALCOHOL TOBACCO FIREARMS & EXPLOSIVES | BELTSVILLE | Lead | 75 lb |
| NEW DAWN MANUFACTURING CO | UPPER MARLBORO | Certain glycol ethers | 6 lb |
| BLADENSBURG READY MIX CONCRETE FACILITY | HYATTSVILLE | Mercury And Mercury Compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds | 2 lb |
| KIRBY ROAD READY MIX CONCRETE | CLINTON | Mercury And Mercury Compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds | 2 lb |
| SMO CLINTON PLANT | CLINTON | - | 0 lb |
| SCHUSTER CONCRETE READY MIX LLC-VAN DUSEN RD | LAUREL | Lead | 0 lb |
| MARYLAND & VIRGINIA MILK PRODUCERS COOPERATIVE INC - LAND | HYATTSVILLE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 1,437 tank facilities in Prince George's: 1,182 tanks in service and 4,393 closed. 1,688 fuel releases are on record, of which 5 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Prince George's 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 Prince George's, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASEANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE
- BEAVERDAM CREEK PCBLANDOVER
- BELTSVILLE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER (USDA)BELTSVILLE
- BRANDYWINE - LAUNCHUPPER MARLBORO
- BRANDYWINE DRMOBRANDYWINE
- CROOM - CONTROLUPPER MARLBORO
- CROOM - LAUNCHUPPER MARLBORO
- FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTERCHELTENHAM
- FORT FOOTEFORT WASHINGTON
- NAVAL COMMUNICATION DETACHMENT CHELTENHAMCLINTON
- OXON COVE LANDFILLOXON HILL
- PEELER'S CLEANERSRIVERDALE
- SMITHSONIAN PAUL E. GARBER FACILITY - AUTO SHOPSUITLAND
- U.S. DOI U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE PATUXENT RESEARCH REFUGELAUREL
- US ARMY ADELPHI LABORATORY CENTERHYATTSVILLE
- US FDA OFFICE OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONBELTSVILLE
- USDA ARS MD GLENN DALE PLANT INTRODUCTION STATIONGLENN DALE
- WALDORF - LAUNCHBRANDYWINE