Washington County, MD
The federal environmental record for Washington County (population 155,813): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
5
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
13
TRI facilities
1
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Chemical (Hagerstown) | Hagerstown | on the NPL | 09/25/1997 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Washington 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BOONSBORO - KEEDYSVILLE MD0210002 | PFHxA: 8.9 ng/L PFBS: 7.2 ng/L PFOA: 6.7 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
13 facilities in Washington filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 235k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| XERXES CORP | WILLIAMSPORT | Styrene | 114k lb |
| RUST-OLEUM CORP IN MD | WILLIAMSPORT | Xylene (mixed isomers), Zinc compounds | 53k lb |
| ENGINEERED POLYMER SOLUTIONS INC. | WILLIAMSPORT | Methyl methacrylate, Ethylene glycol | 34k lb |
| MACK TRUCKS INC | HAGERSTOWN | Manganese compounds, Manganese | 12k lb |
| HOLCIM(US) INC. | HAGERSTOWN | Ammonia, Manganese compounds | 8k lb |
| FIL-TEC INC | SMITHSBURG | Methanol | 7k lb |
| GREAT SOUTHERN WOOD - MD INC. | HAGERSTOWN | Arsenic compounds, Copper And Copper Compounds | 6k lb |
| IKO NORTHEAST INC. | HAGERSTOWN | Diisocyanates | 7 lb |
| LANCO PENNLAND | HANCOCK | - | 0 lb |
| CERTAINTEED CORP | WILLIAMSPORT | - | 0 lb |
| PURINA ANIMAL NUTRITION LLC - HAGERSTOWN | HAGERSTOWN | - | 0 lb |
| QUIKRETE - HAGERSTOWN MD PLANT | HAGERSTOWN | Lead | 0 lb |
| SCHUSTER CONCRETE READY MIX LLC-SHERMAN AVE | HAGERSTOWN | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 498 tank facilities in Washington: 271 tanks in service and 1,659 closed. 269 fuel releases are on record, of which 1 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Washington 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 Washington, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CENTRAL CHEMICAL (HAGERSTOWN)HAGERSTOWN
- FAIRCHILD REPUBLIC CO PLANT 11HAGERSTOWN
- FORT RITCHIECASCADE
- GARDEN STATE TANNING/BYRON PLANTWILLIAMSPORT
- HAGERSTOWN AIRCRAFT SERVICESHAGERSTOWN