Franklin County, MA
The federal environmental record for Franklin County (population 70,836): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
5
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
9
TRI facilities
4
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Franklin 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ORANGE WATER DEPT MA1223000 | PFNA: 4.8 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
9 facilities in Franklin filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 95k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHARTER NEXT GENERATION - TURNERS FALLS | TURNERS FALLS | Ozone | 92k lb |
| IMPACT NANO LLC ORANGE | ORANGE | Toluene | 3k lb |
| BETE FOG NOZZLE INC. | GREENFIELD | Chromium, Nickel | 65 lb |
| YANKEE CANDLE CO | WHATELY | 1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta[g]-2-benzopyran | 3 lb |
| HART & COOLEY LLC | TURNERS FALLS | Chromium, Nickel | 0 lb |
| JUDD WIRE INC. | TURNERS FALLS | - | 0 lb |
| KRINGLE CANDLE | BERNARDSTON | - | 0 lb |
| HARDIGG INDUSTRIES INC | SOUTH DEERFIELD | - | 0 lb |
| ECHO INDUSTRIES ORANGE MA | ORANGE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 242 tank facilities in Franklin: 106 tanks in service and 677 closed. 86 fuel releases are on record, of which 4 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Franklin 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 Franklin, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BERKSHIRE GAS COMPANYGREENFIELD
- RAILROAD SALVAGE/GRISWOLD COTTON MILLTURNER FALLS
- RAMAGE PAPER MILL - BRICK STRUCTUREMONROE
- STRATHMORE MILL COMPLEXMONTAGUE
- WEST RIVER STREET MILL FIRE SITEORANGE