Hampden County, MA
The federal environmental record for Hampden County (population 460,291): 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
18
federal cleanup sites
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PFAS-detecting water systems
37
TRI facilities
18
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSC Resources | Palmer | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Hampden 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 |
|---|---|---|
| WESTFIELD WATER DEPT MA1329000 | PFBA: 5.5 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
37 facilities in Hampden filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.2M lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOLUTIA INC | SPRINGFIELD | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Butyraldehyde | 573k lb |
| CALLAWAY GOLF BALL OPERATIONS INC | CHICOPEE | Zinc compounds, Diisocyanates | 398k lb |
| WESTFIELD ELECTROPLATING CO | WESTFIELD | Nitric acid, Cyanide compounds | 80k lb |
| US TSUBAKI AUTOMOTIVE LLC | CHICOPEE | Sodium nitrite, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 56k lb |
| FOUNTAIN PLATING CO LLC | WEST SPRINGFIELD | Nitric acid | 22k lb |
| HAZEN PAPER CO | HOLYOKE | Certain glycol ethers | 18k lb |
| SMITH & WESSON BRANDS INC. | SPRINGFIELD | Sodium nitrite, Nitric acid | 17k lb |
| JAIN AMERICAS - NUCEDAR MILLS | CHICOPEE | Certain glycol ethers | 16k lb |
| AGRIMARK INC | WEST SPRINGFIELD | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 13k lb |
| TRELLEBORG COATED SYSTEMS US INC. | MONSON | N,N-Dimethylformamide, Toluene | 8k lb |
| PREFERE MELAMINES LLC | SPRINGFIELD | Methanol, n-Butyl alcohol | 6k lb |
| SAVAGE ARMSINC | WESTFIELD | Lead | 6k lb |
| ARCLIN SURFACES - EAST LONGMEADOW CO. | EAST LONGMEADOW | Formaldehyde | 4k lb |
| RATHBONE PRECISION METALS INC | PALMER | Chromium, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 4k lb |
| CARDINAL HEALTH / KPR | CHICOPEE | Acrylic acid | 3k lb |
| SOLENIS LLC | CHICOPEE | Epichlorohydrin | 1k lb |
| ASTRO CHEMICALS INC | SPRINGFIELD | Methanol, Dichloromethane | 787 lb |
| RPM WOOD FINISHES GROUP INC. | WESTFIELD | Certain glycol ethers | 662 lb |
| JAMES AUSTIN CO | LUDLOW | Methanol | 466 lb |
| OMG BUILDING PRODUCTS LLC | AGAWAM | Ammonia, Cobalt | 238 lb |
| IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS | EAST LONGMEADOW | Cobalt, Nickel | 175 lb |
| SONOCO PRODUCTS CO | HOLYOKE | Lead | 82 lb |
| U.S. DOD USAF WESTOVER ARB | CHICOPEE | Ethylbenzene, Naphthalene | 65 lb |
| IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOL CO | EAST LONGMEADOW | Chromium, Cobalt | 64 lb |
| U.S. TSUBAKI POWER TRANSMISSION LLC - ROLLER CHAIN DIV | HOLYOKE | Nickel, Chromium | 62 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 1,048 tank facilities in Hampden: 642 tanks in service and 2,750 closed. 407 fuel releases are on record, of which 18 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Hampden 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 Hampden, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AGAWAM SPORTSMANS CLUBAGAWAM
- ANDERSON & SONS INC.WESTFIELD
- ATLAS COPCO COMPRESSORSHOLYOKE
- BARNES AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASEWESTFIELD
- CITY CLEANERS SITE (FORMER)WESTFIELD
- COLORADO FUEL AND IRON (FORMER)PALMER
- FACEMATE SITECHICOPEE
- HOLYOKE GAS WORKS (FORMER)HOLYOKE
- PALMER PUBLIC WATER SUPPLYPALMER/MONSON
- PANAMA STREET PROPERTYEAST LONGMEADOW
- PARSONS PAPER MILL SUPERFUND SITEHOLYOKE
- PSC RESOURCESPALMER
- RE PHELON FACILITY (FORMER)EAST LONGMEADOW
- RPM WOOD FINISHES GROUP INCWESTFIELD
- SAVAGE ARMSWESTFIELD
- UNIROYAL COMPLEX (FORMER)CHICOPEE
- WESTFIELD GAS & ELECTRIC DEPTWESTFIELD
- WESTOVER AIR RESERVE BASECHICOPEE