Lancaster County, NE
The federal environmental record for Lancaster County (population 326,716): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
12
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
25
TRI facilities
140
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waverly Ground Water Contamination | Waverly | deleted | 06/10/1986 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Lancaster reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
25 facilities in Lancaster filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.2M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADM | LINCOLN | n-Hexane, Barium And Barium Compounds | 854k lb |
| NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT SHELDON STATION | HALLAM | Barium And Barium Compounds, Hydrogen fluoride | 104k lb |
| CONTITECH USA LLC | LINCOLN | Zinc compounds, Toluene | 89k lb |
| LINCOLN INDUSTRIES INC. | LINCOLN | Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 65k lb |
| KAWASAKI MOTORS MANUFACTURING CORP USA | LINCOLN | Triglycidyl isocyanurate, Ethylene glycol | 47k lb |
| NEENAH FOUNDRY CO LINCOLN OPERATIONS | LINCOLN | Manganese, Lead | 27k lb |
| SMITHFIELD PACKAGED MEATS CORP-LINCOLN | LINCOLN | Ammonia, Sodium nitrite | 24k lb |
| SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA | LINCOLN | Styrene, Phenol | 18k lb |
| MOLEX LLC | LINCOLN | Antimony And Antimony Compounds, Zinc compounds | 6k lb |
| LINCOLN ELECTRIC SYSTEM ROKEBY STATION | LINCOLN | Ammonia | 4k lb |
| TRI-CON INDUSTRIES LTD | LINCOLN | Diisocyanates, Toluene-2,6-diisocyanate | 1k lb |
| MONOLITH OLIVE CREEK 1 | HALLAM | Trade Secret | 500 lb |
| THE CLEAVER BROOKS CO INC. | LINCOLN | Manganese | 346 lb |
| TECUMSEH POULTRY LLC - WAVERLY PLANT | WAVERLY | Peracetic acid | 12 lb |
| ZOETIS LLC | LINCOLN | Mercury compounds | 10 lb |
| YANKEE HILL BRICK MANUFACTURING CO | LINCOLN | - | 0 lb |
| PURINA ANIMAL NUTRITION LLC - LINCOLN | LINCOLN | - | 0 lb |
| LES-TERRY BUNDY GENERATING STATION | LINCOLN | - | 0 lb |
| LESTER ELECTRICAL | LINCOLN | - | 0 lb |
| TRI-CON INDUSTRIES STAMPING PLANT | LINCOLN | - | 0 lb |
| HUSKER CONCRETE | LINCOLN | - | 0 lb |
| REIMERS-KAUFMAN CONCRETE PRODUCTS | LINCOLN | - | 0 lb |
| READY MIXED CONCRETE LINCOLN Y STREET PLANT | LINCOLN | - | 0 lb |
| READY-MIXED CONCRETE CO (52ND & HWY 2) | LINCOLN | - | 0 lb |
| APOLLO STEEL CO | LINCOLN | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 226 tank facilities in Lancaster: 589 tanks in service and 25 closed. 961 fuel releases are on record, of which 140 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Lancaster 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 Lancaster, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ARMY AVIATION SUPPORT FACILITYLINCOLN
- CONTINENTAL SOLVENT SPILLLINCOLN
- FRENCH CLEANERSLINCOLN
- KENNY'S DRY CLEANERSLINCOLN
- LINCOLN (EX) AIR FORCE BASELINCOLN
- MYSTERY SALT CREEK SPILLLINCOLN
- NAVAL RESERVE CENTER, LINCOLNLINCOLN
- NEBRASKA AIR NATIONAL GUARD 155TH AIR REFUELING WINGLINCOLN
- NORTHWESTERN METAL CO.LINCOLN
- SOUTHSIDE CLEANERSLINCOLN
- TCE N 70TH STREETLINCOLN
- WAVERLY GROUND WATER CONTAMINATIONWAVERLY