Coos County, NH
The federal environmental record for Coos County (population 31,372): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
22
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlor-Alkali Facility (Former) | Berlin | on the NPL | 09/14/2005 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Coos 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)
2 facilities in Coos filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 864 lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| FCI BERLIN | BERLIN | Lead | 864 lb |
| FITCH FUEL CO INC. | LANCASTER | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 261 tank facilities in Coos: 157 tanks in service and 765 closed. 98 fuel releases are on record, of which 22 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Coos 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 Coos, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CHLOR-ALKALI FACILITY (FORMER)BERLIN
- LANCASTER NH MERCURY RELEASELANCASTER
- LAVOIE PROPERTYBERLIN
- US GEN NEW ENGLAND INC.PITTSBURG