Burlington County, NJ
The federal environmental record for Burlington County (population 469,167): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
14
Superfund NPL sites
40
federal cleanup sites
11
PFAS-detecting water systems
18
TRI facilities
205
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cinnaminson Township (Block 702) Ground Water Contamination | Cinnaminson Township | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
| Cosden Chemical Coatings Corp. | Beverly | on the NPL | 07/22/1987 |
| Ellis Property | Evesham Township | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Ewan Property | Shamong Township | on the NPL | 09/21/1984 |
| Florence Land Recontouring, Inc., Landfill | Florence Township | deleted | 09/21/1984 |
| Fort Dix (Landfill Site) | Pemberton Township | deleted | 07/22/1987 |
| Kauffman & Minteer, Inc. | Jobstown | on the NPL | 03/31/1989 |
| Landfill & Development Co. | Mount Holly | on the NPL | 09/21/1984 |
| Lang Property | Pemberton Township | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| McGuire Air Force Base #1 | Wrightstown | on the NPL | 10/22/1999 |
| Roebling Steel Co. | Florence | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Tabernacle Drum Dump | Tabernacle Township | deleted | 09/21/1984 |
| Woodland Route 532 Dump | Woodland Township | on the NPL | 09/21/1984 |
| Woodland Route 72 Dump | Woodland Township | on the NPL | 09/21/1984 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Burlington 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BURLINGTON TWP W DEPT NJ0306001 | PFOA: 18.5 ng/L PFBS: 7.4 ng/L PFOS: 7.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| FLORENCE TWP W DEPT NJ0315001 | PFOA: 13.2 ng/L PFOS: 11.4 ng/L PFNA: 7.3 ng/L | above final limit |
| MAPLE SHADE WATER DEPARTMENT NJ0319001 | PFOS: 7 ng/L PFPeA: 5.2 ng/L PFHxA: 5.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| MOORESTOWN WATER DEPT NJ0322001 | PFBA: 5.9 ng/L PFPeA: 5.2 ng/L PFHxA: 4.7 ng/L | above final limit |
| NJ AMERICAN WATER - MOUNT HOLLY NJ0323001 | PFHxA: 5.1 ng/L PFPeA: 5.1 ng/L PFOA: 4.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| MT LAUREL TWP MUA NJ0324001 | PFOS: 9 ng/L PFHxS: 5.4 ng/L PFOA: 4.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| NJ AMERICAN WATER - WESTERN NJ0327001 | PFPeA: 4.9 ng/L PFOS: 4.4 ng/L PFOA: 4.3 ng/L | above final limit |
| WILLINGBORO MUA NJ0338001 | PFOS: 10.6 ng/L PFOA: 10.6 ng/L PFHxS: 6.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| BURLINGTON CITY WATER DE NJ0305001 | PFHxA: 3.5 ng/L PFPeA: 3.4 ng/L | detected |
| EVESHAM MUA NJ0313001 | PFHxA: 3.8 ng/L PFPeA: 3.7 ng/L | detected |
| MEDFORD TWP DEPT OF MUNI NJ0320001 | 6:2 FTS: 6.3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
18 facilities in Burlington filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 245k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIMTEC MANUFACTURING CORP | BURLINGTON | Diisononyl Phthalates (DINP), Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 90k lb |
| VIKING YACHT CO INC | NEW GRETNA | Styrene | 72k lb |
| AMERICAN BILTRITE INC. | MOORESTOWN | Toluene | 22k lb |
| STONCOR GROUP INC. | MAPLE SHADE | 4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol, Diisocyanates | 18k lb |
| JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKHURST DIX AREA CANTONMENT | MCGUIRE AFB | Copper, Lead | 18k lb |
| ACTEGA N.A. INC | CINNAMINSON | Ammonia, Zinc compounds | 13k lb |
| DOLPHIN INDUSTRIES LTD | EGG HARBOR CITY | Styrene | 12k lb |
| STEPAN CO - FIELDSBORO PLANT | BORDENTOWN | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 373 lb |
| HOEGANAES CORP | CINNAMINSON | Manganese, Copper | 315 lb |
| GOLD BOND BUILDING PRODUCTS - BURLINGTON | BURLINGTON | Manganese, Barium | 121 lb |
| SAFETY-KLEEN SYSTEMS VINCENTOWN (VIN) | SOUTHAMPTON | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 38 lb |
| DFA DAIRY BRANDS FLUID LLC DBA TUSCAN DAIRY | BURLINGTON | Nitric acid | 5 lb |
| COLONIAL CHEMICAL CO | TABERNACLE | - | 0 lb |
| INDUCTOTHERM CORP. | RANCOCAS | - | 0 lb |
| SILVI CONCRETE OF SOUTHAMPTON | VINCENTOWN | Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms) | 0 lb |
| NWL TRANSFORMERS INC -- BORDENTOWN PLANT | BORDENTOWN | Lead | 0 lb |
| SILVI CONCRETE OF MOUNT HOLLY | LUMBERTON | Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms) | 0 lb |
| OLDCASTLE APG | FORT DIX | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 1,137 tank facilities in Burlington: 677 tanks in service and 3,554 closed. 772 fuel releases are on record, of which 205 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Burlington 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 Burlington, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AEROHAVEN AIRPORTEVESHAM TWP
- BIG HILL SLFSOUTHAMPTON TWP
- BORDENTOWN CITY MUNICIPAL DUMPBORDENTOWN
- BRUNETTI PROPERTYDELANCO
- BURLINGTON CLAY & ENGINEERING COBURLINGTON
- BURLINGTON CLAY & ENGINEERING COBURLINGTON
- CINNAMINSON TOWNSHIP (BLOCK 702) GROUND WATER CONTAMINATIONCINNAMINSON
- COSDEN CHEMICAL COATINGS CORP.BEVERLY
- CVC SPECIALTY CHEMICALSMAPLE SHADE
- DEL VAL INK AND COLOR, INC.RIVERTON
- EDWARD F. SEARS PROPERTYNEW GRETNA
- ELLIS PROPERTYEVESHAM TOWNSHIP
- ERIN CLEANERSRIVERTON
- EWAN PROPERTYSHAMONG TOWNSHIP
- FORMER ZURBRUGG MEMORIAL HOSPITALRIVERSIDE
- FORT DIX (LANDFILL SITE)PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP
- GRINDING BALLS, INCCINNAMINSON
- HARDWARE & INDUSTRIAL TOOLHAINESPORT TOWNSHIP
- JOAN'S CLEANERSTABERNACLE
- JOHNSON & TOWERSMOUNT LAUREL TOWNSHIP
- JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURSTTRENTON
- KAUFFMAN & MINTEER, INC.SPRINGFIELD TWP(JOBSTOWN)
- LAKES CONSTRUCTION COMPANYTABERNACLE
- LANDFILL & DEVELOPMENT CO.MOUNT HOLLY
- LANG PROPERTYPEMBERTON TOWNSHIP
- MINSEI KOGYO SHOJI KK AMERICA, INCWOODLAND TWP
- NJDEP FLORENCE LAND RECONTOURING INC SLFFLORENCE
- PAULS TANK CLEANINGHAINESPORT TWP
- PAVILION AVENUE FIELDRIVERSIDE
- PIONEER SMELTING COCHATSWORTH
- PULVERIZING SERVICESMOORESTOWN
- RIVERTON GAS WORKSRIVERTON
- ROEBLING STEEL CO.FLORENCE
- TABERNACLE DRUM DUMP SUPERFUND SITETABERNACLE
- TENNECO POLYMERS, INCBURLINGTON TOWNSHIP
- U S PIPE & FOUNDRY COMPANY INCBURLINGTON TOWNSHIP
- US GENERAL SERVICES ADMIN FORTRESSBURLINGTON
- WALTON'S FARMDELRAN TWP
- WOODLAND ROUTE 532 DUMPWOODLAND TOWNSHIP
- WOODLAND ROUTE 72 DUMPCHATSWORTH