Essex County, NJ
The federal environmental record for Essex County (population 851,117): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
10
Superfund NPL sites
96
federal cleanup sites
15
PFAS-detecting water systems
21
TRI facilities
552
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caldwell Trucking Co. | Fairfield | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Diamond Alkali Co. | Newark | on the NPL | 09/21/1984 |
| Glen Ridge Radium Site | Glen Ridge | deleted | 02/14/1985 |
| Montclair/West Orange Radium Site | Montclair, West Orange | deleted | 02/14/1985 |
| Orange Valley Regional Ground Water Contamination | West Orange/Orange | on the NPL | 09/18/2012 |
| Pierson's Creek | Newark | on the NPL | 09/22/2014 |
| Riverside Industrial Park | Newark | on the NPL | 05/24/2013 |
| U.S. Radium Corp. | Orange | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Unimatic Manufacturing Corporation | Fairfield | on the NPL | 05/12/2014 |
| White Chemical Corp. | Newark | on the NPL | 09/25/1991 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Essex 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CALDWELL WATER DEPT NJ0703001 | PFOA: 15.4 ng/L PFPeA: 5.5 ng/L PFHxS: 4.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| CEDAR GROVE WATER DEPT NJ0704001 | PFOA: 7.4 ng/L PFOS: 4 ng/L PFPeA: 3 ng/L | above final limit |
| EAST ORANGE WATER COMMISSION NJ0705001 | PFOA: 13 ng/L PFHxS: 3.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| FAIRFIELD WATER DEPT NJ0707001 | PFOA: 11.5 ng/L PFPeA: 10.1 ng/L PFHxA: 9.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| GLEN RIDGE WATER DEPT NJ0708001 | PFPeA: 8.2 ng/L PFOA: 6.8 ng/L PFHxA: 6.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| LIVINGSTON TWP DIV OF WATER NJ0710001 | PFOA: 44 ng/L PFHxA: 7.8 ng/L PFPeA: 7.7 ng/L | above final limit |
| NJ AMERICAN WATER - SHORT HILLS NJ0712001 | PFPeA: 27.5 ng/L PFHxA: 11.2 ng/L PFOA: 9.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| MONTCLAIR WATER BUREAU NJ0713001 | PFPeA: 13 ng/L PFBA: 8.6 ng/L PFOA: 6.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| NEWARK WATER DEPARTMENT, NJ NJ0714001 | PFOA: 5.3 ng/L | above final limit |
| NORTH CALDWELL WATER DEP NJ0715001 | PFOA: 8.9 ng/L PFPeA: 7.9 ng/L PFHxA: 6.7 ng/L | above final limit |
| ORANGE WATER DEPT, NJ NJ0717001 | PFOA: 13 ng/L PFBA: 6.4 ng/L PFPeA: 4.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| SOUTH ORANGE WATER DEPARTMENT NJ0719001 | PFOA: 6.8 ng/L PFPeA: 3.6 ng/L PFHxA: 3.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| VERONA WATER DEPARTMENT NJ0720001 | PFOA: 44.5 ng/L PFHxS: 13.3 ng/L PFOS: 12.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| WEST CALDWELL WATER DEPARTMENT NJ0721001 | PFOA: 8.3 ng/L PFPeA: 6.7 ng/L PFHxA: 6.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| ROSELAND WATER DEPT NJ0718001 | PFBA: 7.9 ng/L PFPeA: 6.7 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
21 facilities in Essex filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 406k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHEM FLUER/FIRMENICH INC | NEWARK | Methanol, Dicyclopentadiene | 177k lb |
| RICHARDS MANUFACTURING CO | IRVINGTON | Copper, Toluene | 155k lb |
| HENRY CO | FAIRFIELD | Methyl methacrylate | 41k lb |
| AMROD CORP | NEWARK | Copper | 9k lb |
| PROTECH POWDER COATINGS INC | FAIRFIELD | Triglycidyl isocyanurate, Zinc (fume or dust) | 8k lb |
| AAK USA INC PORT NEWARK | NEWARK | Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 4k lb |
| SHELL OIL PRODUCTS US NEWARK TERMINAL | NEWARK | Xylene (mixed isomers), n-Hexane | 3k lb |
| CONSTANT SERVICES INC | FAIRFIELD | Methyl isobutyl ketone | 3k lb |
| ALLIED AVIATION SERVICE CO OF NEW JERSEY INC | ELIZABETH | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 2k lb |
| BENJAMIN MOORE & CO-NEWARK | NEWARK | Zinc compounds, 3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate | 2k lb |
| CWC INDUSTRIES INC | NEWARK | Toluene | 885 lb |
| DOREMUS TERMINAL LLC | NEWARK | Methyl acrylate, Methyl tert-butyl ether | 538 lb |
| TROY CHEMICAL CORP | NEWARK | Methanol | 328 lb |
| FEDERAL BRONZE CASTING INDUSTRY INC | NEWARK | Copper | 238 lb |
| LTS LOHMANN THERAPY SYSTEMS CORP. | WEST CALDWELL | Toluene | 147 lb |
| NEW JERSEY GALVANIZING & TINNING WORKS | NEWARK | Zinc (fume or dust), Zinc compounds | 43 lb |
| NEWARK FIRING RANGE NJ0016 | NEWARK | Lead | 38 lb |
| COUNTY CONCRETE CORP. - EAST ORANGE FACILITY | EAST ORANGE | Lead And Lead Compounds | 6 lb |
| SILVI CONCRETE OF NEWARK | NEWARK | Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms) | 1 lb |
| ELAN CHEMICAL CO INC | NEWARK | - | 0 lb |
| SHAMROCK TECHNOLOGIES INC | NEWARK | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 1,870 tank facilities in Essex: 917 tanks in service and 6,933 closed. 1,549 fuel releases are on record, of which 552 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Essex 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 Essex, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- 1 HOUR MARTINIZING CLEANERSNEWARK
- 212-214 NORTH LIVINGSTON AVENUELIVINGSTON
- 35 MLK BLVDNEWARK
- 521 SOUTH 17TH STREETNEWARK
- AMPHENOL PRODUCTS, SEVERNA OPERATIONSROSELAND
- ANDSON PLATING INCORPORATEDWEST ORANGE
- ARDELL INDUSTRIES INCMAPLEWOOD
- ARKANSAS COMPANYNEWARK
- AVENUE P SITENEWARK
- BARTH SMELTING CORP.NEWARK
- BAYONNE DRUM & BARREL CONEWARK
- BERLESS BEARINGLIVINGSTON
- BOASSO NEWARK TERMINAL LLCNEWARK
- BOYDEN AVENUE SITEMAPLEWOOD
- BRADY IRON & METAL CONEWARK
- BYRNE LABORATORIESNEWARK
- CALDWELL CLEANERSCALDWELL
- CALDWELL TRUCKING CO.FAIRFIELD
- CANFIELD, M.C. SONS CO.NEWARK
- CANRAD HANOVIA CHEMICAL PRODUCTS INCORPORATEDNEWARK
- CAPRIO CLEANERSBLOOMFIELD
- CELANESE CHEMICAL FORMER FACILITYNEWARK
- CENTRAL STEEL DRUM CONEWARK
- CLASSIC CLEANERSWEST CALDWELL
- CROMPTON COLORS INCNUTLEY
- DELUXE CORPORATION, INC.WEST CALDWELL
- DIAMOND ALKALI CO.NEWARK
- EAST ORANGE RADIUMEAST ORANGE
- ELECTRONIC MFG COMAPLEWOOD
- ENZO II ITALIAN TAILORCALDWELL
- FAIRFIELD CLEANERSFAIRFIELD
- FAIRFIELD TEXTILESFAIRFIELD
- FAIRMOUNT CHEMICAL CO INCNEWARK
- FEDERAL PACIFIC ELECTRIC COMPANYNEWARK
- FORMER A CORNFELD & CO., INC.EAST ORANGE
- FORMER US CLEANERS & DYERSCALDWELL
- FORMER US CLEANERS & DYERSCALDWELL
- GLEN RIDGE RADIUM SITEGLEN RIDGE
- HUDSAR INCNEWARK
- HYGRADE ELECTRO PLATING CONEWARK
- IFI NEWARK, INC.NEWARK CITY
- INTEDGE INDUSTRIES INC.ROSELAND
- IRVINGTON SMELTING & REFININGIRVINGTON
- J & S TOOLLIVINGSTON
- JOBAR PACKAGING INC.NEWARK
- KALTERS CLEANERSCALDWELL
- L. SONNEBORNS SONS, INC.NUTLEY TWP
- LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANING VILLAGECALDWELL
- LEAD CABLESWEST ORANGE
- MAAS & WALDSTEIN CO FORMERNEWARK
- MCCARTER HIGHWAY ABANDONED DRUMSNEWARK
- METALS DISINTERGRATING, INC.VERONA
- MICROTRONICS CORPORATIONWEST CALDWELL
- MOLINE KRONBERG CLEANERSUPPER MONTCLAIR
- MONTCLAIR/WEST ORANGE RADIUM SITEMONTCLAIR/WEST ORANGE
- MONTEREY CLEANERS & TAILORSSHORT HILLS
- MURPHY CLEANERSMONTCLAIR
- NATIONWIDE CFSNEWARK
- NEWARK LAMP PLANT/GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.NEWARK
- NHA ABANDONED DRUMSNEWARK
- NORGE VILLAGE LAUNDROMAT AND CLEANERSUPPER MONTCLAIR
- OETIKER INCORPORATEDLIVINGSTON
- ON TRACK CLEANERSSOUTH ORANGE
- ORANGE VALLEY REGIONAL GROUND WATER CONTAMINATIONORANGE
- ORCHARD REFINING & SMELTING WORKS, INC.NEWARK
- PETRI PAINTNEWARK
- PETRO-CHEM RESOURCES CO INC.NEWARK
- PLANET CLEANERSBLOOMFIELD
- R & M CLEANERSBLOOMFIELD
- RAILS COMPANYMAPLEWOOD
- RAMBACH CHEMICAL COMPANY INCORPORATEDNEWARK
- RESTAURANT GRAPHICS INC.MAPLEWOOD
- RIVERSIDE INDUSTRIAL PARKNEWARK
- ROYAL RECOVERY SYSTEMSNEWARK
- SCHAIT AND SON DRY CLEANERS, INC.MONTCLAIR
- SETH BOYDEN TERRACE MERCURY INVESTIGATIONNEWARK
- SILSONIX CORPIRVINGTON
- SMILE CLEANERSWEST CALDWELL
- SNOW WHITE LAUNDROMATBLOOMFIELD
- SPARKLE CLEANERSWEST CALDWELL
- STANDARD OPTICALLIVINGSTON
- STELLA PRODUCTS CORPLIVINGSTON
- SUPERB CLEANERSBLOOMFIELD
- T&J LFNEWARK
- THE LAUNDRY ZONEBLOOMFIELD
- TIDEWATER BALINGNEWARK
- TRI-CITY CLEANERSBELLEVILLE
- TROY CHEMICALNEWARK
- U.S. RADIUM CORP.ORANGE
- UNIMATIC MFG CORPFAIRFIELD
- UNIVERSAL CHAIN COMPANY, INC.MAPLEWOOD
- US CLEANERSCALDWELL
- VILLAGE CLEANERSCALDWELL
- WARREN COMMUNICATIONSLIVINGSTON
- WEST ORANGE MERCURYWEST ORANGE
- WHITE CHEMICAL CORP.NEWARK