Gloucester County, NJ
The federal environmental record for Gloucester County (population 308,423): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
10
Superfund NPL sites
44
federal cleanup sites
15
PFAS-detecting water systems
20
TRI facilities
133
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeport Rental & Oil Services | Bridgeport | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc. | Bridgeport | on the NPL | 09/21/1984 |
| Franklin Burn | Franklin Township | on the NPL | 06/17/1996 |
| Helen Kramer Landfill | Mantua Township | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Hercules, Inc. (Gibbstown Plant) | Gibbstown | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Lipari Landfill | Pitman | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
| Matlack, Inc. | Woolwich Township | on the NPL | 05/24/2013 |
| Matteo & Sons, Inc. | Thorofare | on the NPL | 09/27/2006 |
| Pioneer Metal Finishing Inc | Franklinville | on the NPL | 09/09/2021 |
| Shieldalloy Corp. | Newfield Borough | on the NPL | 09/21/1984 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Gloucester 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CLAYTON WATER DEPARTMENT, NJ NJ0801001 | PFOA: 7.3 ng/L PFHxA: 4.7 ng/L PFPeA: 3.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| EAST GREENWICH TWP WATER DEPT NJ0803001 | PFNA: 73.3 ng/L PFOA: 14.4 ng/L PFOS: 8.9 ng/L | above final limit |
| GLASSBORO WATER DEPARTMENT NJ0806001 | PFOA: 9.4 ng/L PFOS: 6.6 ng/L PFHxA: 4.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| NJ AMERICAN WATER - HARRISON NJ0808001 | PFOA: 5.4 ng/L PFHxA: 5.3 ng/L PFPeA: 5.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| NJ AMERICAN WATER - LOGAN NJ0809002 | PFPeA: 4.9 ng/L PFHxA: 4.8 ng/L PFOA: 4.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| MANTUA TOWNSHIP MUA NJ0810004 | PFPeA: 5.6 ng/L PFHxA: 5.5 ng/L PFOA: 4.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| MONROE TWP MUA NJ0811002 | PFOA: 7.5 ng/L PFOS: 4.2 ng/L PFHxA: 3.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| PITMAN WATER DEPARTMENT NJ0815001 | PFHxA: 5.1 ng/L PFPeA: 4.8 ng/L PFOA: 4.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP MUA NJ0818004 | PFBS: 10.9 ng/L PFOA: 9 ng/L PFHxA: 5.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| WESTVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT NJ0821001 | PFNA: 16.7 ng/L PFOA: 8.6 ng/L PFOS: 4.7 ng/L | above final limit |
| DEPTFORD TWP MUA NJ0802001 | PFBA: 5.8 ng/L PFHxA: 5.2 ng/L PFPeA: 4.8 ng/L | detected |
| PAULSBORO WATER DEPARTMENT NJ0814001 | PFPeA: 6.1 ng/L PFBA: 6.1 ng/L | detected |
| WEST DEPTFORD TWP WATER DEPT NJ0820001 | PFNA: 16 ng/L PFPeA: 4 ng/L PFHxA: 3.8 ng/L | detected |
| EAGLE POINT TANK FARM NJ0820301 | PFNA: 9 ng/L | detected |
| WOODBURY CITY W DEPT NJ0822001 | PFPeA: 3.8 ng/L PFHxA: 3.7 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
20 facilities in Gloucester filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 465k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAULSBORO REFINING CO LLC | PAULSBORO | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Toluene | 318k lb |
| VALTRIS SPECIALTY CHEMICALS-DELAWARE RIVER PLANT | BRIDGEPORT | Phenol, Chloroethane | 44k lb |
| COIM USA INC | WEST DEPTFORD | 1,4-Dioxane, Ethylene glycol | 38k lb |
| JOHNSON MATTHEY | WEST DEPTFORD | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 20k lb |
| SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA LLC | THOROFARE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), 1-Chloro-1,1-difluoroethane (HCFC-142b) | 15k lb |
| SAINT-GOBAIN PPL MICKLETON | MICKLETON | Ammonia | 15k lb |
| VERANOVA L.P. | PAULSBORO | Methanol, Acetonitrile | 7k lb |
| CPI OPERATIONS LLC | PAULSBORO | n-Hexane, Benzene | 4k lb |
| MYCONE DENTAL SUPPLY CO INC | GIBBSTOWN | Methyl methacrylate | 1k lb |
| EXXONMOBIL PAULSBORO LUBE PLANT | PAULSBORO | Zinc compounds | 1k lb |
| ETHOS BIOSCIENCES INC. | LOGAN TOWNSHIP | Methanol | 414 lb |
| SILVI CONCRETE OF WOODBURY | WOODBURY HEIGHTS | Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms) | 13 lb |
| SILVI CONCRETE OF LOGAN | GIBBSTOWN | Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms) | 1 lb |
| BUMPER SPECIALTIES INC | WEST DEPTFORD | - | 0 lb |
| BOSTIK INC | PAULSBORO | - | 0 lb |
| GGB LLC | THOROFARE | - | 0 lb |
| CUSTOM BUILDING PRODUCTS | LOGAN TOWNSHIP | Lead | 0 lb |
| MAPEI | SWEDESBORO | - | 0 lb |
| OLDCASTLE APG | WOODBURY | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| HANGSTERFER'S LABORATORIES INC | MANTUA | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 692 tank facilities in Gloucester: 329 tanks in service and 2,238 closed. 412 fuel releases are on record, of which 133 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Gloucester 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 Gloucester, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ACADEMY KNITTERSWILLIAMSTOWN
- BIRCHLY COURTWEST DEPTFORD
- BK DRY CLEANERSMONROE
- BRIDGEPORT RENTAL & OIL SERVICESBRIDGEPORT
- CBS RECORDSPITMAN
- CHEMICAL LEAMAN TANK LINES, INC.BRIDGEPORT
- COBBY'S CLEANING CENTERGIBBSTOWN
- DANA TRANSPORT INCTHOROFARE
- DEPTFORD PLATING COMPANY, INCDEPTFORD TWP
- E I DUPONT DE NEMOURS - PAULSBORO WORKSPAULSBORO
- FRANKLIN BURNFRANKLIN TOWNSHIP
- FRANKLIN BURN SITE #2FRANKLIN TWP
- FRANKLIN BURN SITE #4MALAGA
- FRANKLIN BURN SITE #4MALAGA
- FRANKLIN BURN SITE #4MALAGA
- GIBBSTOWN CLEANERSGIBBSTOWN
- HELEN KRAMER LANDFILLMANTUA TOWNSHIP
- HERCULES, INC. (GIBBSTOWN PLANT)GIBBSTOWN
- KIDDIE KOLLEGEFRANKLINVILLE
- LIPARI LANDFILLPITMAN
- MARTELL FARMDEPTFORD
- MARVIN JONAS INCDEPTFORD TWP
- MATLACK, INC.SWEDESBORO
- MATTEO & SONS INC.THOROFARE
- MOBIL OIL LFPAULSBORO
- MONROE SPEED WASHMONROE
- MONROE TWP GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION SITEMONROE TWP
- NATIONAL PARK UNKNOWN SHEENNATIONAL PARK
- OIL RECOVERY CO INCCLAYTON
- PAULSBORO TRAIN DERAILMENTPAULSBORO
- PEABODY CLEAN INDUSTRY INCPAULSBORO
- PIONEER METAL FINISHING INC.FRANKLINVILLE
- SHAMROCK ENTERPRISESFRANKLINVILLE
- SHIELDALLOY METALLURGICALNEWFIELD
- SMS LOGAN TOWNSHIP TANK CAR PROPYLENE RELEASELOGAN TOWNSHIP
- STARTING GATE/LAIL PROPERTYE. GREENWICH TWP
- SUPERIOR BARREL & DRUM CO INCGLASSBORO
- SWEDESBORO COAL GASSWEDESBORO
- TA TRUCK STOP AIR RELEASEPAULSBORO
- TERZIAN QUICKO CLEANERSWILLIAMSTOWN
- UNICORN INDUSTRIESNEWFIELD
- WACO TAILORSGIBBSTOWN
- WECOMGLASSBORO
- WEST DEPTFORD MUN DPWOODBURY