Hudson County, NJ
The federal environmental record for Hudson County (population 705,472): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
5
Superfund NPL sites
37
federal cleanup sites
6
PFAS-detecting water systems
12
TRI facilities
386
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Head Oil Refinery Div. | Kearny | on the NPL | 09/05/2002 |
| Grand Street Mercury | Hoboken | deleted | 09/25/1997 |
| PJP Landfill | Jersey City | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Standard Chlorine | Kearny | on the NPL | 09/19/2007 |
| Syncon Resins | South Kearny | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Hudson 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SUEZ WATER NEW JERSEY HACKENSACK NJ0238001 | PFOA: 14 ng/L PFOS: 8.1 ng/L PFPeA: 5.7 ng/L | above final limit |
| CITYOF BAYONNE NJ0901001 | PFOA: 4.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| HARRISON W DEPT NJ0904001 | PFOA: 8.8 ng/L PFPeA: 8.6 ng/L PFHxA: 7.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| HOBOKEN WATER UTILITY NJ0905001 | PFOA: 6.7 ng/L PFOS: 4.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| JERSEY CITY MUA NJ0906001 | PFOA: 9.2 ng/L PFOS: 7.7 ng/L PFHxS: 5 ng/L | above final limit |
| KEARNY WATER DEPARTMENT NJ0907001 | PFOA: 4.8 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
12 facilities in Hudson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.3M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLEAN EARTH OF NORTH JERSEY INC | KEARNY | Lead And Lead Compounds, Chromium | 1.3M lb |
| BAYONNE ENERGY CENTER | BAYONNE | Ammonia | 16k lb |
| KEARNY GENERATING STATION | KEARNY | Ammonia | 8k lb |
| OWENS CORNING ROOFING & ASPHALT LLC | KEARNY | Copper compounds, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 1k lb |
| U.S. CASTINGS CORP | UNION CITY | Lead | 14 lb |
| NICHOLAS GALVANIZING | JERSEY CITY | Zinc compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds | 11 lb |
| KUEHNE CHEMICAL CO INC | SOUTH KEARNY | Chlorine | 10 lb |
| SILVI CONCRETE OF EAST NEWARK | EAST NEWARK | Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms) | 1 lb |
| VECKRIDGE CHEMICAL | SOUTH KEARNY | - | 0 lb |
| WELDON ASPHALT CO | KEARNY | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 0 lb |
| GCP APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES INC | NORTH BERGEN | - | 0 lb |
| HENRY REPEATING ARMS CORP. | BAYONNE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 1,258 tank facilities in Hudson: 534 tanks in service and 4,280 closed. 1,094 fuel releases are on record, of which 386 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Hudson 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 Hudson, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ALDEN LEEDS INC FIREKEARNY
- BAYONNE CITY DUMPBAYONNE
- BAYVIEW AVENUE DRUMSJERSEY CITY
- BELLEVILLE TURNPIKE DRUMSKEARNY
- CAVEN POINT U.S. ARMY RESERVE CENTERJERSEY CITY
- CITY CHEMICAL CORPJERSEY CITY
- CONRAIL-MEADOWS YARDKEARNY
- CONRAIL-YARDJERSEY CITY / HOBOKEN
- DIAMOND HEAD OIL REFINERY DIV.HARRISON
- DYE SPECIALTIES INCJERSEY CITY
- EIGHTH STREET SITEJERSEY CITY
- GRAND STREET MERCURYHOBOKEN
- IMTT BAYONNEBAYONNE
- JERSEY CITY CHROMIUM WASTE SITEJERSEY CITY
- JERSEY CITY CHROMIUM WASTE SITEJERSEY CITY
- JERSEY CITY CHROMIUM WASTE SITEJERSEY CITY
- JERSEY CITY CHROMIUM WASTE SITEJERSEY CITY
- KEARNY DRUM DUMP #2KEARNY
- KEARNY DRUM DUMP #5KEARNY
- KEARNY DRUM DUMP #5KEARNY
- KEEGAN LANDFILLKEARNY
- KOPPERS CO INC /SEABOARD PLANTKEARNY
- LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES WESTERN ELECTRICKEARNY
- MILITARY OCEAN TERMINAL - BAYONNEBAYONNE
- NJDEP @ SYNCON RESINS INCKEARNY
- PITTSBURGH METALSJERSEY CITY
- SPARKLE CLEANERSJERSEY CITY
- ST JOHNSBURY TRUCKINGKEARNY
- STANDARD CHLORINEKEARNY
- STANDARD CHLORINE JACOBUS AVENUEKEARNY
- STATUE OF LIBERTY NATIONAL MONUMENT AND ELLIS ISLANDJERSEY CITY
- THE FORMER WHITLOCK CORDAGE CO FACILITY SITEJERSEY CITY
- TURNPIKE DUMP #5JERSEY CITY
- UNITED WATERHOBOKEN
- VO TOYS INCHARRISON
- WEEHAWKEN MYSTERY SPILLWEEHAWKEN
- WOODWARD METAL PROCESSINGJERSEY CITY