Hunterdon County, NJ
The federal environmental record for Hunterdon County (population 130,183): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
4
Superfund NPL sites
23
federal cleanup sites
5
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
67
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crown Vantage Landfill | Alexandria Township | deleted | 04/27/2005 |
| Curtis Specialty Papers, Inc. | Milford | on the NPL | 09/23/2009 |
| De Rewal Chemical Co. | Kingwood Township | on the NPL | 09/21/1984 |
| Myers Property | Franklin Township | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Hunterdon 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NJ AMERICAN WATER - SHORT HILLS NJ0712001 | PFPeA: 27.5 ng/L PFHxA: 11.2 ng/L PFOA: 9.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| CLINTON W DEPT NJ1005001 | PFOS: 12.2 ng/L PFOA: 9 ng/L PFPeA: 7.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| FLEMINGTON WATER DEPARTMENT NJ1009001 | PFOA: 9.5 ng/L PFOS: 7.8 ng/L PFPeA: 5.3 ng/L | above final limit |
| HIGH BRIDGE W DEPT NJ1014001 | PFOA: 4.9 ng/L PFOS: 4.8 ng/L PFBS: 3 ng/L | above final limit |
| WASHINGTON TWP MUA-HAGER NJ1438003 | PFOA: 5.5 ng/L PFOS: 4.3 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
2 facilities in Hunterdon filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 203k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRIDENT MARITIME SYSTEMS-CAC LLC | HIGH BRIDGE | Nickel, Chromium | 202k lb |
| CHROMA COLOR CORP | LAMBERTVILLE | Zinc compounds | 635 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 454 tank facilities in Hunterdon: 274 tanks in service and 1,465 closed. 310 fuel releases are on record, of which 67 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Hunterdon as Zone 1, the highest predicted indoor radon levels (over 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 Hunterdon, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CROWN VANTAGE LANDFILLALEXANDRIA TOWNSHIP
- CURTIS SPECIALTY PAPERS MILFORD MILLMILFORD
- DE REWAL CHEMICAL CO.FRENCHTOWN
- DIAMOND AEROSOL CORPGLEN GARDNER
- FLEMINGTON - RARITAN LFRARITAN TWP
- FLEMINGTON COAL GAS SITEFLEMINGTON
- FLEMINGTON FURSFLEMINGTON
- FORMER BILL'S GARAGE, INC.CLINTON
- FORMER CHU PROPERTYREADINGTON
- FOUR SEASONS CLEANERSFLEMINGTON
- HOLLAND HITCH CO OF NJ INCWHITEHOUSE
- JUROMSKI PROPERTYREADINGTON TWP
- MINALEX CORPWHITEHOUSE STATION
- MOHAWK MANUFACTURING COMPANYWHITEHOUSE STATION
- MYERS PROPERTYFRANKLIN TOWNSHIP
- NJDOTFLEMINGTON
- PITTSTOWN ACETIC ACID SPILLPITTSTOWN
- PLAZA CLEANERSCLINTON
- SALEM INDUSTRIAL PARKREADINGTON TOWNSHIP
- SALEM SQUAREREADINGTON
- SMIDTH FL & COLEBANON
- TIRPOK CLEANERSCLINTON
- WARREN GLEN ASBESTOS STEAM PIPEHOLLAND TOWNSHIP