Ocean County, NJ
The federal environmental record for Ocean County (population 659,197): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
11
Superfund NPL sites
32
federal cleanup sites
9
PFAS-detecting water systems
8
TRI facilities
123
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beachwood/Berkley Wells | Berkley Township | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
| Brick Township Landfill | Brick Township | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Ciba-Geigy Corp. | Toms River | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Denzer & Schafer X-Ray Co. | Bayville | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
| Goose Farm | Plumstead Township | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Hopkins Farm | Plumstead Township | deleted | 09/21/1984 |
| Jackson Township Landfill | Jackson Township | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
| Naval Air Engineering Center | Lakehurst | on the NPL | 07/22/1987 |
| Pijak Farm | Plumstead Township | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
| Reich Farms | Pleasant Plains | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
| Spence Farm | Plumstead Township | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Ocean 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 - COASTAL NORTH NJ1345001 | PFBS: 9.2 ng/L PFOA: 7.5 ng/L 6:2 FTS: 6.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| BRICK TOWNSHIP MUA NJ1506001 | PFOA: 10 ng/L PFBS: 3.2 ng/L PFPeA: 3.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| SUEZ WATER TOMS RIVER NJ1507005 | PFOA: 9.8 ng/L PFBS: 8 ng/L PFOS: 4.9 ng/L | above final limit |
| LAKEWOOD TWP MUA NJ1514002 | PFPeA: 33.8 ng/L PFHxA: 26.2 ng/L 6:2 FTS: 21 ng/L | above final limit |
| MANCHESTER TWP WATER UTILITY - WESTERN NJ1518004 | PFHxS: 11.3 ng/L PFOA: 5.3 ng/L PFOS: 5.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| POINT PLEASANT WATER DEPARTMENT NJ1524001 | PFBS: 5.2 ng/L PFPeA: 5.1 ng/L PFOA: 5.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| POINT PLEASANT BEACH WATER DEPARTMENT NJ1525001 | PFOA: 7.3 ng/L PFBS: 3.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| AQUA NJ - EASTERN DIVISION NJ1505002 | PFPeA: 5.5 ng/L PFHxA: 5.2 ng/L | detected |
| MANCHESTER TWP WATER UTILITY - EASTERN NJ1518005 | PFBS: 4.9 ng/L PFPeA: 4.5 ng/L PFHxA: 3.4 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
8 facilities in Ocean filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 13k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| NITTO INC. | LAKEWOOD | Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene | 7k lb |
| ALPHA ASSOCIATES INC | LAKEWOOD | Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene | 4k lb |
| CHURCH & DWIGHT CO. INC. | LAKEWOOD | Certain glycol ethers, 1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta[g]-2-benzopyran | 1k lb |
| JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST LAKEHURST AREA | LAKEHURST | Lead, Naphthalene | 705 lb |
| ORGO-THERMIT INC | MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP | Aluminum (fume or dust), Manganese | 255 lb |
| FLEXABAR CORP | LAKEWOOD | Xylene (mixed isomers) | 47 lb |
| SILVI CONCRETE OF BRICK | BRICK | Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms) | 1 lb |
| RALPH CLAYTON & SONS | LAKEWOOD | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 1,115 tank facilities in Ocean: 711 tanks in service and 3,109 closed. 598 fuel releases are on record, of which 123 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Ocean as Zone 3, the lowest predicted indoor radon (under 2 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 Ocean, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BAY CLEANERSTOMS RIVER
- BEACHWOOD/BERKELEY WELLSBERKELEY TOWNSHIP
- BOULEVARD CLEANERSTOMS RIVER
- BRICK TOWNSHIP LANDFILLBRICK TOWNSHIP
- BROWN AVENUE LANDFILLLAKEHURST
- CIBA-GEIGY CORP.TOMS RIVER
- COMMUNITY DRY CLEANERSTOMS RIVER
- DENZER & SCHAFER X-RAY CO.BAYVILLE
- DOVER TOWNSHIP LANDFILLDOVER TWP
- ELITE CLEANERS @ BELL CREST PLAZATOMS RIVER
- GARDEN STATE SOIL ENRICHMENT STATIONLAKEHURST
- GOOSE FARMNEW EGYPT
- HARBORAGE AVENUE GROUND WATER CONTAMINATIONBERKELEY TWP
- HOPKINS FARMNEW EGYPT
- JACKSON TWP SLFJACKSON
- MANAHAWKIN COIN LAUNDRY.STAFFORD TOWNSHIP
- MILE MARKER 28MANCHESTER
- NAVAL AIR ENGINEERING CENTERLAKEHURST
- NITTO, INC.LAKEWOOD
- OCEAN LANDFILL CORPMANCHESTER TWP
- PIJAK FARMNEW EGYPT
- PRINCESS LAUNDROMAT AND DRY CLEANINGBERKELEY TOWNSHIP
- REICH FARMSPLEASANT PLAINS
- SAVCOTE CHEMICAL LABS , INCLAKEWOOD
- SOUTH BRUNSWICK ASPHALTMANCHESTER
- SOUTH BRUNSWICK ASPHALTBAYVILLE
- SOUTHERN OCEAN LANDFILL INCWARETOWN
- SPENCE FARMNEW EGYPT
- TORWICO ELECTRONICS INCORPORATEDLAKEWOOD TOWNSHIP
- USDOD AIR FORCE BOMARC MISSILE SITEPLUMSTED TWP
- WILSON FARMNEW EGYPT
- Z2 CLEANERSDOVER TOWNSHIP