Passaic County, NJ
The federal environmental record for Passaic County (population 513,395): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
33
federal cleanup sites
13
PFAS-detecting water systems
19
TRI facilities
287
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ringwood Mines/Landfill | Ringwood Borough | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| W.R. Grace & Co., Inc./Wayne Interim Storage Site (USDOE) | Wayne Township | deleted | 09/21/1984 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Passaic 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 |
| BUTLER WATER DEPT NJ1403001 | PFOA: 9 ng/L PFBA: 6.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| BLOOMINGDALE WATER DEPT NJ1601001 | PFOA: 7.9 ng/L | above final limit |
| MANCHESTER UTILITIES AUTHORITY NJ1603001 | PFOA: 11 ng/L PFPeA: 9.1 ng/L PFHxA: 7.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| NJ AMERICAN WATER - LITTLE FALLS NJ1605001 | PFOA: 4.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| PASSAIC VALLEY WATER COMMISSION NJ1605002 | PFPeA: 11.9 ng/L PFOA: 11.5 ng/L PFHxA: 9.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| POMPTON LAKES MUA NJ1609001 | PFOA: 9.7 ng/L PFOS: 4.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| RINGWOOD WATER DEPARTMENT NJ1611002 | PFOA: 12.3 ng/L PFPeA: 9.7 ng/L PFOS: 8.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| TOTOWA W DEPT NJ1612001 | PFOA: 7.2 ng/L PFPeA: 3.8 ng/L PFHxA: 3.7 ng/L | above final limit |
| WANAQUE W DEPT. NJ1613002 | PFOA: 14.8 ng/L PFOS: 13.8 ng/L PFBS: 12.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| TOWNSHIP OF WAYNE NJ1614001 | PFOA: 4.9 ng/L | above final limit |
| WOODLAND PARK WATER DEPARTMENT NJ1616001 | PFOA: 10.6 ng/L PFPeA: 10.5 ng/L PFHxA: 8.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| HAWTHORNE WATER DEPARTMENT NJ1604001 | PFBA: 9.3 ng/L PFPeA: 8.7 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
19 facilities in Passaic filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 27k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROWN ROLL LEAF INC. | PATERSON | Toluene, Methyl isobutyl ketone | 17k lb |
| SWEPCO TUBE LLC | CLIFTON | Nitric acid, Nickel | 4k lb |
| LAMART CORP | CLIFTON | Toluene | 2k lb |
| MICROSEAL INC | PATERSON | Toluene | 1k lb |
| PARISER INDUSTRIES INC. | PATERSON | Certain glycol ethers | 1k lb |
| ADVANCED BIOTECH | TOTOWA | Acetaldehyde, Formic acid | 599 lb |
| SAFAS CORP | CLIFTON | Styrene | 377 lb |
| L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INC. | CLIFTON | Lead compounds | 322 lb |
| PASSAIC RUBBER CO | WAYNE | Zinc compounds | 254 lb |
| LITTLE FALLS ALLOYS | PATERSON | Copper | 23 lb |
| OKONITE CO INC | PATERSON | Copper, Lead And Lead Compounds | 17 lb |
| MANE USA | WAYNE | 1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta[g]-2-benzopyran | 16 lb |
| FISK ALLOY WIRE INC | HAWTHORNE | Copper | 10 lb |
| KIRKER ENTERPRISES INC | PATERSON | n-Butyl alcohol | 1 lb |
| COMUS INTERNATIONAL INC. | CLIFTON | Mercury | 1 lb |
| GENERANT CO INC | WEST MILFORD | - | 0 lb |
| ROYCE ASSOCIATES LP PASSAIC COLOR CHEMICAL CO DIV | PATERSON | - | 0 lb |
| INDEPENDENT CHEMICAL NJ | PATERSON | - | 0 lb |
| LUBRIZOL ADVANCED MATERIALS INC | CLIFTON | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 1,388 tank facilities in Passaic: 707 tanks in service and 4,910 closed. 1,010 fuel releases are on record, of which 287 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Passaic 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 Passaic, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ABRACHEM CHEMICALCLIFTON
- ALFRED HELLER HEAT TREATING CO. SITECLIFTON
- ALLIED TEXTILE PRINTINGPATERSON
- CAP COATINGSPATERSON
- COMMERICAL PRODUCTS USAHAWTHORNE
- FORMER CAREFUL CLEANERSPATERSON
- FORMER SUNSHINE DELUXE LAUNDRY INC.PATERSON
- G.J. REDNER INCWANAQUE
- GALAXIE CHEMICAL CORPPATERSON
- HAWTHORNE MUNICIPAL WELLSHAWTHORNE
- HETERENE CHEMICAL CO.PATERSON
- HOFER MACHINE & TOOL COHALEDON
- HOWE RICHARDSON SCALE COMPANYCLIFTON
- LA-HOUD PROPERTYPATERSON
- MEMORIAL SCHOOLWOODLAND PARK
- NORTH HALEDONNORTH HALEDON
- OKONITE COMPANY, THEPATERSON
- PANTASOTE INC FILM COMPOUND AND PKG DIVPASSAIC
- PAPERBOARD SPECIALIST, INCPATERSON
- PATERSON ARMORYPATERSON
- PATERSON GAS PLANTPATERSON
- PICRIC ACID EMERGENCY RESPONSECLIFTON
- PYROLAC SITEHAWTHORNE
- QUALCO INCPASSAIC
- RINGWOOD MINES/LANDFILLRINGWOOD
- ROTH CLEANERSPOMPTON LAKES
- ROUTE 287 TANKER SPILL RIVERDALE, NJRIVERDALE
- STRAIGHT STREET SITEPATERSON
- THIRD WARD PARK PHARMACEUTICAL RELEASECITY OF PASSAIC
- TRIO DYEING & FINISHING CO INCPATERSON
- TRUCKERS WAREHOUSE, INC.PASSAIC
- W.R. GRACE & CO., INC./WAYNE INTERIM STORAGE SITE (USDOE)WAYNE
- WEST PATERSON COAL GAS SITEW PATERSON