Salem County, NJ
The federal environmental record for Salem County (population 65,338): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
10
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
9
TRI facilities
55
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| NL Industries | Pedricktown | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Salem 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 |
|---|---|---|
| PENNSVILLE TWSP. WATER DEPART. NJ1708001 | PFHxA: 37 ng/L PFPeA: 35 ng/L PFBA: 20 ng/L | above final limit |
| SALEM WATER DEPARTMENT NJ1712001 | PFOA: 4.7 ng/L | above final limit |
| NJ AMERICAN WATER - PENNS GROVE NJ1707001 | PFHxA: 3.2 ng/L PFPeA: 3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
9 facilities in Salem filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 483k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHEMOURS CHAMBERS WORKS | DEEPWATER | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Tetrafluoroethylene | 447k lb |
| MEXICHEM SPECIALTY RESINS INC | PEDRICKTOWN | Vinyl chloride, Methyl acrylate | 18k lb |
| SIEGFRIED USA LLC | PENNSVILLE | Methanol, Toluene | 8k lb |
| OXY VINYLS LP | PEDRICKTOWN | Vinyl chloride | 5k lb |
| LUBRIZOL CORP | PEDRICKTOWN | Acrylamide, Ethyl acrylate | 3k lb |
| DUPONT SPECIALTY PRODUCTS USA LLC - CHAMBERS WORKS | DEEPWATER | Tetrafluoroethylene | 2k lb |
| MANNINGTON MILLS INC | SALEM | Zinc compounds | 1k lb |
| OLDCASTLE LAWN & GARDEN ELMER | ELMER | Lead And Lead Compounds | 5 lb |
| QUIKRETE PEDRICKTOWN | PEDRICKTOWN | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 264 tank facilities in Salem: 160 tanks in service and 899 closed. 156 fuel releases are on record, of which 55 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Salem 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 Salem, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- DEL VAL INDUSTRIAL TIRE FIRE RESPONSEPENNSVILLE
- E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURSDEEPWATER
- EXXON CHEMICAL CO AMERICASPEDRICKTOWN
- LIBERTY PLASTICS INCCARNEYS POINT
- NL INDUSTRIESPEDRICKTOWN
- OLDMANS TWP SANITARY LFPEDRICKTOWN
- PEDRICKTOWN SUPPORT FACILITYPEDRICKTOWN
- PENNS GROVE COAL GASPENNS GROVE
- POLY ONE - VINYL CHLORIDE RELEASEPEDRICKTOWN
- SALEM COAL GASSALEM CITY