Union County, NJ
The federal environmental record for Union County (population 572,726): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
34
federal cleanup sites
4
PFAS-detecting water systems
26
TRI facilities
351
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chemical Control | Elizabeth | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| LCP Chemicals Inc. | Linden | on the NPL | 07/28/1998 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Union 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 |
| NJ AMERICAN WATER - LIBERTY NJ2004001 | PFOA: 4.5 ng/L PFPeA: 3.7 ng/L | above final limit |
| NJ AMERICAN WATER - RARITAN NJ2004002 | PFOA: 7.5 ng/L PFOS: 6.8 ng/L PFBA: 5.9 ng/L | above final limit |
| SUEZ WATER NEW JERSEY RAHWAY NJ2013001 | PFOA: 6.9 ng/L PFBA: 5.9 ng/L PFPeA: 5.4 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
26 facilities in Union filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 3.3M lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHILLIPS 66 CO-BAYWAY REFINERY | LINDEN | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 2.6M lb |
| CYCLE CHEM INC. | ELIZABETH | Ethylene glycol, Diisocyanates | 330k lb |
| INFINEUM USA LP-BAYWAY CHEMICAL PLANT | LINDEN | Zinc compounds, Phenol | 196k lb |
| COGEN TECHNOLOGIES LINDEN VENTURE L.P. | LINDEN | Ammonia | 86k lb |
| LINDEN GENERATING STATION | LINDEN | Ammonia, Naphthalene | 39k lb |
| NEXPERA - MORSES MILL | LINDEN | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Hydrogen sulfide | 31k lb |
| CITGO PETROLEUM CORP | LINDEN | n-Hexane, Toluene | 8k lb |
| PARAMOUNT METAL FINISHING | LINDEN | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid | 7k lb |
| SAFETY-KLEEN SYSTEMS INC | LINDEN | N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone, Acetonitrile | 6k lb |
| MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC | RAHWAY | Methyl tert-butyl ether, Acetonitrile | 4k lb |
| SYNRAY CORP | KENILWORTH | Methyl methacrylate, Phthalic anhydride | 4k lb |
| PAMARCO GLOBAL GRAPHICS | ROSELLE | Copper And Copper Compounds | 3k lb |
| PHILLIPS 66 CO TREMLEY POINT TERMINAL | LINDEN | Xylene (mixed isomers), Ethylbenzene | 1k lb |
| KARNAK CORP | CLARK | 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 1k lb |
| FOREMOST MANUFACTURING CO INC | UNION | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid | 570 lb |
| ACTAVIS ELIZABETH LLC | ELIZABETH | Methanol | 514 lb |
| KERRY INC | CLARK | Methanol | 403 lb |
| ETO STERILIZATION | LINDEN | Ethylene oxide | 319 lb |
| ELECTRUM RECOVERY WORKS INC. | RAHWAY | Lead And Lead Compounds | 2 lb |
| FANWOOD CRUSHED STONE | WATCHUNG | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 1 lb |
| PAPETTI'S HYGRADE EGG PRODUCTS INC | ELIZABETH | - | 0 lb |
| WELDON ASPHALT CO. | LINDEN | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 0 lb |
| RONALD MARK ASSOCIATES INC | HILLSIDE | - | 0 lb |
| H&H SWISS SCREW MACHINE PRODUCTS CO | HILLSIDE | - | 0 lb |
| PAPETTIS HYGRADE EGG PRODUCTS INC | ELIZABETH | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 1,452 tank facilities in Union: 766 tanks in service and 5,132 closed. 1,228 fuel releases are on record, of which 351 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Union 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 Union, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- 232 EAST 1ST AVENUEROSELLE
- APEX PLATING AND POLISHINGLINDEN
- ASTRO CLEANERSHILLSIDE TOWNSHIP
- ATLANTIC METAL PRODUCTS INCSPRINGFIELD
- BEST FOODS RES AND ENG CENTERUNION
- CHEMICAL CONTROLELIZABETH
- CHEMTRADE SOLUTIONSLINDEN
- CHEVRON USA INCLINDEN
- CLEVELAND AVENUEPLAINFIELD
- CROSSFIELD PRODUCTS CORPROSELLE PARK
- EAST LINDEN AVE ABANDONED TRAILERLINDEN
- FORMER STOP & WASHPLAINFIELD
- GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.SPRINGFIELD TWP
- GRIFFITH LABORATORIESUNION
- HALLER TESTING LABORATORIES, INCPLAINFIELD CITY
- HAPPY FACE LAUNDROMATHILLSIDE
- JOYET DRY CLEANERSHILLSIDE TOWNSHIP
- KCS LIGHTING INCUNION
- LCP CHEMICALS INC.LINDEN
- METALS DISINTEGRATING CO.UNION TWP
- MILLMASTER ONYX CORPBERKELEY HEIGHTS
- NATIONAL CLEANING AND DYEINGHILLSIDE TOWNSHIP
- ONE HOUR MARTINIZINGPLAINFIELD
- PREMREFCO INCUNION
- RAHWAY RIVER VOC CONTAMINATIONRAHWAY
- REPUBLIC METAL PRODUCTSSPRINGFIELD
- ROSELLE PARK BASEBALL FIELDSROSELLE PARK
- SAMOSET LAUNDRYPLAINFIELD
- SCHAEFFER SALTSUNION
- SNOW WHITE WASH AND DRYHILLSIDE TOWNSHIP
- SUPERIOR POLY BAGSHILLSIDE TWP
- TEXAS EASTERN GAS PIPELINELINDEN
- TSA AT NEWARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTNEWARK
- WARWICK LABORATORIES INCRAHWAY