Bernalillo County, NM
The federal environmental record for Bernalillo County (population 671,586): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
4
Superfund NPL sites
34
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
28
TRI facilities
108
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| AT&SF (Albuquerque) | Albuquerque | on the NPL | 12/16/1994 |
| Carlisle Village Cleaners | Albuquerque | on the NPL | 07/03/2025 |
| Fruit Avenue Plume | Albuquerque | on the NPL | 10/22/1999 |
| South Valley | Albuquerque | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Bernalillo reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
28 facilities in Bernalillo filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 341k lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CTS ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS INC | ALBUQUERQUE | Lead And Lead Compounds | 239k lb |
| ABB INSTALLATION PRODUCTS INC. | ALBUQUERQUE | Toluene, Lead compounds | 31k lb |
| MATERION ADVANCED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES & SERVICES MESA DEL | ALBUQUERQUE | Nitric acid, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 30k lb |
| US DOE NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER | ALBUQUERQUE | Lead compounds | 10k lb |
| US DOD USAF KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE | KIRTLAND AFB | Lead, Naphthalene | 8k lb |
| WESTERN REFINING - ALBUQUERQUE LP TERMINAL | ALBUQUERQUE | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 5k lb |
| E-CHEM LLC | ALBUQUERQUE | Nonylphenol, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 5k lb |
| AJ MAES DBA SANDIA MARBLE | ALBUQUERQUE | Styrene, Dimethyl phthalate | 4k lb |
| GCC RIO GRANDE INC | TIJERAS | Lead And Lead Compounds, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 3k lb |
| DFA DAIRY BRANDS FLUID LLC DBA CREAMLAND | ALBUQUERQUE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid | 3k lb |
| SUMCO PHOENIX-ALBUQUERQUE | ALBUQUERQUE | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Hydrogen fluoride | 2k lb |
| SOLAERO TECHNOLOGIES CORP | ALBUQUERQUE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid | 960 lb |
| US DOE -SANDIA FIELD OFFICE | ALBUQUERQUE | Lead And Lead Compounds | 492 lb |
| TEMPUR PRODUCTION USA LLC | ALBUQUERQUE | Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) | 250 lb |
| PVS DX INC. | ALBUQUERQUE | Chlorine | 119 lb |
| CREATION TECHNOLOGIES (FORMERLY IEC ELECTRONICS) | ALBUQUERQUE | Lead | 52 lb |
| STA TECHNOLOGIES INC | ALBUQUERQUE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 21 lb |
| WESTERN REFINING - ALBUQUERQUE ASPHALT | ALBUQUERQUE | Naphthalene, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 15 lb |
| MATERION ADVANCED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES & SERVICES NORTH | ALBUQUERQUE | Silver And Silver Compounds | 15 lb |
| VULCAN OSUNA ASPHALT | ALBUQUERQUE | Benzo[g,h,i]perylene, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 0 lb |
| SENERGY PETROLEUM LLC - ALBUQUERQUE BULK PLANT | ALBUQUERQUE | - | 0 lb |
| HF SINCLAIR ASPHALT CO LLC - ALBUQUERQUE NM | ALBUQUERQUE | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lb |
| RELADYNE WEST LLC | ALBUQUERQUE | - | 0 lb |
| CLAYTON ALBUQUERQUE | ALBUQUERQUE | - | 0 lb |
| DELTA GROUP ELECTRONICS INC | ALBUQUERQUE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 1,367 tank facilities in Bernalillo: 724 tanks in service and 2,996 closed. 646 fuel releases are on record, of which 108 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Bernalillo 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 Bernalillo, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ABQ CHEM STORAGE BOXALBUQUERQUE
- ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENTIAL HG RESPALBUQUERQUE
- AT&SF (ALBUQUERQUE)ALBUQUERQUE
- BROTHERS PLATING COALBUQUERQUE
- BUENA VISTA/COAL AVENUEALBUQUERQUE
- BUENA VISTA/COAL AVENUEALBUQUERQUE
- CARLISLE VILLAGE CLEANERSALBUQUERQUE
- CARMEL AVE. MERCURYALBUQUERQUE
- CARNUE-DEADMAN'S CURVECARNUEL
- CASA AMARILLA MERCURYALBUQUERQUE
- DART TRANSIT COMPANY - ABQALBUQUERQUE
- FRUIT AVENUE PLUMEALBUQUERQUE
- GEORGE'S DRY CLEANERSALBUQUERQUE
- GRANBURY CLEANERSALBUQUERQUE
- JOE'S CLEANERSALBUQUERQUE
- LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INSTALBUQUERQUE
- NEW MEXICO VETERANS AFFAIRS HEALTH CAREALBUQUERQUE
- NM UTILITIESALBUQUERQUE
- OLD GULTON INDUSTRIESALBUQUERQUE
- PALISADES LAUNDRY AND CLEANERSALBUQUERQUE
- PARK AVENUE CLEANERSALBUQUERQUE
- PINCH PENNEY NO. 2ALBUQUERQUE
- PRAIRIE RADALBUQUERQUE
- QUALITY LAUNDRY AND CLEANERSALBUQUERQUE
- RANDOLPH ROAD AND UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD SITEALBUQUERQUE
- SOLICO COMPANYALBUQUERQUE
- SOUTH VALLEYALBUQUERQUE
- SOUTHWEST VERMICULITE COMPANYALBUQUERQUE
- SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN POLYTECHOUSE INSTITUTEALBUQUERQUE
- TOP CLEANERSALBUQUERQUE
- UNCLE NICE CLEANERSALBUQUERQUE
- US DOD USAF KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASEALBUQUERQUE
- US DOE/NNSAALBUQUERQUE
- WEST CENTRAL AVENUEALBUQUERQUE