Beaufort County, NC
The federal environmental record for Beaufort County (population 44,481): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
5
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
4
TRI facilities
29
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| FCX, Inc. (Washington Plant) | Washington | on the NPL | 03/31/1989 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Beaufort 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)
4 facilities in Beaufort filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 4.1M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCS PHOSPHATE CO INC | AURORA | Hydrogen sulfide, Ammonia | 4.0M lb |
| ICONIC MARINE GROUP LLC | WASHINGTON | Styrene | 30k lb |
| SEOLTA HOLDINGS LLC | WASHINGTON | Styrene | 7k lb |
| AAF INTERNATIONAL | WASHINGTON | Nickel, Chromium | 5 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 211 tank facilities in Beaufort: 137 tanks in service and 524 closed. 149 fuel releases are on record, of which 29 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Beaufort 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 Beaufort, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- FCX, INC. (WASHINGTON PLANT)WASHINGTON
- FLANDERS FILTERS INCWASHINGTON
- NUTRIEN AURORA FACILITYAURORA
- WASHINGTON COAL GAS PLANTWASHINGTON
- WINDMILL RD DUMPING SITECHOCOWINITY