Brunswick County, NC
The federal environmental record for Brunswick County (population 159,964): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
7
federal cleanup sites
4
PFAS-detecting water systems
7
TRI facilities
55
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp - Navassa | Navassa | on the NPL | 03/04/2010 |
| Potter's Septic Tank Service Pits | Maco | on the NPL | 03/31/1989 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Brunswick 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OAK ISLAND, TOWN OF NC0410020 | PFOS: 12 ng/L PFPeA: 12 ng/L PFHxA: 9.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| OCEAN ISLE BEACH, TOWN OF NC0410035 | PFOS: 15 ng/L PFPeA: 8.4 ng/L PFHxA: 8.3 ng/L | above final limit |
| BRUNSWICK COUNTY WATER SYSTEM NC0410045 | PFOS: 12.4 ng/L PFPeA: 11.5 ng/L PFHxA: 9.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| HOLDEN BEACH, TOWN OF NC0410060 | PFOS: 10.9 ng/L PFHxA: 6.8 ng/L HFPO-DA: 6.3 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
7 facilities in Brunswick filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 23k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN DISTILLATION INC | LELAND | tert-Butyl alcohol, Methanol | 13k lb |
| COATINGS & ADHESIVES CORP | LELAND | Ammonia, Methyl methacrylate | 5k lb |
| ADM SOUTHPORT | SOUTHPORT | Ammonia | 3k lb |
| CAROLINA POLE LELAND | LELAND | Arsenic And Arsenic Compounds, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 2k lb |
| VICTAULIC CO - LELAND FACILITY | LELAND | Lead compounds | 129 lb |
| S&W SOUTHPORT | SOUTHPORT | Lead | 0 lb |
| S&W SUPPLY PLANT | BOLIVIA | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 248 tank facilities in Brunswick: 186 tanks in service and 620 closed. 202 fuel releases are on record, of which 55 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Brunswick 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 Brunswick, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CAROLINA CREOSOTING CORPLELAND
- ESTECH GENL CHEMS CORPNAVASSA
- KERR MCGEE CHEMICAL CORP SUPERFUND SITE-NAVASSA, NCNAVASSA
- MILITARY OCEAN TERMINALSOUTHPORT
- MULBERRY ROAD SITESHALLOTTE
- POTTER'S SEPTIC TANK SERVICE PITSMACO
- SULLY'S OIL RECOVERYLELAND