Cabarrus County, NC
The federal environmental record for Cabarrus County (population 240,016): 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
7
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
19
TRI facilities
58
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bypass 601 Ground Water Contamination | Concord | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Cabarrus 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CONCORD, CITY OF NC0113010 | PFOS: 9.1 ng/L PFHxS: 5 ng/L | above final limit |
| HARRISBURG, TOWN OF NC0113025 | PFOS: 10.3 ng/L PFHxS: 4.9 ng/L PFBS: 4.2 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
19 facilities in Cabarrus filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 863k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| VENATOR CHEMICALS LLC | HARRISBURG | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Copper And Copper Compounds | 699k lb |
| DNP IMAGINGCOMM AMERICA CORP | CONCORD | Toluene | 48k lb |
| INTERTAPE POLYMER GROUP | MIDLAND | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Acrylamide | 45k lb |
| MAUSER USA LLC | HARRISBURG | Certain glycol ethers | 40k lb |
| CORNING INC | MIDLAND | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Chlorine | 19k lb |
| AIRGAS SPECIALTY PRODUCTS-CONCORD NC | CONCORD | Ammonia | 4k lb |
| MATEENBAR COMPOSITE REINFORCEMENTS LLC | CONCORD | Styrene | 3k lb |
| GALVAN INDUSTRIES INC | HARRISBURG | Zinc compounds, Lead | 3k lb |
| AMERICHEM INC CNC | CONCORD | Zinc compounds, Vanadium compounds | 1k lb |
| CONCRETE PIPE & PRECAST-CONCORD | CONCORD | Lead | 24 lb |
| COMMERCIAL VEHICLE GROUP | CONCORD | Diisocyanates | 10 lb |
| CONCRETE SUPPLY CO. LLC - CONCORD | CONCORD | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead And Lead Compounds | 5 lb |
| OLDCASTLE PRECAST INC | CONCORD | Lead compounds | 4 lb |
| PASS & SEYMOUR LEGRAND | CONCORD | - | 0 lb |
| SWS CONCRETE-BONDS PLANT | CONCORD | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| SWS CONCRETE-CONCORD PLANT | CONCORD | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| THOMAS CONCRETE | CONCORD | Lead | 0 lb |
| BLUEDOT-READI-MIX-HARRISBURG (PLANT #102) | HARRISBURG | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| RINKER CHARLOTTE PIPE | CONCORD | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 375 tank facilities in Cabarrus: 322 tanks in service and 834 closed. 314 fuel releases are on record, of which 58 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Cabarrus 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 Cabarrus, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BRANCH BATTERYCONCORD
- BYPASS 601 GROUND WATER CONTAMINATIONCONCORD
- CONCORD COAL GAS PLANTCONCORD
- KANNAPOLIS DRUM SITEKANNAPOLIS
- PATTERSON AVENUE BATTERY DUMP SITECONCORD
- RILEY BATTERY SITECONCORD
- VILLA MOBILE HOME PARK SITEKANNAPOLIS