Carteret County, NC
The federal environmental record for Carteret County (population 69,615): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
60
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Carteret 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NEWPORT WATER SYSTEM NC0416020 | PFOS: 8.1 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
6 facilities in Carteret filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 72k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARKER OFFSHORE LLC | BEAUFORT | Styrene | 55k lb |
| U.S. MARINE CORPS MCAS CHERRY PT - BT11 BOMBING RANGE - RNGE | PINEY ISLAND | Copper, Lead | 17k lb |
| BALLY REFRIGERATED BOXES INC. | MOREHEAD CITY | Diisocyanates, Chromium | 2 lb |
| FRANK DOOR CO | NEWPORT | - | 0 lb |
| HOUSE OF SILK FLOWERS INC | BEAUFORT | - | 0 lb |
| S&W MOREHEAD CITY | MOREHEAD CITY | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 236 tank facilities in Carteret: 233 tanks in service and 658 closed. 212 fuel releases are on record, of which 60 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Carteret 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 Carteret, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- SOUTHERN SKIMMER DRUM SITEBEAUFORT
- UNITED STATES COAST GUARDATLANTIC BEACH
- USMC/CRASH CREW BURN PITMOREHEAD CITY