Edgecombe County, NC
The federal environmental record for Edgecombe County (population 48,832): 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
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
37
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Edgecombe 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 |
|---|---|---|
| TARBORO, TOWN OF NC0433010 | PFOA: 5.9 ng/L PFOS: 5.1 ng/L PFBS: 4.3 ng/L | above final limit |
| EDGECOMBE WATER & SEWER DISTRICT NC0433050 | PFOS: 4.7 ng/L PFOA: 4.5 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
6 facilities in Edgecombe filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 97k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| HC COMPOSITES LLC | TARBORO | Styrene, Methyl methacrylate | 64k lb |
| AIR DISTRIBUTION TECHNOLOGIES INC. | TARBORO | Certain glycol ethers | 28k lb |
| SEPRO DISTRIBUTION CENTER | ROCKY MOUNT | Copper And Copper Compounds | 5k lb |
| SARA LEE FROZEN BAKERY LLC | TARBORO | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 33 lb |
| ABB INC | PINETOPS | Lead | 0 lb |
| HITACHI ASTEMO INDIANA INC. | TARBORO | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 329 tank facilities in Edgecombe: 153 tanks in service and 707 closed. 172 fuel releases are on record, of which 37 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Edgecombe 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 Edgecombe, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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- ROMIE LANE DRUMROCKY MOUNT
- TARBORO RESIDENTIAL MERCURYTARBORO