Franklin County, NC
The federal environmental record for Franklin County (population 77,001): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
4
TRI facilities
49
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Franklin 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FRANKLIN COUNTY WATER & SEWER NC0235030 | PFOS: 4.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| LAKE ROYALE S/D NC0235108 | PFOS: 4.8 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
4 facilities in Franklin filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 14k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOVOZYMES NA INC | FRANKLINTON | Ammonia, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 14k lb |
| TONEY LUMBER CO | LOUISBURG | Lead compounds | 6 lb |
| CAPTIVEAIRE SYSTEMS INC | YOUNGSVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| OLDCASTLE LAWN & GARDEN | LOUISBURG | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 178 tank facilities in Franklin: 144 tanks in service and 433 closed. 119 fuel releases are on record, of which 49 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Franklin as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 4 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 Franklin, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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