Gaston County, NC
The federal environmental record for Gaston County (population 237,242): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
4
Superfund NPL sites
16
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
28
TRI facilities
125
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Park Road TCE | Gastonia | on the NPL | 01/19/1999 |
| Hemphill Road TCE | Gastonia | on the NPL | 12/12/2013 |
| Jadco-Hughes Facility | Belmont | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
| North Belmont PCE | North Belmont | on the NPL | 07/22/1999 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Gaston 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BESSEMER CITY, CITY OF NC0136025 | PFHxA: 21 ng/L PFPeA: 18 ng/L PFHpA: 8.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| DALLAS, TOWN OF NC0136065 | PFPeA: 8.5 ng/L PFHxA: 8.2 ng/L PFBA: 7.7 ng/L | above final limit |
| BELMONT, CITY OF NC0136015 | PFPeA: 3.6 ng/L PFHxA: 3.5 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
28 facilities in Gaston filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 153k lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN & EFIRD LLC PLANT 05 & 15 | MOUNT HOLLY | Methanol, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 54k lb |
| CLARIANT CORP-MOUNT HOLLY WEST PLANT | MOUNT HOLLY | Methanol, Naphthalene | 33k lb |
| FIRESTONE FIBERS & TEXTILES CO | KINGS MOUNTAIN | Ammonia, Toluene | 19k lb |
| FIRESTONE FIBERS & TEXTILES CO | GASTONIA | Ammonia, Methanol | 19k lb |
| DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS LLC - ALLEN STEAM STATION | BELMONT | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Lead And Lead Compounds | 14k lb |
| LIVENT USA CORP | BESSEMER CITY | Chlorine, n-Hexane | 6k lb |
| LUBRIZOL | GASTONIA | Ethyl acrylate, Butyl acrylate | 4k lb |
| ARROCHEM INC | MOUNT HOLLY | Methanol | 2k lb |
| URETHANE SYSTEMS USA LLC | GASTONIA | Ethylene glycol, Diisocyanates | 770 lb |
| SC JOHNSON PROFESSIONAL | STANLEY | Zinc compounds | 690 lb |
| ROECHLING ENGINEERED PLASTICS | DALLAS | 1,3-Butadiene | 600 lb |
| CARUS LLC BELMONT SITE | BELMONT | Zinc compounds | 321 lb |
| DAIMLER TRUCK NA LLC | GASTONIA | Aluminum (fume or dust), Zinc compounds | 60 lb |
| DAIMLER TRUCKS NA LLC | MOUNT HOLLY | Methanol, Ethylene glycol | 4 lb |
| GOLD BOND BUILDING PRODUCTS - MOUNT HOLLY | MOUNT HOLLY | Lead And Lead Compounds, Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 1 lb |
| MANN+HUMMEL FILTRATION TECHNOLOGY - ALLEN PLANT | GASTONIA | Diisocyanates | 1 lb |
| BUCKEYE FIRE EQUIPMENT | KINGS MOUNTAIN | - | 0 lb |
| SAMOS POLYMERS CORP | STANLEY | Diisocyanates | 0 lb |
| REPI LLC | DALLAS | - | 0 lb |
| THOMAS CONCRETE - GASTONIA | GASTONIA | Lead | 0 lb |
| ENVALIOR PERFORMANCE MATERIALS LLC | DALLAS | - | 0 lb |
| CONCRETE SUPPLY CO. LLC - DALLAS | DALLAS | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| DOLE FRESH VEGETABLES INC. | BESSEMER CITY | - | 0 lb |
| CEKAL SPECIALTIES INC | MOUNT HOLLY | - | 0 lb |
| KEYSTONE POWDERED METAL CO | CHERRYVILLE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 653 tank facilities in Gaston: 512 tanks in service and 1,466 closed. 526 fuel releases are on record, of which 125 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Gaston 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 Gaston, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- DAVIS PARK ROAD TCEGASTONIA
- DUKE ENERGY MOUNT HOLLY WHITE PHOSPHOROUS SITEMOUNT HOLLLY
- EIGHTH AVE. EXT. SOLVENT SITECRAMERTON
- FLEETWOOD DRIVE DRUM SITEGASTONIA
- HARWELL ROAD SEPTIC PITGASTONIA
- HARWELL ROAD TCEGASTONIA
- HEMPHILL ROAD TCEGASTONIA
- HICKORY GROVE ROAD TCE SITEMC ADENVILLE
- JADCO-HUGHES FACILITYBELMONT
- KM VENTURESLOWELL
- LL HARWELL RD PRIVATE WELL CONTAMINATIONGASTONIA
- NEW HAVEN DRIVE TCE SITEGASTONIA
- NORTH BELMONT PCENORTH BELMONT
- PAYNE ROAD SOLVENTSBESSEMER CITY
- RHONE-POULENC RHODIAGASTONIA
- SOUTHEASTERN ELECTRO POLISHINGGASTONIA