Halifax County, NC
The federal environmental record for Halifax County (population 47,298): 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
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
7
TRI facilities
30
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Halifax 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ROANOKE RAPIDS SANITARY DIST NC0442010 | PFOS: 5.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| LITTLETON, TOWN OF NC0442028 | PFOS: 6.9 ng/L PFOA: 4 ng/L | above final limit |
| HALIFAX CO--HALIFAX NC0442040 | PFOS: 5 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
7 facilities in Halifax filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.1M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTROCK KRAFT PAPER LLC | ROANOKE RAPIDS | Methanol, Hydrogen sulfide | 1.1M lb |
| PATCH RUBBER CO | WELDON | Zinc compounds | 4k lb |
| BINDERHOLZ ENFIELD LLC | ENFIELD | - | 0 lb |
| CULPEPER OF ROANOKE RAPIDS LLC | ROANOKE RAPIDS | - | 0 lb |
| AIRBOSS RUBBER COMPOUNDING CO INC | SCOTLAND NECK | - | 0 lb |
| ROSEBURG FOREST PRODUCTS - ROANOKE VALLEY LUMBER | WELDON | Lead compounds | 0 lb |
| ROSEMARY POWER STATION | ROANOKE RAPIDS | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 388 tank facilities in Halifax: 240 tanks in service and 806 closed. 180 fuel releases are on record, of which 30 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Halifax 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 Halifax, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ENFIELD TRANSFORMER SPILLENFIELD
- TOWN OF ENFIELD TRANSFORMER SPILLENFIELD
- WESTPOINT STEVENS INCORPORATED ROSEMARY PLANTROANOKE RAPIDS