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Haywood County, NC

The federal environmental record for Haywood County (population 62,969): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.

2

Superfund NPL sites

4

federal cleanup sites

0

PFAS-detecting water systems

4

TRI facilities

20

open tank releases

Superfund NPL sites

SiteCityStatusListed
Barber OrchardWaynesvilleon the NPL09/13/2001
Benfield Industries, Inc.Hazelwoodon the NPL10/04/1989

Drinking water: PFAS testing

No public water system serving Haywood reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.

Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)

4 facilities in Haywood filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 5k lb released.

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
CONSOLIDATED METCO INCCANTONAntimony, Chromium5k lb
SOUTHERN CONCRETE MATERIALS-WEST WAYNESVILLE PLANTWAYNESVILLELead And Lead Compounds1 lb
APPLACHIAN SITEWORKWAYNESVILLELead And Lead Compounds0 lb
BLUE RIDGE PAPER PRODUCTS LLCCANTON-0 lb

Underground fuel tanks

EPA's UST Finder records 206 tank facilities in Haywood: 168 tanks in service and 483 closed. 146 fuel releases are on record, of which 20 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".

Radon

EPA maps Haywood 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.

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All federal cleanup sites on file

The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Haywood, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.

  • BARBER ORCHARDWAYNESVILLE
  • BENFIELD INDUSTRIES, INC.HAZELWOOD
  • BLUE RIDGE PAPER PRODUCTS LLCCANTON
  • CAMP BRANCH MERCURY SPILLWAYNESVILLE