Lee County, NC
The federal environmental record for Lee County (population 67,059): 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
50
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Lee 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SANFORD, CITY OF NC0353010 | PFPeA: 23 ng/L PFHxA: 20 ng/L PFOS: 16 ng/L | above final limit |
| CAROLINA TRACE WATER SYSTEM NC0353101 | PFOS: 14 ng/L PFPeA: 11.5 ng/L PFHxA: 10 ng/L | above final limit |
| FARM WATER WORKS NC0353127 | PFHxS: 7.7 ng/L PFOS: 4.2 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
7 facilities in Lee filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 369k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORP SANFORD FACILITY | SANFORD | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 343k lb |
| NOBLE OIL SERVICES INC | SANFORD | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Zinc compounds | 12k lb |
| PENTAIR WATER POOL & SPA INC. | SANFORD | Styrene | 9k lb |
| LEE BRICK & TILE CO | SANFORD | Hydrogen fluoride, Lead compounds | 4k lb |
| STI POLYMER INC | SANFORD | Butyl acrylate, Methyl methacrylate | 224 lb |
| MOEN INC | SANFORD | Copper | 1 lb |
| CATERPILLAR INC | SANFORD | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 226 tank facilities in Lee: 152 tanks in service and 443 closed. 183 fuel releases are on record, of which 50 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Lee 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 Lee, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- MAKEPEACE PROPERTYSANFORD
- ROBERTS WHITIN PLANT #2SANFORD
- SANFORD LPG RESPONSESANFORD