Lenoir County, NC
The federal environmental record for Lenoir County (population 54,895): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
6
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
127
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Lenoir 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 |
|---|---|---|
| KINSTON, CITY OF NC0454010 | PFOS: 8.5 ng/L PFBA: 6.8 ng/L PFOA: 4.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| NORTH LENOIR WATER CORP NC0454025 | PFOS: 10.1 ng/L PFBA: 7.7 ng/L PFPeA: 7.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| DEEP RUN WATER CORPORATION NC0454030 | PFOS: 11.5 ng/L PFOA: 7 ng/L PFPeA: 6.5 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
6 facilities in Lenoir filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 296k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANDERSON FARMS INC | KINSTON | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 244k lb |
| MASTERBRAND CABINETS LLC - KINSTON OPERATIONS | KINSTON | Xylene (mixed isomers), Certain glycol ethers | 34k lb |
| COVATION BIOMATERIALS KINSTON SITE | GRIFTON | Allyl alcohol, Acrolein | 19k lb |
| EATON'S CROUSE-HINDS LLC | LA GRANGE | Copper, Lead compounds | 17 lb |
| SANDERSON FARMS LLC | KINSTON | - | 0 lb |
| S&W KINSTON PLANT | KINSTON | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 336 tank facilities in Lenoir: 180 tanks in service and 775 closed. 282 fuel releases are on record, of which 127 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Lenoir 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 Lenoir, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CARTER'S REFUSE DISPOSALKINSTON
- FOWLER PROPERTIES SCRAPYARDKINSTON
- JIL RECYCLINGKINSTON
- KINSTON COAL GAS PLANTKINSTON
- LENOIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE MERCURY SPILLKINSTON
- WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICESKINSTON