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Onslow County, NC

The federal environmental record for Onslow County (population 213,676): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.

2

Superfund NPL sites

2

federal cleanup sites

0

PFAS-detecting water systems

6

TRI facilities

84

open tank releases

Superfund NPL sites

SiteCityStatusListed
ABC One Hour CleanersJacksonvilleon the NPL03/31/1989
Camp Lejeune Military ReservationOnslow Countyon the NPL10/04/1989

Drinking water: PFAS testing

No public water system serving Onslow 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)

6 facilities in Onslow filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.9M lb released.

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
MCIEAST-MCB CAMLEJ MAIN FACILITYCAMP LEJEUNENitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead And Lead Compounds1.9M lb
S&W HOLLY RIDGE PLANTHOLLY RIDGELead0 lb
MSA SAFETY JACKSONVILLE MANUFACTURING LLCJACKSONVILLE-0 lb
S&W HUBERT PLANTHUBERTLead0 lb
STANADYNE OPERATING CO LLCJACKSONVILLE-0 lb
P4 JACKSONVILLE PLANTJACKSONVILLELead0 lb

Underground fuel tanks

EPA's UST Finder records 353 tank facilities in Onslow: 260 tanks in service and 855 closed. 367 fuel releases are on record, of which 84 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".

Radon

EPA maps Onslow 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.

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All federal cleanup sites on file

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

  • ABC ONE HOUR CLEANERSJACKSONVILLE
  • CAMP LEJEUNE MILITARY RES. (USNAVY)ONSLOW COUNTY