Person County, NC
The federal environmental record for Person County (population 39,737): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
41
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| GMH Electronics | Roxboro | on the NPL | 09/23/2009 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Person 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ROXBORO, CITY OF NC0273010 | PFOS: 4.6 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
6 facilities in Person filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 2.9M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS LLC - ROXBORO STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT | SEMORA | Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), Vanadium compounds | 2.4M lb |
| DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS LLC-MAYO ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT | ROXBORO | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 386k lb |
| LOUISIANA PACIFIC CORP. ROXBORO OSB | ROXBORO | Acetaldehyde, Methanol | 43k lb |
| US FLUE CURED TOBACCO GROWERS INC. | TIMBERLAKE | Nicotine and salts | 34k lb |
| SUNROCK INDUSTRIES LLC - WOODSDALE | ROXBORO | Lead And Lead Compounds | 1 lb |
| CERTAINTEED GYPSUM NC INC | SEMORA | Lead, Mercury | 1 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 178 tank facilities in Person: 138 tanks in service and 410 closed. 96 fuel releases are on record, of which 41 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Person 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 Person, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ATEC INDUSTRIES, INCROXBORO
- COUNTRY CLUB LANE SITEROXBORO
- GMH ELECTRONICSROXBORO