Rowan County, NC
The federal environmental record for Rowan County (population 151,661): 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
11
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
24
TRI facilities
68
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Starch & Chemical Corp. | Salisbury | on the NPL | 10/04/1989 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Rowan 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CHINA GROVE, TOWN OF NC0180040 | PFHxA: 4.8 ng/L PFOS: 4.4 ng/L PFPeA: 3 ng/L | above final limit |
| KANNAPOLIS, CITY OF NC0180065 | PFOS: 5.4 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
24 facilities in Rowan filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 432k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENKEL US OPERATIONS CORP | SALISBURY | Butyl acrylate, Methyl acrylate | 143k lb |
| CHROMA COLOR CORP | SALISBURY | Zinc compounds, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 70k lb |
| SOUTHERN CO ROWAN COUNTY POWER PLANT | SALISBURY | Ammonia | 70k lb |
| TEIJIN AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES NORTH CAROLINA COMPOSITES LL | SALISBURY | Styrene, Zinc compounds | 54k lb |
| NOURYON SURFACE CHEMISTRY LLC | SALISBURY | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), 1,2-Dichloroethane | 52k lb |
| DAIMLER TRUCKS NA LLC-CLEVELAND | CLEVELAND | Xylene (mixed isomers), n-Butyl alcohol | 29k lb |
| GENERAL SHALE BRICK INC. - PLANT 51 | EAST SPENCER | Hydrogen fluoride, Lead | 8k lb |
| INNOSPEC ACTIVE CHEMICALS | SALISBURY | Zinc compounds, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 4k lb |
| INLAND COATINGS | SALISBURY | Xylene (mixed isomers), Ethylbenzene | 2k lb |
| GRANGES AMERICAS INC | SALISBURY | Chlorine, Copper | 65 lb |
| HEXAGON-AGILITY FUEL SYSTEMS | SALISBURY | Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 23 lb |
| SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SALISBURY NC | SALISBURY | Copper | 5 lb |
| WESTLAKE ROYAL BUILDING PRODUCTS INC - PLANT 1 | EAST SPENCER | Lead And Lead Compounds | 2 lb |
| WALK-ON PRODUCTS INC | SALISBURY | Diisocyanates | 1 lb |
| UFP SALISBURY LLC | SALISBURY | - | 0 lb |
| CONCRETE SUPPLY CO - SALISBURY | SALISBURY | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| SWS CONCRETE-SALISBURY PLANT | SALISBURY | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| WESTLAKE ROYAL BUILDING PRODUCTS INC - PLANT 2 | SALISBURY | - | 0 lb |
| MCKENZIE SPORTS PRODUCTS LLC | SALISBURY | - | 0 lb |
| MUELLER SYSTEMS | CLEVELAND | - | 0 lb |
| ASSOCIATED ASPHALT SALISBURY LLC | SALISBURY | - | 0 lb |
| SCHULT ROCKWELL | ROCKWELL | - | 0 lb |
| CARGILL FEED & NUTRITION BARBER | CLEVELAND | - | 0 lb |
| DUPONT SALISBURY NC SITE | SALISBURY | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 476 tank facilities in Rowan: 267 tanks in service and 1,163 closed. 423 fuel releases are on record, of which 68 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Rowan 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 Rowan, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- C & D RAD SOURCECHINA GROVE
- CHAPEL STREET BATTERY DUMP SITEKANNAPOLIS
- EI LLC PHARMACEUTICAL SITEKANNAPOLIS
- FIELDCREST CANNON PLANT 7SALISBURY
- HIGH ROCK PROPERTIES (AKA NC FINISHING)SALISBURY
- HOLMES IRON & METAL INCORPORATEDEAST SPENCER
- JAY'S CLEANERSKANNAPOLIS
- NATIONAL STARCH & CHEMICAL CORP.SALISBURY
- OAK HAVEN LEAD SITESALISBURY
- ROCKWELL NAZARETH MERCURYROCKWELL
- SALISBURY COAL GAS PLANT NO. 1SALISBURY