Wayne County, NC
The federal environmental record for Wayne County (population 118,686): 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
6
federal cleanup sites
5
PFAS-detecting water systems
7
TRI facilities
136
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Wayne 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GOLDSBORO, CITY OF NC0496010 | PFOS: 6.8 ng/L PFOA: 6.6 ng/L PFBA: 5.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| SEYMOUR JOHNSON AFB NC0496055 | PFOS: 7.3 ng/L PFBA: 7.1 ng/L PFOA: 6.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| WAYNE WATER DISTRICTS PURCHASE NC6096001 | PFOS: 5.4 ng/L PFOA: 5 ng/L PFHxA: 3.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| SOUTHERN WAYNE SANITARY DIST NC0496045 | PFBS: 5.5 ng/L PFHxS: 3.2 ng/L | detected |
| WAYNE WATER DISTRICTS NC0496065 | PFBA: 9.2 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
7 facilities in Wayne filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 65k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEORGIA-PACIFIC WOOD PRODUCTS LLC DUDLEY FACILITY | DUDLEY | Methanol, Lead | 64k lb |
| US DOD USAF SEYMOUR JOHNSON AFB | GOLDSBORO | Lead, Ethylbenzene | 940 lb |
| DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS LLC - H F LEE ENERGY COMPLEX | GOLDSBORO | Lead And Lead Compounds, Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 123 lb |
| BUTTERBALL GOLDSBORO GRAIN MILL 2 | GOLDSBORO | - | 0 lb |
| SOUTHERN RM LLC - GOLDSBORO | GOLDSBORO | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| AP EMISSIONS TECHNOLOGIES INC | GOLDSBORO | - | 0 lb |
| S&W GOLDSBORO PLANT | GOLDSBORO | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 415 tank facilities in Wayne: 301 tanks in service and 1,035 closed. 334 fuel releases are on record, of which 136 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Wayne 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 Wayne, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BEST SAND AND GRAVELGOLDSBORO
- CLIFFWELL DRIVE MERCURY SPILLGOLDSBORO
- DRUTAN PRODUCTSGOLDSBORO
- GOLDSBORO COAL GAS PLANT NO. 1GOLDSBORO
- HEVI-DUTY ELECTRIC CO.GOLDSBORO
- SEYMOUR JOHNSON AFBSEYMOUR JOHNSON AFB