Lawrence County, OH
The federal environmental record for Lawrence County (population 56,118): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
3
Superfund NPL sites
11
federal cleanup sites
4
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
9
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allied Chemical & Ironton Coke | Ironton | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| E.H. Schilling Landfill | Hamilton Township | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| South Point Plant | South Point | on the NPL | 09/21/1984 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Lawrence 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 |
|---|---|---|
| IRONTON PWS OH4400711 | HFPO-DA: 6.7 ng/L PFPeA: 6.5 ng/L PFOA: 5.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| AQUA OHIO - LAWRENCE COUNTY OH4400803 | PFOA: 4.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| HECLA WATER ASSOCIATION-PLANT PWS OH4401612 | PFOA: 6.8 ng/L HFPO-DA: 5.5 ng/L PFBA: 5.3 ng/L | above final limit |
| SOUTH POINT VILLAGE OH4401212 | PFHxS: 8.5 ng/L PFBS: 4 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
2 facilities in Lawrence filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 4k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICAS STYRENICS LLC - HANGING ROCK | IRONTON | Styrene, Ethylbenzene | 3k lb |
| VERTIV CORP | IRONTON | Copper, Manganese | 704 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 116 tank facilities in Lawrence: 111 tanks in service and 254 closed. 140 fuel releases are on record, of which 9 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Lawrence as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 4 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 Lawrence, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ALLIED CHEMICAL & IRONTON COKEIRONTON
- AUTOMATIC CONTAINERS INCORPORATEDIRONTON
- CHESAPEAKE MERCURYCHESAPEAKE
- E.H. SCHILLING LANDFILLHAMILTON TOWNSHIP
- IRON VALLEY LANDFILL FIRECHESAPEAKE
- PROCTORVILLE HG SPILLPROCTORVILLE
- RILEY DEVELOPMENTPROCTORVILLE
- SOUTH POINT BIOMASSSOUTH POINT
- SOUTH POINT PLANTSOUTH POINT
- TIGER METALSIRONTON
- TRI-STATE TANK CLEANING INCORPORATEDCOAL GROVE