Carbon County, PA
The federal environmental record for Carbon County (population 65,460): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
7
TRI facilities
8
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmerton Zinc Pile | Palmerton | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Tonolli Corp. | Nesquehoning | on the NPL | 10/04/1989 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Carbon 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 |
|---|---|---|
| PALMERTON MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY PA3130012 | PFOA: 42.5 ng/L PFOS: 40 ng/L PFNA: 21.1 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
7 facilities in Carbon filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 818k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PANTHER CREEK POWER OPERATING LLC | NESQUEHONING | Barium And Barium Compounds, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 470k lb |
| BEFESA ZINC US INC. | PALMERTON | Zinc compounds, Manganese compounds | 345k lb |
| AMPAL | PALMERTON | Aluminum (fume or dust), Lead | 1k lb |
| AIRGAS SPECIALTY PRODUCTS-PALMERTON PA | PALMERTON | Ammonia | 989 lb |
| WEATHERLY CASTING & MACHINE CO | WEATHERLY | Chromium, Nickel | 860 lb |
| WESTCHESTER PLASTICS LLC | NESQUEHONING | Maleic anhydride, Acrylic acid | 20 lb |
| BLUE RIDGE PRESSURE CASTINGS | LEHIGHTON | Copper, Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 200 tank facilities in Carbon: 140 tanks in service and 454 closed. 84 fuel releases are on record, of which 8 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Carbon as Zone 1, the highest predicted indoor radon levels (over 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 Carbon, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- FORMER FEDERAL-MOGUL SITEWEATHERLY
- PALMERTON ALUMINUMPALMERTON
- PALMERTON ZINC PILEPALMERTON
- TONOLLI CORP.NESQUEHONING