Centre County, PA
The federal environmental record for Centre County (population 158,425): 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
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federal cleanup sites
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PFAS-detecting water systems
8
TRI facilities
9
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre County Kepone | State College Borough | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Centre 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ROCKVIEW PA4140098 | PFOS: 5.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| COLLEGE TWP. WATER AUTHORITY PA4140082 | PFPeA: 3.9 ng/L PFHxA: 3.8 ng/L | detected |
| SPRING TWP WATER AUTHORITY PA4140118 | PFHxS: 4.2 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
8 facilities in Centre filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 15k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIEZO KINETICS INC | BELLEFONTE | Lead And Lead Compounds | 8k lb |
| TRS CERAMICS INC. DBA TRS TECHNOLOGIES | STATE COLLEGE | Lead And Lead Compounds | 5k lb |
| SUPELCO | BELLEFONTE | Methanol, Toluene | 2k lb |
| SPECTRUM CONTROLINC | STATE COLLEGE | Methyl isobutyl ketone | 500 lb |
| PMG PENNSYLVANIA | PHILIPSBURG | Copper | 255 lb |
| STATE OF THE ART,INC. | STATE COLLEGE | Lead And Lead Compounds | 6 lb |
| GRAYMONT (PA) INC. | BELLEFONTE | Mercury And Mercury Compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds | 5 lb |
| HANOVER FOODS CORP | CENTRE HALL | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 341 tank facilities in Centre: 266 tanks in service and 835 closed. 141 fuel releases are on record, of which 9 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Centre 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 Centre, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- RUETGERS ORGANICS CO/STATE COLLEGESTATE COLLEGE
- STATE COLLEGE AIR NATIONAL GUARDSTATE COLLEGE