Columbia County, PA
The federal environmental record for Columbia County (population 64,926): 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
2
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
8
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety Light Corporation | Bloomsburg | on the NPL | 04/27/2005 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Columbia 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 |
|---|---|---|
| PA AMERICAN WATER BERWICK PA4190013 | PFPeA: 11.5 ng/L PFHxA: 8.4 ng/L PFOA: 7.9 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
6 facilities in Columbia filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 4k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| KAWNEER CO INC | BLOOMSBURG | Xylene (mixed isomers), Diisocyanates | 4k lb |
| BENTON FOUNDRY INC | BENTON | Diisocyanates | 2 lb |
| SEKISUI KYDEX | BLOOMSBURG | - | 0 lb |
| AUTONEUM N.A. INC. | BLOOMSBURG | - | 0 lb |
| MIDLAND ASPHALT MATERIALS INC. | BLOOMSBURG | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lb |
| SEKISUI KYDEX LLC | BLOOMSBURG | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 232 tank facilities in Columbia: 166 tanks in service and 558 closed. 75 fuel releases are on record, of which 8 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Columbia 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 Columbia, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BLOOMSBURG RESIDENTIAL COBLOOMSBURG
- SAFETY LIGHT CORPORATIONBLOOMSBURG