Elk County, PA
The federal environmental record for Elk County (population 30,477): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
24
TRI facilities
7
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Elk reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
24 facilities in Elk filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 349k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOMTAR - JOHNSONBURG MILL | JOHNSONBURG | Methanol, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 326k lb |
| METALDYNE SINTERED COMPONENTS RIDGWAY | RIDGWAY | Copper, Nickel | 8k lb |
| MORGAN ADVANCED MATERIALS ST MARYS SITE | SAINT MARYS | Zinc compounds, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 5k lb |
| MERSEN USA GS CORP. - ST MARYS | SAINT MARYS | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Naphthalene | 2k lb |
| METALDYNE SINTERED STMARYS | SAINT MARYS | Copper, Manganese compounds | 1k lb |
| ALLEGHENY COATINGS | RIDGWAY | Zinc (fume or dust) | 981 lb |
| GRAFTECH USA LLC | SAINT MARYS | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 958 lb |
| ST. MARYS CARBON CO INC | SAINT MARYS | Copper, Lead | 847 lb |
| SPEER CARBON CO LLC | SAINT MARYS | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Copper | 780 lb |
| HOEGANAES CORP | RIDGWAY | Manganese, Copper | 554 lb |
| SGL CARBON LLC | SAINT MARYS | Chlorine | 538 lb |
| KEYSTONE POWDERED METAL CO | SAINT MARYS | Copper, Nickel | 440 lb |
| ALPHA PRECISION GROUP SINTERED METALS | RIDGWAY | Chromium, Nickel | 330 lb |
| GASBARRE THERMAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS | SAINT MARYS | Nickel, Chromium | 283 lb |
| REBCO INC | KERSEY | Copper, Nickel | 10 lb |
| MODERN INDUSTRIES KERSEY DIV | KERSEY | Ammonia | 10 lb |
| ADVANTAGE METAL POWDERS INC. | RIDGWAY | Copper, Nickel | 8 lb |
| CONTACT TECHNOLOGIES INC | SAINT MARYS | Silver | 7 lb |
| AMPHENOL THERMOMETRICS INC | SAINT MARYS | Lead And Lead Compounds | 1 lb |
| EASTERN SINTERED ALLOYS INC | SAINT MARYS | - | 0 lb |
| METCO INDUSTRIES INC | SAINT MARYS | - | 0 lb |
| GKN SINTER METALS - ST. MARYS | KERSEY | - | 0 lb |
| MPP - WASHINGTON ST DIV | SAINT MARYS | - | 0 lb |
| MPP - FORD RD DIV | SAINT MARYS | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 134 tank facilities in Elk: 85 tanks in service and 311 closed. 34 fuel releases are on record, of which 7 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Elk 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 Elk, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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