Jefferson County, PA
The federal environmental record for Jefferson County (population 43,794): 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
1
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
15
TRI facilities
4
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Ceramix | Falls Creek | on the NPL | 09/14/2005 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Jefferson 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BROOKVILLE MUNICIPAL AUTH PA6330004 | PFBA: 11 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
15 facilities in Jefferson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 89k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUNXSUTAWNEY FINISHING WORKS | PUNXSUTAWNEY | Zinc compounds, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 70k lb |
| GLEN-GERY CORP | SUMMERVILLE | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 18k lb |
| OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC PLANT 18 | BROCKWAY | Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Lead And Lead Compounds | 694 lb |
| MERSEN USA GS - NAC CORP. | PUNXSUTAWNEY | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 480 lb |
| OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC PLANT 19 | BROCKPORT | Lead And Lead Compounds | 352 lb |
| STAR IRON WORKS INC. | BIG RUN | Manganese | 255 lb |
| MILLER WELDING & MACHINE CO | BROOKVILLE | Manganese | 119 lb |
| PHOENIX SINTERED METALS INC. | BROCKWAY | Copper, Nickel | 24 lb |
| NIAGARA CUTTER PENNSYLVANIA INC | REYNOLDSVILLE | Cobalt | 5 lb |
| PROFORM POWDER METALS | PUNXSUTAWNEY | - | 0 lb |
| SINTERGY INC | REYNOLDSVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| MPP - FALLS CREEK (FKA NETSHAPE TECHNOLOGIES) | FALLS CREEK | - | 0 lb |
| MILLER WELDING & MACHINE CO | BROOKVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| SYMMCO INC | SYKESVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| BEVERAGE AIR | BROOKVILLE | Diisocyanates | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 222 tank facilities in Jefferson: 125 tanks in service and 507 closed. 41 fuel releases are on record, of which 4 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Jefferson 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 Jefferson, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- JACKSON CERAMIX, INCFALLS CREEK