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Lancaster County, PA

The federal environmental record for Lancaster County (population 556,629): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.

3

Superfund NPL sites

8

federal cleanup sites

20

PFAS-detecting water systems

57

TRI facilities

50

open tank releases

Superfund NPL sites

SiteCityStatusListed
Berkley Products Co. DumpDenverdeleted03/31/1989
Elizabethtown LandfillElizabethtownon the NPL03/31/1989
UGI Columbia Gas PlantColumbiaon the NPL05/31/1994

Drinking water: PFAS testing

Public water systems serving Lancaster 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.

SystemHighest resultsReading
MASONIC HOMES

PA7360025

PFOA: 4.8 ng/L

PFHxA: 3.1 ng/L

PFBS: 3 ng/L

above final limit
EPHRATA AREA JOINT AUTHORITY

PA7360045

PFPeA: 6.9 ng/L

PFBS: 6.3 ng/L

PFHxA: 5.9 ng/L

above final limit
CITY OF LANCASTER, PA

PA7360058

PFHxA: 28.8 ng/L

PFOA: 23.8 ng/L

PFPeA: 22.3 ng/L

above final limit
EAST HEMPFIELD WATER AUTH

PA7360063

PFOA: 9 ng/L

PFBS: 7.6 ng/L

PFPeA: 5.2 ng/L

above final limit
MANHEIM AREA WATER & SEWER AUT

PA7360078

PFOA: 12.8 ng/L

PFOS: 7.9 ng/L

PFBS: 6.9 ng/L

above final limit
NEW HOLLAND BOROUGH

PA7360099

PFPeA: 8.5 ng/L

PFOS: 8.3 ng/L

PFHxA: 7.9 ng/L

above final limit
EAST COCALICO TOWNSHIP

PA7360113

PFBS: 5.6 ng/L

PFOS: 4.9 ng/L

PFOA: 4.5 ng/L

above final limit
ELIZABETHTOWN AREA WATER

PA7360124

PFBA: 11.5 ng/L

PFBS: 6 ng/L

PFOS: 5.7 ng/L

above final limit
MILLERSVILLE UNIV

PA7360127

PFPeA: 7.7 ng/L

PFHxA: 7.1 ng/L

PFBS: 5.8 ng/L

above final limit
AKRON BOROUGH

PA7360128

PFPeA: 12 ng/L

PFHxA: 7.2 ng/L

PFHpA: 5.5 ng/L

above final limit
EAST PETERSBURG BOROUGH

PA7360135

PFOS: 15.2 ng/L

PFPeA: 6.9 ng/L

PFBS: 6.7 ng/L

above final limit
UPPER LEACOCK TOWNSHIP

PA7360140

PFPeA: 12.4 ng/L

PFOS: 9.5 ng/L

PFBA: 9.3 ng/L

above final limit
MT HOPE EST & WINERY

PA7360320

PFBS: 17.6 ng/L

PFOA: 4.1 ng/L

PFPeA: 3.1 ng/L

above final limit
MANHEIM AUTO AUCTION

PA7360345

PFOS: 8.1 ng/L

PFHxS: 4.6 ng/L

above final limit
DENVER BORO

PA7360017

PFBS: 4.3 ng/L

PFPeA: 3 ng/L

detected
EAST DONEGAL TWP MUNICIPAL AUT

PA7360083

PFBS: 5.3 ng/L

PFPeA: 3 ng/L

detected
MT JOY BORO AUTH

PA7360091

PFPeA: 3.3 ng/L

detected
WARWICK TWP LITITZ SYS

PA7360116

PFBS: 5.5 ng/L

PFPeA: 3.8 ng/L

PFHxA: 3.3 ng/L

detected
LITITZ BORO

PA7360126

PFBS: 4 ng/L

detected
WEST EARL WATER AUTHORITY

PA7360143

PFPeA: 3.3 ng/L

detected

On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options

Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)

57 facilities in Lancaster filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.3M lb released. The 25 largest by volume:

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
PERDUE AGRIBUSINESS LLC - BAINBRIDGE PAMARIETTAn-Hexane, Cyclohexane367k lb
ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIESMARIETTAManganese And Manganese Compounds, Ammonia364k lb
TYSON POULTRY INC-NEW HOLLAND COMPLEXNEW HOLLANDNitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Peracetic acid106k lb
HIGH STEEL STRUCTURES - LANCASTER FACILITYLANCASTERManganese, Chromium95k lb
CONESTOGA WOOD SPECIALTIES CORPEAST EARLXylene (mixed isomers), Toluene79k lb
MARS WRIGLEY US LLCELIZABETHTOWNNitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)65k lb
ASC ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS - FKA ANVIL INTERNATIONALCOLUMBIAManganese compounds, Zinc compounds58k lb
KENVUE BRANDS LLCLITITZZinc compounds45k lb
MOUNT JOY WIRE CORPMOUNT JOYChromium, Manganese27k lb
AQUATIC COELIZABETHTOWNStyrene15k lb
DART CONTAINER CORP OF PENNSYLVANIALEOLAStyrene12k lb
KALAS MANUFACTURING INC LANCASTER PLANTLANCASTERLead, Antimony And Antimony Compounds11k lb
BUCK CO INCQUARRYVILLECopper, Manganese9k lb
COUNTERTEKEPHRATAStyrene7k lb
ARCONIC US LLCLANCASTERChlorine, Manganese7k lb
AHF PRODUCTS LANCASTER FACILITYLANCASTERZinc compounds4k lb
CULPEPER OF LEOLA LLCLEOLACopper And Copper Compounds2k lb
J WALTER MILLER COLANCASTERCopper, Lead compounds2k lb
HIGH CONCRETE GROUP LLC - DENVER FACILITYDENVERHydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Manganese1k lb
DONSCO INCMOUNT JOYManganese, Nickel1k lb
NEW JERSEY SHELL CASTING CORPMARIETTACopper, Lead compounds1k lb
OMNIMAX INTERNATIONAL LLCLANCASTERCertain glycol ethers, n-Butyl alcohol1k lb
SIGNATURE CUSTOM CABINETRYEPHRATAn-Butyl alcohol911 lb
PRECISIONFORM INCLITITZCopper, Zinc compounds698 lb
FLURY FOUNDRY COLANCASTERCopper, Lead compounds327 lb

Underground fuel tanks

EPA's UST Finder records 1,753 tank facilities in Lancaster: 815 tanks in service and 3,908 closed. 728 fuel releases are on record, of which 50 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".

Radon

EPA maps Lancaster 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.

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All federal cleanup sites on file

The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Lancaster, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.

  • BERKLEY PRODUCTS CO. DUMPDENVER
  • DORMA DOOR CONTROLS INCREAMSTOWN
  • ELIZABETHTOWN LANDFILLELIZABETHTOWN
  • ITT GRINNELL CORP HSCACOLUMBIA
  • MARIETTA AIR FORCE STATIONMARIETTA
  • MARIETTA AIR FORCE STATIONMARIETTA
  • RAYMARK LANDFILLMANHEIM
  • UGI COLUMBIA GAS PLANTCOLUMBIA