Lawrence County, PA
The federal environmental record for Lawrence County (population 84,849): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
15
TRI facilities
18
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Lawrence 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 AMER WATER CO ELLWOOD CTY PA6370011 | PFBS: 23.1 ng/L PFBA: 8.5 ng/L PFPeA: 5.8 ng/L | detected |
| PA AMER WATER CO NEW CASTLE PA6370034 | PFBA: 5.9 ng/L PFPeA: 3.1 ng/L PFHxA: 3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
15 facilities in Lawrence filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 509k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLWOOD QUALITY STEELS CO | NEW CASTLE | Manganese compounds, Zinc (fume or dust) | 382k lb |
| DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA INC | NEW WILMINGTON | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 98k lb |
| YOUNG GALVANIZING INC | PULASKI | Zinc compounds, Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 10k lb |
| AMG TITANIUM LLC | NEW CASTLE | Vanadium compounds, Aluminum (fume or dust) | 10k lb |
| AMG TITANIUM LLC | NEW CASTLE | Copper, Nickel | 6k lb |
| ELLWOOD REMELT STEEL | NEW CASTLE | Nickel And Nickel Compounds, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 3k lb |
| TMS INTERNATIONAL LLC/NEW CASTLE PLT | NEW CASTLE | Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 1k lb |
| ELLWOOD MILL PRODUCTS | NEW CASTLE | Copper, Nickel | 3 lb |
| SUPERIOR FORGE & STEEL CORP | NEW CASTLE | Chromium | 2 lb |
| ELLWOOD CITY FORGE CORP | ELLWOOD CITY | Chromium | 1 lb |
| NORTH AMERICAN FORGEMASTERS | NEW CASTLE | Nickel | 1 lb |
| ELLWOOD CITY FORGE - X PLANT | ELLWOOD CITY | - | 0 lb |
| FERGUSON PERFORATING CO INC | NEW CASTLE | - | 0 lb |
| FLOWLINE DIV EZEFLOW USA INC. | NEW CASTLE | - | 0 lb |
| LINDE ADVANCED MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. | NEW CASTLE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 230 tank facilities in Lawrence: 164 tanks in service and 573 closed. 86 fuel releases are on record, of which 18 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Lawrence 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 Lawrence, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- INMETCOELLWOOD CITY
- NEW CASTLE TRAIN DERAILMENTNEW CASTLE
- REMACOR, INC.WEST PITTSBURG
- VERMICULITE WRG4ELLWOOD CITY