Luzerne County, PA
The federal environmental record for Luzerne County (population 326,369): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
4
Superfund NPL sites
11
federal cleanup sites
6
PFAS-detecting water systems
33
TRI facilities
44
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Mine Tunnel | Pittston | deleted | 07/22/1987 |
| C & D Recycling | Foster Township | deleted | 07/22/1987 |
| Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation/Church Road TCE | Mountain Top | proposed | - |
| Valmont TCE | West Hazleton | on the NPL | 09/13/2001 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Luzerne 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FREELAND BORO MUNI WATER AUTH PA2400054 | PFOS: 9.1 ng/L PFOA: 5.6 ng/L PFPeA: 4.3 ng/L | above final limit |
| SUEZ WATER PA DALLAS PA2400076 | PFOS: 7.9 ng/L PFPeA: 4.3 ng/L PFOA: 4.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| EEI MEADOWS COMPLEX PA2400115 | PFOS: 5.9 ng/L PFBS: 3.9 ng/L | above final limit |
| LEHMAN JACKSON ELEMENTARY PA2400370 | PFHxS: 13.4 ng/L PFOS: 5.5 ng/L PFOA: 5.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| HUMBOLDT INDUSTRIAL PARK PA2400806 | PFBS: 6.3 ng/L PFPeA: 3.4 ng/L | detected |
| PAW CRYSTAL LAKE PA2409003 | PFBA: 12.6 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
33 facilities in Luzerne filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 115k lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORNELL COOKSON | MOUNTAIN TOP | Diisocyanates, Nickel | 24k lb |
| NUCOR TOWERS & STRUCTURES | HAZLETON | Manganese, Nickel | 17k lb |
| HUNLOCK CREEK GENERATING LLC HUNLOCK CREEK ENERGY CENTER | HUNLOCK CREEK | Ammonia | 16k lb |
| BALL METAL BEVERAGE CONTAINER CORP | PITTSTON | Certain glycol ethers, n-Butyl alcohol | 12k lb |
| GENERAL DYNAMICS OTS (WILKES-BARRE) LLC - HANOVER FACILITY | WILKES BARRE | Copper compounds, Manganese compounds | 7k lb |
| SCHOTT N.A. INC | DURYEA | Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), Lead And Lead Compounds | 7k lb |
| SILGAN WHITE CAP CORP | HAZLETON | Xylene (mixed isomers), Certain glycol ethers | 7k lb |
| FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR | MOUNTAIN TOP | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 6k lb |
| INTERMETRO INDUSTRIES CORP | WILKES-BARRE | Aluminum (fume or dust), Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 5k lb |
| MODINEER - PULVERMAN | DALLAS | Chromium, Nickel | 5k lb |
| MULTI-PLASTICS EXTRUSIONS INC. | HAZLETON | Styrene, Ethylbenzene | 5k lb |
| I2M INC. | MOUNTAIN TOP | Methyl isobutyl ketone | 2k lb |
| WESTERN INTERNATIONAL GAS & CYLINDERS INC. | BERWICK | Propylene | 958 lb |
| TRANPO INDUSTRIES | BERWICK | Methyl methacrylate | 500 lb |
| DOBER CHEMICAL CORP (HAZLE TOWNSHIP) | HAZLETON | Sodium nitrite, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 448 lb |
| POLYGLASS USA INC | HAZLETON | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 385 lb |
| ACTON TECHNOLOGIES INC | PITTSTON | Methanol, Naphthalene | 237 lb |
| HENKEL US OPERATION CORP | HAZLETON | Zinc compounds, 1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta[g]-2-benzopyran | 226 lb |
| REILLY PLATING CO INC | NANTICOKE | Nitric acid | 190 lb |
| BRIDON - BEKAERT HANOVER PLANT | ASHLEY | Lead | 121 lb |
| WYMAN GORDON TRU-FORM | WILKES BARRE | Nickel, Chromium | 47 lb |
| WYMAN GORDON MOUNTAINTOP | MOUNTAIN TOP | Nickel, Chromium | 36 lb |
| DIAMOND MANUFACTURING CO | WYOMING | Nickel, Copper | 20 lb |
| TEMPUR PRODUCTION USA LLC DBA MOUNTAIN TOP FOAM | MOUNTAIN TOP | Zinc compounds | 11 lb |
| GENERAL DYNAMICS OTS (WILKES-BARRE) LLC | WILKES BARRE | Manganese compounds | 10 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 971 tank facilities in Luzerne: 684 tanks in service and 2,399 closed. 614 fuel releases are on record, of which 44 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Luzerne 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 Luzerne, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BUTLER MINE TUNNELPITTSTON
- C & D RECYCLINGFREELAND
- FOSTER WHEELER ENERGY CORP./CHURCH ROAD TCEMOUNTAIN TOP
- KAWECKI-BERYLCO, HAZELTON HSCAFOSTER TWP
- MID ATLANTIC COAST DELIVERY SYSTEMWHITE HAVEN
- NANTICOKE MUNICIPAL RECREATION PARKNANTICOKE
- POLY CLEAN DRY CLEANERS (VALMONT PLAZA)W. HAZLETON
- SOUTH MOUNTAIN BOULEVARD TCE SITEMOUNTAINTOP
- SPENCER METAL PROCESSING CO INCNANTICOKE
- TRANSPORTATION DRIVE PCBHAZLETON
- VALMONT TCE SITE (FORMER - VALMONT INDUSTRIAL PARK)WEST HAZLETON