McKean County, PA
The federal environmental record for McKean County (population 39,866): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
7
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
12
TRI facilities
8
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westline Site | Westline | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving McKean 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)
12 facilities in McKean filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 642k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERNATIONAL WAXES INC | SMETHPORT | Toluene, Ammonia | 467k lb |
| AMERICAN REFINING GROUP INC. | BRADFORD | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 165k lb |
| GEORGIA PACIFIC PANEL PRODUCTS LLC/MOUNT JEWETT MDF | MOUNT JEWETT | Methanol, Diisocyanates | 5k lb |
| ZIPPO MANUFACTURING CO | BRADFORD | Nickel, Copper | 2k lb |
| ALLEGHENY SURFACE TECHNOLOGY | LEWIS RUN | Nitric acid | 865 lb |
| ARDAGH GLASS INC | PORT ALLEGANY | Lead And Lead Compounds | 517 lb |
| DRESSER UTILITY SOLUTIONS | BRADFORD | Manganese | 500 lb |
| ALLEGHENY BRADFORD CORP | LEWIS RUN | Nitric acid | 279 lb |
| WR CASE & SONS CUTLERY CO | BRADFORD | Copper, Nickel | 59 lb |
| KEYSTONE POWDERED METAL CO | LEWIS RUN | Copper, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 12 lb |
| COLLINS PINE CO KANE HARDWOOD SAWMILL | KANE | Lead And Lead Compounds | 6 lb |
| ALLEGHENY BRADFORD CORP | LEWIS RUN | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 226 tank facilities in McKean: 132 tanks in service and 502 closed. 50 fuel releases are on record, of which 8 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps McKean 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 McKean, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- JOYCE NATIONAL POWDERELDRED
- KINZUA CREEK WATERSHED TAR SITESLEWIS RUN
- LEWIS RUN BOROUGH VOCLEWIS RUN BOROUGH
- PORT ALLEGANY CHEMICAL WORKSPORT ALLEGANY
- RESOURCES PRESERVATION, INC.RUSSELL CITY
- THREEMILE RUN TAR SITELEWIS RUN
- WESTLINEWESTLINE