Monroe County, PA
The federal environmental record for Monroe County (population 167,198): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
4
Superfund NPL sites
6
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
9
TRI facilities
22
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brodhead Creek | Stroudsburg | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
| Butz Landfill | Stroudsburg | on the NPL | 03/31/1989 |
| Route 940 Drum Dump | Pocono Summit | deleted | 07/22/1987 |
| Tobyhanna Army Depot | Tobyhanna | on the NPL | 08/30/1990 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Monroe 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 |
|---|---|---|
| PAWC POCONO DISTRICT PA2450063 | PFOA: 5.7 ng/L PFHxA: 5.7 ng/L PFOS: 5.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| PARADISE STREAM RESORT WELL 2 PA2450542 | PFOS: 4.8 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
9 facilities in Monroe filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 8k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROYAL CHEMICAL CO | EAST STROUDSBURG | Zinc compounds, Ethylene glycol | 5k lb |
| AURORIUM DWG LLC | DELAWARE WATER GAP | Ammonia, Maleic anhydride | 2k lb |
| NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CARBON PRODUCTS INC | EAST STROUDSBURG | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 852 lb |
| U.S. ARMY TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT | TOBYHANNA | Lead | 60 lb |
| WESTROCK CONVERTING CO LLC STROUDSBURG MILL | DELAWARE WATER GAP | Lead And Lead Compounds | 9 lb |
| SANOFI PASTEUR INC | SWIFTWATER | Mercury compounds | 5 lb |
| ALL WEATHER INSULATED PANELS | EAST STROUDSBURG | Diisocyanates | 5 lb |
| BIOSPECTRA INC. | STROUDSBURG | - | 0 lb |
| BESTWAY OF PENNSYLVANIA INC. | CRESCO | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 378 tank facilities in Monroe: 330 tanks in service and 833 closed. 251 fuel releases are on record, of which 22 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Monroe 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 Monroe, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BRODHEAD CREEKSTROUDSBURG
- BUTZ LANDFILLSTROUDSBURG
- POCONO RACEWAYLONG POND
- ROUTE 940 DRUM DUMPPOCONO SUMMIT
- TOBYHANNA ARTILLERY RANGES (FUDS)TOBYHANNA
- US ARMY TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOTTOBYHANNA