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Schuylkill County, PA

The federal environmental record for Schuylkill County (population 143,104): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.

3

Superfund NPL sites

6

federal cleanup sites

3

PFAS-detecting water systems

18

TRI facilities

17

open tank releases

Superfund NPL sites

SiteCityStatusListed
Eastern Diversified MetalsHometownon the NPL10/04/1989
McAdoo AssociatesMcAdoo Boroughdeleted09/08/1983
Metropolitan Mirror and Glass Co., Inc.Frackvilledeleted10/14/1992

Drinking water: PFAS testing

Public water systems serving Schuylkill 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
ASHLAND AREA WATER AUTHORITY

PA3540030

PFOS: 20.1 ng/L

PFHxS: 9.5 ng/L

PFHxA: 4.2 ng/L

above final limit
PA AM WATER CO-FRACKVILLE DIST

PA3540032

PFOS: 15 ng/L

PFHxS: 6.8 ng/L

PFNA: 6.7 ng/L

above final limit
SHENANDOAH MUN WATER AUTHORITY

PA3540044

PFBA: 7.4 ng/L

detected

On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options

Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)

18 facilities in Schuylkill filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 2.2M lb released.

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
SAINT NICHOLAS COGENERATION PROJECTSHENANDOAHBarium And Barium Compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds887k lb
GILBERTON POWER COFRACKVILLEBarium And Barium Compounds, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)654k lb
RAUSCH CREEK GENERATION LLCTREMONTBarium And Barium Compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds535k lb
VERSUM MATERIALS US LLCTAMAQUAHydrogen fluoride, Zinc compounds86k lb
HYDRO EXTRUSION USA LLCCRESSONAHydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Manganese42k lb
SILBERLINE MANUFACTURING CO INCTAMAQUA1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene4k lb
ASHLAND FOUNDRY & MACHINE WORKSASHLANDManganese, Nickel1k lb
U.S. BUREAU OF PRISONS FCI SCHUYLKILLMINERSVILLELead428 lb
PRYSMIAN CABLES & SYSTEMS LLCSCHUYLKILL HAVENAntimony compounds127 lb
COPPERHEAD CHEMICAL CO INCTAMAQUANitric acid75 lb
NORTHEAST PRESTRESSED PRODUCTS LLCPOTTSVILLEChromium, Nickel60 lb
DAYTON SUPERIOR CORPTREMONTNickel compounds, Chromium15 lb
WORLD RESOURCES COPOTTSVILLELead And Lead Compounds8 lb
SHALMET CORPORWIGSBURGChromium, Nickel8 lb
DFA DAIRY BRANDS FLUID LLC DBA LEHIGH VALLEY DAIRY FARMSSCHUYLKILL HAVENNitric acid5 lb
PLEASANT VALLEY HOMES INC.PINE GROVE-0 lb
PAPETTI'S HYGRADE EGG PRODUCTS INCKLINGERSTOWN-0 lb
MI WINDOWS & DOORS LLCHEGINS-0 lb

Underground fuel tanks

EPA's UST Finder records 541 tank facilities in Schuylkill: 323 tanks in service and 1,235 closed. 281 fuel releases are on record, of which 17 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".

Radon

EPA maps Schuylkill 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 Schuylkill, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.

  • AGMET CORPDELANO
  • EASTERN DIVERSIFIED METALSHOMETOWN
  • MCADOO ASSOCIATESMCADOO BOROUGH
  • METROPOLITAN MIRROR AND GLASS CO., INC.FRACKVILLE
  • MODEL GARMENTFRACKVILLE
  • OLD FRACKVILLE DUMPFRACKVILLE