Union County, PA
The federal environmental record for Union County (population 42,744): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
4
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Union 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)
5 facilities in Union filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 379k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAF KEYSTONE LLC/NEW COLUMBIA FACILITY | NEW COLUMBIA | Diisocyanates | 375k lb |
| GOLD BOND BUILDING PRODUCTS - MILTON | NEW COLUMBIA | Thiabendazole, Lead And Lead Compounds | 4k lb |
| US BUREAU OF PRISONS LEWISBURG PENITENTIARY | LEWISBURG | Lead | 338 lb |
| PLAYWORLD INC | LEWISBURG | Zinc compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 168 lb |
| CARGILL FEED & NUTRITION WINFIELD | WINFIELD | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 128 tank facilities in Union: 109 tanks in service and 287 closed. 40 fuel releases are on record, of which 4 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Union 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 Union, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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