Venango County, PA
The federal environmental record for Venango County (population 49,777): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
13
TRI facilities
11
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Venango 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GENERAL AUTHORITY OF FRANKLIN PA6610020 | PFBS: 3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
13 facilities in Venango filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 351k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCRUBGRASS GENERATING PLANT | KENNERDELL | Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Barium | 146k lb |
| AM STABILIZERS CORP | FRANKLIN | Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), Zinc compounds | 130k lb |
| ELECTRALLOY | OIL CITY | Manganese compounds, Nickel compounds | 36k lb |
| FRANKLIN INVESTMENT CORP. | FRANKLIN | Certain glycol ethers, sec-Butyl alcohol | 20k lb |
| BORCHERS AMERICAS INC. | FRANKLIN | Zinc compounds, Cobalt And Cobalt Compounds | 14k lb |
| SMS GROUP INC | OIL CITY | Nickel And Nickel Compounds, Copper | 2k lb |
| WEBCO INDUSTRIES INC. OIL CITY TUBE DIV | OIL CITY | Manganese, Copper | 918 lb |
| LATROBE SPECIALTY METALS - SANDY CREEK | FRANKLIN | Chromium, Nickel | 691 lb |
| SPECIALTY FABRICATION & POWDER COATING LLC | OIL CITY | Chromium | 285 lb |
| JOY GLOBAL UNDERGROUND MINING LLC | FRANKLIN | Manganese, Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 275 lb |
| WEBCO INDUSTRIES INC. - RENO DIV | RENO | Manganese, Nickel | 116 lb |
| FRANKLIN PRECISION CASTINGS | FRANKLIN | Nickel, Copper | 79 lb |
| MATRIC LTD | SENECA | Lead | 2 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 207 tank facilities in Venango: 120 tanks in service and 525 closed. 73 fuel releases are on record, of which 11 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Venango 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 Venango, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AMALIE REFINERYFRANKLIN
- ARCO GATC - SUGAR CREEK SITESUGAR CREEK TWP
- KEYSTONE CASTINGS CORPORATIONCORNPLANTER TOWNSHIP