York County, PA
The federal environmental record for York County (population 461,058): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
5
Superfund NPL sites
8
federal cleanup sites
9
PFAS-detecting water systems
48
TRI facilities
94
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMP, Inc. (Glen Rock Facility) | Glen Rock | deleted | 10/04/1989 |
| East Mount Zion | Springettsbury Township | on the NPL | 09/21/1984 |
| Modern Sanitation Landfill | Lower Windsor Township | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
| Old City of York Landfill | Seven Valleys | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| York County Solid Waste and Refuse Authority Landfill | Hopewell Township | deleted | 07/22/1987 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving York 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SUEZ NEWBERRY SYSTEM PA7670061 | PFPeA: 17.7 ng/L PFHxA: 10.9 ng/L PFOA: 10 ng/L | above final limit |
| STEWARTSTOWN BORO WATER AUTH PA7670062 | PFBS: 6.7 ng/L PFPeA: 4.9 ng/L PFOA: 4.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| DILLSBURG AREA AUTHORITY PA7670071 | PFOA: 4.8 ng/L PFOS: 4.7 ng/L PFBS: 3.3 ng/L | above final limit |
| DOVER TWP WATER SYS PA7670073 | PFPeA: 10.6 ng/L PFOS: 9.6 ng/L PFHxA: 6.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| SHREWSBURY BOROUGH PA7670088 | PFBS: 43 ng/L PFPeA: 11.2 ng/L PFOS: 11.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| WEST MANCHESTER TWP AUTH PA7670101 | PFOS: 11.1 ng/L PFOA: 6.3 ng/L PFBS: 5.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| HANOVER MUNI WATER WORKS PA7670076 | PFPeA: 4.6 ng/L | detected |
| NEW FREEDOM BORO WATER AUTH PA7670082 | PFBS: 12.5 ng/L PFPeA: 6.2 ng/L PFNA: 6.2 ng/L | detected |
| WRIGHTSVILLE BORO MUNI AUTH PA7670097 | PFPeA: 3.2 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
48 facilities in York filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.9M lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENVIRITE OF PENNSYLVANIA INC | YORK | Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Zinc compounds | 709k lb |
| PIXELLE SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS LLC | SPRING GROVE | Methanol, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 585k lb |
| ESAB GROUP INC. | HANOVER | Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Chromium | 185k lb |
| BRUNNER ISLAND STEAM ELECTRIC STATION | YORK HAVEN | Ammonia, Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 115k lb |
| MAGNESITA REFRACTORIES CO | YORK | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Aluminum (fume or dust) | 83k lb |
| CALPINE MID MERIT LLC YORK ENERGY CENTER | DELTA | Ammonia, Lead And Lead Compounds | 50k lb |
| HARD CHROME SPECIALISTS INC/YORK | YORK | Nickel And Nickel Compounds, Lead | 44k lb |
| CROWN FOOD PACKAGING | HANOVER | n-Butyl alcohol, Certain glycol ethers | 35k lb |
| PROTECH POWDER COATING INC/YORK | YORK | Diisononyl Phthalates (DINP) | 24k lb |
| MCCLARIN PLASTICS LLC | HANOVER | Styrene, Methyl methacrylate | 21k lb |
| ADHESIVES RESEARCH INC | GLEN ROCK | Toluene, n-Hexane | 15k lb |
| ABERDEEN ROAD CO | EMIGSVILLE | Antimony | 12k lb |
| SKF USA INC HANOVER PLANT | HANOVER | Methanol, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 11k lb |
| CYCLE CHEM INC | LEWISBERRY | Diisocyanates | 11k lb |
| PRECISION CUSTOM COMPONENTS LLC | YORK | Chromium, Nickel | 8k lb |
| AMZ MANUFACTURING | YORK | Nickel compounds | 5k lb |
| HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR CO OPERATIONS INC | YORK | n-Butyl alcohol, Manganese | 4k lb |
| DONSCO INC | WRIGHTSVILLE | Manganese, Copper | 4k lb |
| SHARRETTS PLATING CO INC | EMIGSVILLE | Zinc compounds, Nickel | 4k lb |
| CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC | YORK | 1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta[g]-2-benzopyran, Certain glycol ethers | 4k lb |
| EAGLE CASTING LLC. | HANOVER | Manganese, Copper | 3k lb |
| BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS | YORK | Ethylene glycol | 3k lb |
| GICHNER SYSTEMS GROUP INC | DALLASTOWN | Lead | 2k lb |
| GELEST INC | GLEN ROCK | n-Hexane, Methyl methacrylate | 2k lb |
| AMZ MANUFACTURING CORP | YORK | 1-Bromopropane, Nitric acid | 2k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 1,187 tank facilities in York: 688 tanks in service and 2,906 closed. 504 fuel releases are on record, of which 94 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps York 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 York, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AMP, INC. (GLEN ROCK FACILITY)GLEN ROCK
- DEFENSE DISTRIBUTION CENTER SUSQUEHANNANEW CUMBERLAND
- EAST MOUNT ZIONYORK
- MODERN LANDFILLYORK
- OLD CITY OF YORK LANDFILLSEVEN VALLEYS
- PH GLATFELTER HSCAN CORDUS TWP
- PRINCESS MERCURYYORK
- YORK COUNTY SOLID WASTE AND REFUSE AUTHORITY LANDFILLSTEWARTSTOWN