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Newport County, RI

The federal environmental record for Newport County (population 83,832): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.

1

Superfund NPL sites

26

federal cleanup sites

4

PFAS-detecting water systems

1

TRI facilities

27

open tank releases

Superfund NPL sites

SiteCityStatusListed
Newport Naval Education/Training CenterNewporton the NPL11/21/1989

Drinking water: PFAS testing

Public water systems serving Newport 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
NORTH TIVERTON FIRE DISTRICT

RI1592018

PFOA: 5.1 ng/L

PFPeA: 3.2 ng/L

above final limit
NAVAL STATION, NEWPORT

RI1000016

PFBA: 5 ng/L

PFPeA: 4.3 ng/L

PFHxA: 3.2 ng/L

detected
NEWPORT-CITY OF

RI1592010

PFPeA: 6.1 ng/L

PFBA: 5.9 ng/L

PFHxA: 5.1 ng/L

detected
JAMESTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT

RI1858419

PFBA: 12 ng/L

detected

On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options

Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)

1 facilities in Newport filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 0 lb released.

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
US NAVY NAVAL STATION NEWPORTNEWPORT-0 lb

Underground fuel tanks

EPA's UST Finder records 364 tank facilities in Newport: 102 tanks in service and 901 closed. 250 fuel releases are on record, of which 27 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".

Radon

EPA maps Newport as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 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 Newport, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.

  • 2ND STREET MERCURY RELEASENEWPORT
  • CORY'S LANE DISPOSAL AREATIVERTON
  • DOD/NETC/CODDINGTON RUBBLE FILLNEWPORT
  • DOD/NETC/GOULD ISLAND ELECTROPLATINGMIDDLETOWN
  • DOD/NETC/NUSC DISPOSAL AREAMIDDLETOWN
  • DOD/NETC/OLD FIRE FIGHTING TRAINING AREANEWPORT
  • DOD/NETC/TANK FARM 1(DEF FUEL SUP PTMEL)PORTSMOUTH
  • DOD/NETC/TANK FARM 3PORTSMOUTH
  • DOD/NETC/TANK FARM 3PORTSMOUTH
  • DOD/NETC/TANK FARM 3PORTSMOUTH
  • DOD/NETC/TANK FARM 3PORTSMOUTH
  • DUTCH ISLANDJAMESTOWN
  • FIRESTONE LANDFILL (FORMER)TIVERTON
  • FOREST AVENUE/WEST MAIN ROAD AREAMIDDLETOWN
  • GOULD ISLAND BUNKER # 11MIDDLETOWN
  • GOULD ISLAND DISPOSAL AREAMIDDLETOWN
  • LITTLE COMPTON TOWN DUMPLITTLE COMPTON
  • LONG WHARF AREANEWPORT
  • NEWPORT NAVAL EDUCATION & TRAINING CENTERNEWPORT
  • PORTSMOUTH MELVILLE DUMPPORTSMOUTH
  • SACHUEST POINT NWRMIDDLETOWN
  • STP SLUDGE DRYING BEDPORTSMOUTH
  • STRUCTURE 214PORTSMOUTH
  • TIVERTON TOWN DUMPTIVERTON
  • TIVERTON TOWN LANDFILL #2TIVERTON
  • U.S. NAVY NAVAL STATION NEWPORTNEWPORT