Hale County, TX
The federal environmental record for Hale County (population 31,761): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
2
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Hale 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 |
|---|---|---|
| PLAINVIEW MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM TX0950004 | PFBA: 5.3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
3 facilities in Hale filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 46k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLAINVIEW BIOENERGY LLC | PLAINVIEW | Ammonia, Acetaldehyde | 24k lb |
| ANTON CO2 RECOVERY FACILITY - OXY USA INC. (PERMIAN DIV | ABERNATHY | n-Hexane, Cyclohexane | 18k lb |
| MARTIN OPERATING PTNR-PLAINVIEW | PLAINVIEW | Ammonia | 4k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 251 tank facilities in Hale: 91 tanks in service and 518 closed. 87 fuel releases are on record, of which 2 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Hale 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.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Hale, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- US COOLING TOWERPLAINVIEW