Accomack County, VA
The federal environmental record for Accomack County (population 33,239): 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
4
TRI facilities
3
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Accomack 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)
4 facilities in Accomack filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 484k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERDUE FOODS LLC - ACCOMAC PROCESSING PLANT | ACCOMAC | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 431k lb |
| TYSON FARMS INC-TEMPERANCEVILLE | TEMPERANCEVILLE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Peracetic acid | 52k lb |
| COMMONWEALTH CHESAPEAKE CO LLC | NEW CHURCH | Naphthalene | 293 lb |
| U.S. NASA GSFC WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY | WALLOPS ISLAND | Lead And Lead Compounds | 156 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 238 tank facilities in Accomack: 116 tanks in service and 719 closed. 70 fuel releases are on record, of which 3 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Accomack as Zone 3, the lowest predicted indoor radon (under 2 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 Accomack, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- US NASA GSFC WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITYWALLOPS ISLAND