Augusta County, VA
The federal environmental record for Augusta County (population 78,247): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
11
TRI facilities
2
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Augusta 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)
11 facilities in Augusta filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 116k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIBCO OF VIRGINIA INC. | STUARTS DRAFT | Chromium, Copper | 59k lb |
| THE LYCRA CO LLC | WAYNESBORO | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Diisocyanates | 32k lb |
| SHAMROCK FOODS DAIRY DIV | VERONA | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid | 8k lb |
| CERRO FABRICATED PRODUCTS LLC | WEYERS CAVE | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Copper compounds | 8k lb |
| ACCUTEC BLADES INC. | VERONA | Chromium, Ammonia | 5k lb |
| REXNORD INDUSTRIES LLC | STUARTS DRAFT | Ammonia | 3k lb |
| DAIKIN APPLIED | VERONA | Manganese, Copper | 465 lb |
| DEGESCH AMERICA INC | WEYERS CAVE | Ammonia, Phosphine | 38 lb |
| TAYLOR & BOODY INC. | STAUNTON | Lead | 0 lb |
| GROTTOES PLASTICS PLANT | GROTTOES | - | 0 lb |
| MASTIC HOME EXTERIORS | STUARTS DRAFT | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 239 tank facilities in Augusta: 195 tanks in service and 661 closed. 128 fuel releases are on record, of which 2 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Augusta 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 Augusta, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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- MT. SIDNEY PLAZAMT. SIDNEY