Chesterfield County, VA
The federal environmental record for Chesterfield County (population 383,876): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
8
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
20
TRI facilities
3
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| C & R Battery Co., Inc. | Chesterfield County | deleted | 07/22/1987 |
| Defense General Supply Center (DLA) | Chesterfield County | on the NPL | 07/22/1987 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Chesterfield 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CHESTERFIELD CO CENTRAL WATER SYSTEM VA4041845 | PFBA: 15 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
20 facilities in Chesterfield filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 842k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUPONT SPECIALTY PRODUCTS USA LLC - SPRUANCE PLANT | NORTH CHESTERFIELD | N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone, Dimethylamine | 316k lb |
| PHILIP MORRIS USA PARK 500 SITE | CHESTER | Ammonia, Nicotine and salts | 180k lb |
| HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL COLONIAL HEIGHTS PLANT | COLONIAL HEIGHTS | Freon 113 (CFC-113) | 166k lb |
| MYLAR SPECIALTY FILMS SPRUANCE | RICHMOND | Toluene | 115k lb |
| CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC | COLONIAL HEIGHTS | Ammonia, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 30k lb |
| FUJIFILM WAKO CHEMICALS USA CORP | RICHMOND | Methanol, Toluene | 12k lb |
| NEXPERA JAMES RIVER PLANT | RICHMOND | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 8k lb |
| BELLWOOD PRINTING PLANT | RICHMOND | N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone, Ammonia | 7k lb |
| US DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY DEFENSE SUPPLY CENTER RICHMOND | RICHMOND | Bromotrifluoromethane (Halon 1301), Bromochlorodifluoromethane (Halon 1211) | 4k lb |
| UNIVAR SOLUTIONS USA | CHESTER | Methanol | 2k lb |
| SUPER RADIATOR COILS | RICHMOND | Nickel, Chromium | 132 lb |
| COLONIAL CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS INC. | RICHMOND | Cyclohexanol | 102 lb |
| MECHANICSVILLE CONCRETE LLC-CHESTERFIELD PLANT | MIDLOTHIAN | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead And Lead Compounds | 33 lb |
| SAFETY-KLEEN SYSTEMS CHESTER (CVA) | CHESTER | Ethylene glycol | 2 lb |
| CHESTERFIELD POWER STATION | CHESTER | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 1 lb |
| KAISER ALUMINUM FABRICATED PRODUCTS LLC | RICHMOND | Lead | 1 lb |
| HILL PHOENIX INC. | RICHMOND | - | 0 lb |
| OLDCASTLE APG MID-ATLANTIC RICHMOND VA | RICHMOND | Lead And Lead Compounds, Mercury | 0 lb |
| HILL PHOENIX INC. | COLONIAL HEIGHTS | - | 0 lb |
| TRIDENT AMERICAS | CHESTER | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 533 tank facilities in Chesterfield: 502 tanks in service and 1,228 closed. 265 fuel releases are on record, of which 3 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- C & R BATTERY CO., INC.RICHMOND
- DEFENSE GENERAL SUPPLY CENTER (DLA)CHESTERFIELD COUNTY
- DUPONT SPRUANCE PLANTRICHMOND
- FORT DARLING LANDFILLBELLWOOD
- KINGSLAND & BEULAH CONTAINER RESPONSENORTH CHESTERFIELD
- MOSELEY HGMOSELEY
- REHRIG UNITEDRICHMOND
- VIRGINIA PFAS SURFACE WATER ASSESSMENTN/A