Frederick County, VA
The federal environmental record for Frederick County (population 95,994): 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
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federal cleanup sites
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PFAS-detecting water systems
10
TRI facilities
5
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhinehart Tire Fire Dump | Frederick County | deleted | 06/10/1986 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Frederick 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FREDERICK WATER VA2069250 | PFBS: 6.9 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
10 facilities in Frederick filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 107k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| KINGSPAN INSULATION LLC | WINCHESTER | Methanol | 48k lb |
| DARLING INGREDIENTS INC-WINCHESTER FACILITY | WINCHESTER | Chlorine dioxide, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 24k lb |
| FISHER DIAGNOSTICS A DIV OF FISHER SCIENTIFIC CO | MIDDLETOWN | Methanol, Certain glycol ethers | 15k lb |
| 8TH AVE FOOD & PROVISIONS | WINCHESTER | Sulfuryl fluoride | 11k lb |
| HP HOOD LLC | WINCHESTER | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Peracetic acid | 8k lb |
| TREX - VIRGINIA MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS | WINCHESTER | Zinc compounds, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 2k lb |
| O-N MINERALS (CHEMSTONE) WINCHESTER LIME PLANT | CLEAR BROOK | Lead compounds, Mercury compounds | 197 lb |
| CONCRETE PIPE & PRECAST- WINCHESTER | WINCHESTER | Lead | 46 lb |
| TITAN VIRGINIA READY-MIX LLC-CLEAR BROOK PLANT | CLEAR BROOK | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead And Lead Compounds | 21 lb |
| APG MID-ATLANTIC - WINCHESTER | WINCHESTER | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 216 tank facilities in Frederick: 225 tanks in service and 604 closed. 126 fuel releases are on record, of which 5 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Frederick 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 Frederick, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- RHINEHART TIRE FIRE DUMPFREDERICK COUNTY