Pittsylvania County, VA
The federal environmental record for Pittsylvania County (population 59,571): 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
3
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
7
TRI facilities
7
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Piedmont Corp. Rock Quarry (Route 719) | Pittsylvania County | deleted | 07/22/1987 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Pittsylvania 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MOUNT HERMON VA5143396 | PFBA: 27.1 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
7 facilities in Pittsylvania filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 226k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASCENT CHEMICALS - DANVILLE | DANVILLE | Cyclohexane, n-Butyl alcohol | 57k lb |
| INTERTAPE POLYMER CORP | DANVILLE | Toluene | 57k lb |
| JTI LEAF SERVICES (US) LLC | DANVILLE | Nicotine and salts, Ammonia | 48k lb |
| POLYNT COMPOSITES USA INC. | CHATHAM | Ethylene glycol, Styrene | 39k lb |
| COLUMBIA FOREST PRODUCTS | CHATHAM | Certain glycol ethers | 18k lb |
| ARKEMA INC | CHATHAM | Toluene, Acrylic acid | 6k lb |
| OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC PLANT 29 | RINGGOLD | Lead compounds | 274 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 330 tank facilities in Pittsylvania: 184 tanks in service and 772 closed. 89 fuel releases are on record, of which 7 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Pittsylvania 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 Pittsylvania, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- FIRST PIEDMONT CORP. ROCK QUARRY (ROUTE 719)CHATHAM
- HURT TRAILERSHURT
- US DANVILLE HOUSING AUTHORITYDANVILLE