Hancock County, WV
The federal environmental record for Hancock County (population 28,145): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
6
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
4
TRI facilities
6
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Hancock 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MOUNTAINEER PARK INC WV3301520 | PFOA: 12.2 ng/L PFBS: 5.9 ng/L PFHpA: 3.9 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
4 facilities in Hancock filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 52k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ERGON WEST VIRGINIA INC | NEWELL | Toluene, Ammonia | 30k lb |
| CLEVELAND-CLIFFS WEIRTON LLC | WEIRTON | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Cyanide compounds | 20k lb |
| PENNZOIL-QUAKER STATE (DBA SOPUS PRODUCTS) | NEWELL | Zinc compounds | 2k lb |
| FORM ENERGY - FORM FACTORY 1 | WEIRTON | Copper | 1 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 102 tank facilities in Hancock: 55 tanks in service and 296 closed. 35 fuel releases are on record, of which 6 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Hancock 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 Hancock, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ARCELORMITTAL WEIRTONWEIRTON
- NC AIRNEW CUMBERLAND
- NEW CUMBERLAND RESIDENTIAL ASSESSMENT NRC 1293497NEW CUMBERLAND
- ROCK SPRING LEAD SITECHESTER
- THIOKOL-SPECIALTY CHEMICALS DIVNEWELL
- US FILTER WEIRTON STEEL OUTFALL 004 CHEMICAL SPILLWEIRTON