Marion County, WV
The federal environmental record for Marion County (population 55,807): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
15
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big John Salvage - Hoult Road | Fairmont | on the NPL | 07/27/2000 |
| Sharon Steel Corp (Fairmont Coke Works) | Fairmont | on the NPL | 12/23/1996 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Marion 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)
3 facilities in Marion filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 427k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN BITUMINOUS POWER PARTNERS LP | GRANT TOWN | Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), Manganese compounds | 413k lb |
| MARION COUNTY COAL RESOURCES INC. | MANNINGTON | Lead, Mercury | 14k lb |
| NOVELIS CORP | FAIRMONT | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 302 tank facilities in Marion: 117 tanks in service and 642 closed. 115 fuel releases are on record, of which 15 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Marion as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 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 Marion, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AOP CLEARWATER LLCFAIRMONT
- BIG JOHN SALVAGE - HOULT ROADFAIRMONT
- FAIRMONT CULLET PILE SITEFAIRMONT
- SHARON STEEL CORP (FAIRMONT COKE WORKS)FAIRMONT