Pleasants County, WV
The federal environmental record for Pleasants County (population 7,428): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
1
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Pleasants 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 |
|---|---|---|
| PLEASANTS CO PSD WV3303707 | PFOA: 11 ng/L PFBS: 4.8 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
5 facilities in Pleasants filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 651k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC | WILLOW ISLAND | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Toluene | 273k lb |
| PLEASANTS POWER STATION | WILLOW ISLAND | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Barium And Barium Compounds | 263k lb |
| ALLNEX USA INC | BELMONT | Methanol, Ammonia | 112k lb |
| PHIBRO ANIMAL HEALTH CORP | WILLOW ISLAND | Ammonia | 3k lb |
| AXENS N.A. INC. | BELMONT | Nitric acid | 1k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 49 tank facilities in Pleasants: 13 tanks in service and 116 closed. 18 fuel releases are on record, of which 1 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Pleasants 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 Pleasants, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AMERICAN CYANAMIDWILLOW ISLAND