Wayne County, WV
The federal environmental record for Wayne County (population 37,686): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
8
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Wayne 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 |
|---|---|---|
| LAVALETTE PSD WV3305006 | PFOA: 4.4 ng/L PFHxA: 3.1 ng/L PFPeA: 3 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
5 facilities in Wayne filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 132k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRASKEM AMERICA INC NEAL PLANT | KENOVA | Propylene | 126k lb |
| MPLX TERMINALS LLC - KENOVA WV TERMINAL | KENOVA | n-Hexane, Toluene | 4k lb |
| AOC MATERIALS LLC | KENOVA | o-Xylene, Maleic anhydride | 2k lb |
| WILLERT HOME PRODUCTS | KENOVA | Naphthalene | 450 lb |
| KENOVA NGL EXTRACTION FACILITY | KENOVA | n-Hexane | 39 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 147 tank facilities in Wayne: 71 tanks in service and 339 closed. 64 fuel releases are on record, of which 8 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Wayne 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 Wayne, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- COYNE TEXTILE SERVICES SUPERFUND SITEHUNTINGTON
- VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITALHUNTINGTON