Albany County, WY
The federal environmental record for Albany County (population 38,257): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
24
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter/Union Pacific Tie Treating | Laramie | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Albany 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)
2 facilities in Albany filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 39k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOUNTAIN CEMENT CO | LARAMIE | Hydrogen cyanide, Manganese | 39k lb |
| PETE LIEN & SONS INC. - JONATHON LIME PLANT | LARAMIE | Lead compounds, Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 539 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 152 tank facilities in Albany: 107 tanks in service and 357 closed. 83 fuel releases are on record, of which 24 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Albany 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 Albany, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BAXTER/UNION PACIFIC TIE TREATINGLARAMIE
- MP 556 UNION PACIFIC DERAILMENTLARAMIE
- NEDLOG PROPERTYLARAMIE
- POLE MOUNTAIN FORMER TARGET AND MANEUVER AREALARAMIE