Pollution & Cleanup
The list below is a statewide screening tool, not an address check. A Superfund site somewhere in Kentucky says nothing definite about a particular house, and a quiet map nearby is not a promise about your soil or your water. Kentucky's contamination history is shaped by coal, chemical manufacturing along its river corridors, and a long industrial past, which influences the kinds of sites you'll see here. The federal program drives the list; the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet (EEC) is the state's partner on cleanup. Read it as context worth reviewing when evaluating an address, and let the public records, not the weight of the word, shape what you take from it.
Federal Superfund cleanups in Kentucky have a state-side partner in the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet (EEC), whose Division of Waste Management works alongside the U.S. EPA on contaminated-site work. Beyond the federal list, the EEC runs its own state superfund and voluntary remediation tracks for sites that don't reach the national level. On PFAS at contaminated sites, Kentucky tends to follow the federal program rather than set separate standards. The point worth holding onto: behind the heavy word 'Superfund,' there is a named Kentucky office sharing the job.
From EPA's National Priorities List, filtered to sites with confirmed PFAS contamination. EPA's broader Superfund/SEMS inventory is larger and includes non-PFAS and assessment-stage sites.
| Site | Type / status |
|---|---|
| Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (Usdoe) | Federal · NPL: Final |
Check Superfund sites near a specific Kentucky address →
VetMyAddress maps nearby EPA Superfund/NPL sites and grades the address A–F alongside its water, PFAS, flood, and air data.
A blank PFAS-confirmed list is not the same as all-clear. It means no Kentucky Superfund site has been confirmed for PFAS in the records we use, not that none exists. The EEC and EPA track a far broader inventory of contaminated and remediated sites in their SEMS database, and PFAS confirmation often trails the testing. Treat a quiet list as 'nothing flagged on this narrow measure,' and keep the broader inventory in mind.
A site appearing on this page means EPA has confirmed PFAS contamination at a National Priorities List Superfund site somewhere in Kentucky. It is a statewide screening list. It does not tell you the distance from any specific home, the exposure pathway, or whether the local drinking-water system is affected.
For a specific property, the things that actually matter are:
That address-level synthesis — nearest-site distance plus the home's full environmental profile in one A–F grade — is what the VetMyAddress report is for.
Superfund is run federally by the U.S. EPA, but the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet (EEC), through its Division of Waste Management, serves as the state-side partner, co-managing cleanups and tracking contaminated sites across Kentucky. The EEC also operates its own state remediation programs for sites outside the federal list. Oversight is shared, and there's a named Kentucky office behind it.
Kentucky has a number of federal Superfund sites reflecting its coal, chemical, and manufacturing history, and the live table on this page shows what the current records hold for the state. Rather than fixate on a total, it's more useful to look at where each site sits, what it involves, and how far along its cleanup is. The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet (EEC) partners with EPA on that work.
Our curated EPA dataset lists 1 PFAS-confirmed Superfund (NPL) site in Kentucky, including Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (Usdoe). EPA's full Superfund inventory (including non-PFAS and assessment-stage sites) is larger — a specific-address report checks all SEMS sites near the property.
Proximity is a starting point, not a verdict. Real-world impact depends on distance, the type of contamination, the exposure pathway (groundwater, soil, vapor), the home's water source, and the cleanup stage. A site two miles away marked 'construction complete' is very different from an active site next door.
Use VetMyAddress to see EPA Superfund/NPL sites near any Kentucky address, bundled with the home's drinking water, PFAS, flood zone, and air-quality data in a single plain-English A–F grade. EPA's own ECHO database (echo.epa.gov) is the free, official source if you prefer to dig through the raw records.
It means PFAS ('forever chemicals') have been documented in the contamination at that National Priorities List site. PFAS is persistent and can migrate through groundwater, so a confirmed PFAS site is worth pairing with the home's drinking-water and PFAS data to understand the exposure pathway.