Pollution & Cleanup
Superfund is a heavy word, so here is the plain reality first: this is a statewide screening list, not an address check, and a site somewhere in North Carolina does not mean a specific home is affected. The state's cleanup history is shaped at a broad level by a mix of heavy manufacturing, textile and chemical industry, and a notable military presence. The Department of Environmental Quality serves as the state-side partner to EPA's federal program. When evaluating an address, the list below is worth reviewing as orientation, and the measured next step is a property-specific look rather than reading a statewide map as a verdict on your neighborhood.
For cleanup work, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is the state-side partner to EPA's federal Superfund program and the National Priorities List referenced below. DEQ also runs its own state remediation and inactive-hazardous-sites efforts for properties outside the federal list. On PFAS at contaminated sites, North Carolina has tended to work through guidance and notification levels alongside the federal framework rather than a separate enforceable cleanup number, which colors how some of these records are addressed.
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 |
|---|---|
| Camp Lejeune Military Res. (Usnavy) | Federal · NPL: Final |
| Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station | Federal · NPL: Final |
Check Superfund sites near a specific North Carolina address →
VetMyAddress maps nearby EPA Superfund/NPL sites and grades the address A–F alongside its water, PFAS, flood, and air data.
If North Carolina shows no PFAS-confirmed Superfund sites below, that is reassuring but not the whole story. It is not a full all-clear. The DEQ's broader SEMS inventory tracks many sites for contamination that has nothing to do with PFAS, and confirmation depends on what has been tested and reported so far. The agency keeps investigating, so an empty PFAS-confirmed list reflects today's record rather than a guarantee about every property statewide.
A site appearing on this page means EPA has confirmed PFAS contamination at a National Priorities List Superfund site somewhere in North Carolina. 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.
Cleanup is co-managed. EPA administers the federal Superfund program and the National Priorities List, while the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality acts as the state-side partner and runs its own remediation efforts for sites outside the federal list.
North Carolina has sites tracked under EPA's federal Superfund program, and the table above reflects the current public records. A site on a statewide list does not by itself mean a specific nearby home is affected; distance, contamination type, cleanup stage, and water source all factor in.
The Department of Environmental Quality is North Carolina's environmental agency and the state's partner to EPA on contaminated-site cleanup. If you came looking for the state office behind remediation and Superfund oversight, this is it.
Our curated EPA dataset lists 2 PFAS-confirmed Superfund (NPL) sites in North Carolina, including Camp Lejeune Military Res. (Usnavy), Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station. 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 North Carolina 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.