Franklin County, AL
The federal environmental record for Franklin County (population 31,802): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
0
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
8
TRI facilities
7
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Franklin 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FRANKLIN COUNTY WATER SERVICES AUTHORITY AL0001500 | PFBA: 15 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
8 facilities in Franklin filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 89k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PILGRIMS PRIDE RUSSELLVILLE PROCESSING PLANT | RUSSELLVILLE | Ammonia, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 49k lb |
| TIFFIN MOTORHOMES INC. | RED BAY | Diisocyanates, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 28k lb |
| GATES CORP | RED BAY | Zinc compounds | 7k lb |
| CERTAINTEED LLC | RUSSELLVILLE | Formaldehyde | 5k lb |
| RUSSELLVILLE | RUSSELLVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| B&B ROADWAY | RUSSELLVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| M/J FEED MILL AL LLC | SPRUCE PINE | - | 0 lb |
| READY MIX USA LLC - RUSSELLVILLE PLANT | RUSSELLVILLE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 132 tank facilities in Franklin: 62 tanks in service and 308 closed. 21 fuel releases are on record, of which 7 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Franklin 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.
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