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Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

The federal environmental record for Kenai Peninsula Borough (population 61,223): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.

0

Superfund NPL sites

7

federal cleanup sites

0

PFAS-detecting water systems

3

TRI facilities

14

open tank releases

Drinking water: PFAS testing

No public water system serving Kenai Peninsula 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)

3 facilities in Kenai Peninsula filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 47k lb released.

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
TESORO ALASKA - KENAI REFINERYKENAIn-Hexane, Xylene (mixed isomers)47k lb
CROWLEY KENAI FACILITYKENAIToluene, Benzene432 lb
HALLIBURTON STERLING FACILITYSTERLINGLead And Lead Compounds0 lb

Underground fuel tanks

EPA's UST Finder records 266 tank facilities in Kenai Peninsula: 71 tanks in service and 555 closed. 200 fuel releases are on record, of which 14 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".

Radon

EPA maps Kenai Peninsula 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.

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All federal cleanup sites on file

The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Kenai Peninsula, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.

  • SWANSON RIVER OIL FIELDSTERLING
  • USDA USFS R10 CHUGACH NF KENAI LAKE WORK CTRSEWARD
  • USDOI FWS KENAI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGESOLDOTNA
  • USDOI FWS KENAI NWR: SWAN LAKE MOOSE RESEARCH STATIONSOLDOTNA
  • USDOI NPS KENAI FJORDS NP&P: BEAUTY BAY MINESEWARD
  • USDOT FAA HOMER AIRPORTHOMER
  • USDOT FAA KENAI FACKENAI