Howard County, AR
The federal environmental record for Howard County (population 12,533): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Howard 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NASHVILLE WATERWORKS AR0000244 | PFBA: 5.4 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
5 facilities in Howard filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 129k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEYERHAEUSER NR CO | DIERKS | Methanol, Formaldehyde | 123k lb |
| TYSON POULTRY INC. - NASHVILLE PROCESSING PLANT | NASHVILLE | Peracetic acid | 3k lb |
| HILL JAN PLATING LLC | NASHVILLE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 2k lb |
| CERTAINTEED GYPSUM NASHVILLE | NASHVILLE | Mercury, Lead | 4 lb |
| PILGRIMS PRIDE CORP - NASHVILLE FEED MILL | NASHVILLE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 95 tank facilities in Howard: 42 tanks in service and 200 closed. 10 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Howard as Zone 3, the lowest predicted indoor radon (under 2 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 Howard, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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