Sebastian County, AR
The federal environmental record for Sebastian County (population 129,098): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
5
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
21
TRI facilities
3
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial Waste Control | Ft. Smith | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Sebastian 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)
21 facilities in Sebastian filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 574k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| OK FOODS-FT SMITH | FORT SMITH | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 436k lb |
| US ARMY NATIONAL GUARD FORT CHAFFEE RANGES | FORT CHAFFEE | Copper, Lead And Lead Compounds | 52k lb |
| GERDAU-FORT SMITH MILL | FORT SMITH | Manganese compounds, Zinc compounds | 47k lb |
| GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL LLC | FORT SMITH | Ethylene glycol | 15k lb |
| GERBER PRODUCTS CO | FORT SMITH | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid | 8k lb |
| GNB FORT SMITH LLC | FORT SMITH | Lead, Antimony | 6k lb |
| INEOS COMPOSITES US LLC | FORT SMITH | Styrene, Methyl methacrylate | 4k lb |
| ABB MOTORS & MECHANICAL INC. | FORT SMITH | Copper, Chromium | 4k lb |
| ABB MOTORS & MECHANICAL INC. | FORT SMITH | Copper, Nickel | 550 lb |
| ELITE COMFORT SOLUTIONS LLC | FORT SMITH | Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate, Diisocyanates | 167 lb |
| QUALSERV SOLUTIONS LLC | FORT SMITH | Chromium, Nickel | 130 lb |
| APAC-CENTRAL INC. - SOUTHSIDE READY MIX | FORT SMITH | Lead And Lead Compounds | 46 lb |
| HYTROL CONVEYOR CO INC. | FORT SMITH | Lead | 7 lb |
| TRANE U.S. INC. | FORT SMITH | Manganese, Chromium | 1 lb |
| PETERSON CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY LLC | FORT SMITH | Diisocyanates | 1 lb |
| OK FOODS INC-FT SMITH FEED MILL | FORT SMITH | - | 0 lb |
| RHEEM MANUFACTURING CO | FORT SMITH | - | 0 lb |
| MID-SOUTH MILLING CO INC. | FORT SMITH | - | 0 lb |
| INDUSTRIAL OILS UNLIMITED LLC | FORT SMITH | - | 0 lb |
| TYSON POULTRY - FORT SMITH | FORT SMITH | - | 0 lb |
| PRECISION PACKAGING INC | FORT SMITH | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 512 tank facilities in Sebastian: 248 tanks in service and 1,093 closed. 60 fuel releases are on record, of which 3 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Sebastian 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 Sebastian, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CHAFFEE CROSSING BARRACKS FIREBARLING
- FLANDERS INDUSTRIESFORT SMITH
- FORT CHAFFEEFORT CHAFFEE
- INDUSTRIAL WASTE CONTROLFORT SMITH
- US TECHNOLOGIESFORT SMITH