Tulare County, CA
The federal environmental record for Tulare County (population 479,468): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
6
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
23
TRI facilities
27
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beckman Instruments (Porterville Plant) | Porterville | deleted | 06/10/1986 |
| Southern California Edison Co. (Visalia Poleyard) | Visalia | deleted | 03/31/1989 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Tulare 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 |
|---|---|---|
| LINDSAY, CITY OF CA5410006 | PFOS: 12 ng/L PFOA: 9.2 ng/L PFBS: 4 ng/L | above final limit |
| PORTERVILLE, CITY OF CA5410010 | PFOS: 23 ng/L PFOA: 22 ng/L PFPeA: 9.3 ng/L | above final limit |
| CWS - VISALIA CA5410016 | PFPeA: 34 ng/L PFBA: 28 ng/L PFHxA: 15 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
23 facilities in Tulare filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 347k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAPUTO CHEESE USA INC. | TULARE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nonylphenol Ethoxylates | 140k lb |
| LACTALIS HERITAGE DAIRY INC. | TULARE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 113k lb |
| CALIFORNIA DAIRIES INC VISALIA | VISALIA | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 35k lb |
| SAPUTO CHEESE USA INC. | TULARE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 24k lb |
| BLUESCOPE BUILDINGS N.A. INC | VISALIA | Chromium, Nickel | 11k lb |
| NUTRIEN AG SOLUTIONS | ALPAUGH | Zinc compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 8k lb |
| VOLTAGE MULTIPLIERS INC. | VISALIA | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid | 7k lb |
| ACTUS NUTRITION - VISALIA | VISALIA | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nonylphenol Ethoxylates | 3k lb |
| GFP ETHANOL LLC DBA CALGREN RENEWABLE FUELS | PIXLEY | Acetaldehyde, Acrolein | 2k lb |
| KAWNEER CO INC | VISALIA | Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene | 2k lb |
| MCWANE PLANT & INDUSTRIAL | EXETER | Nickel, Chromium | 421 lb |
| LAND O LAKES - TULARE DAIRY | TULARE | Ammonia | 85 lb |
| HYDRITE CHEMICAL CO | VISALIA | Nitric acid | 21 lb |
| CALIFORNIA DAIRIES INC TIPTON | TIPTON | - | 0 lb |
| FOSTER FARMS TRAVER FEEDMILL | TRAVER | - | 0 lb |
| PINNACLE PREMIX | VISALIA | - | 0 lb |
| CALPORTLAND PORTERVILLE RMC | PORTERVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| JD HEISKELL & CO | PIXLEY | - | 0 lb |
| CALPORTLAND EXETER RMC | EXETER | - | 0 lb |
| WILBUR-ELLIS CO EARLIMART | EARLIMART | - | 0 lb |
| CALPORTLAND TULARE RMC | TULARE | - | 0 lb |
| QUIKRETE - PORTERVILLE CA PLANT | PORTERVILLE | Lead | 0 lb |
| UNIVAR SOLUTIONS USA | VISALIA | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 270 tank facilities in Tulare: 721 tanks in service and 3 closed. 503 fuel releases are on record, of which 27 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Tulare 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.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Tulare, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BECKMAN INSTRUMENTS (PORTERVILLE PLANT)PORTERVILLE
- GOSHEN TRAIN DERAILMENTGOSHEN
- MILLER'S CLEANERSVISALIA
- SEQUOIA & KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKSTHREE RIVERS
- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO. (VISALIA POLEYARD)VISALIA
- SUNSTAR FACILITYVISALIA