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Putnam County, FL

The federal environmental record for Putnam County (population 75,955): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.

0

Superfund NPL sites

5

federal cleanup sites

0

PFAS-detecting water systems

5

TRI facilities

52

open tank releases

Drinking water: PFAS testing

No public water system serving Putnam 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)

5 facilities in Putnam filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.2M lb released.

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
GEORGIA-PACIFIC CONSUMER OPERATIONS LLCPALATKAMethanol, Ammonia686k lb
SEMINOLE GENERATING STATIONPALATKASulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Vanadium compounds561k lb
VERITAS STEELPALATKAManganese, Nickel2k lb
CERTAINTEED GYPSUM PALATKA LLCPALATKAMercury compounds, Lead compounds65 lb
OLDCASTLE LAWN & GARDEN BOSTWICKBOSTWICK-0 lb

Underground fuel tanks

EPA's UST Finder records 263 tank facilities in Putnam: 105 tanks in service and 725 closed. 209 fuel releases are on record, of which 52 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".

Radon

EPA maps Putnam 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.

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All federal cleanup sites on file

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

  • GEORGETOWN CHEMICAL STORAGEGEORGETOWN
  • JOHNS METALSPALATKA
  • KAY LARKIN AIRPORTPALATKA
  • MONTCO RESEARCH PRODUCTS, INC.HOLLISTER
  • PUTNAM RECYCLING CENTERPALATKA