Franklin County, IN
The federal environmental record for Franklin County (population 23,096): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
5
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Franklin 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 Franklin filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 142 lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| OWENS CORNING ROOFING & ASPHALT LLC | BROOKVILLE | Lead And Lead Compounds, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 142 lb |
| DAVE O'MARA CONTRACTOR INC | LAUREL | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 0 lb |
| UNI-REF INC. | BROOKVILLE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 58 tank facilities in Franklin: 56 tanks in service and 135 closed. 24 fuel releases are on record, of which 5 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Franklin 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 Franklin, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- LAUREL DUMP # 2LAUREL
- LAUREL JACKSON PAINT SITELAUREL
- LAUREL STONE CHURCH ROAD SITELAUREL
- OLD LAUREL DUMPLAUREL