Scott County, IN
The federal environmental record for Scott County (population 24,657): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
0
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
6
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Scott 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SCOTTSBURG WATER DEPARTMENT IN5272001 | PFBA: 6.5 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
3 facilities in Scott filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 5k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| MULTI-COLOR CORP | SCOTTSBURG | Toluene, Methyl isobutyl ketone | 5k lb |
| ILPEA INDUSTRIES INC | SCOTTSBURG | Diisononyl Phthalates (DINP) | 105 lb |
| DAVE O'MARA CONTRACTOR INC. | SCOTTSBURG | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 58 tank facilities in Scott: 72 tanks in service and 143 closed. 39 fuel releases are on record, of which 6 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Scott as Zone 1, the highest predicted indoor radon levels (over 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.
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