Shelby County, IN
The federal environmental record for Shelby County (population 45,231): 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
13
TRI facilities
8
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Shelby 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)
13 facilities in Shelby filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.7M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUNGE N.A. INC. | MORRISTOWN | n-Hexane | 810k lb |
| KNAUF INSULATION INC. | SHELBYVILLE | Ammonia, Manganese compounds | 549k lb |
| RYOBI DIE CASTING (USA) INC. | SHELBYVILLE | Aluminum (fume or dust), Copper | 192k lb |
| US BATH GROUP LLC - DBA - MPL CO | FAIRLAND | Styrene, Dimethyl phthalate | 88k lb |
| FREUDENBERG-NOK MORRISTOWN PLANT | MORRISTOWN | Methanol, Methyl isobutyl ketone | 45k lb |
| POET BIOREFINING - SHELBYVILLE | SHELBYVILLE | Acetaldehyde, n-Hexane | 16k lb |
| JUPITER COIL COATING | FAIRLAND | Ethylbenzene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 10k lb |
| CULPEPER | SHELBYVILLE | Arsenic, Chromium | 2k lb |
| NUCOR INSULATED PANEL GROUP | SHELBYVILLE | Diisocyanates, Nonylphenol Ethoxylates | 2k lb |
| PILKINGTON N.A. | SHELBYVILLE | Zinc compounds, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 1k lb |
| NUCOR FASTENER | SHELBYVILLE | Zinc compounds | 3 lb |
| DAVE O'MARA CONTRACTOR INC | SAINT PAUL | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 0 lb |
| DAVE O'MARA CONTRACTOR INC | FLAT ROCK | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 132 tank facilities in Shelby: 95 tanks in service and 284 closed. 55 fuel releases are on record, of which 8 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Shelby 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.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Shelby, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- KNAUF FIBER GLASSSHELBYVILLE
- MERIDIAN AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMSSHELBYVILLE
- TRW CINCH CONNECTORSSHELBYVILLE
- TRW INC0RPORATED, CONNECTOR DIVISIONSHELBYVILLE