Vermillion County, IN
The federal environmental record for Vermillion County (population 15,417): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
4
TRI facilities
6
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Vermillion 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CLINTON WATER UTILITY IN5283004 | PFHxS: 5.6 ng/L PFBS: 4.1 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
4 facilities in Vermillion filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 796k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUKE ENERGY INDIANA INC. CAYUGA GENERATING STATION | CAYUGA | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 671k lb |
| ELANCO CLINTON LABORATORIES | CLINTON | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Methanol | 126k lb |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO | CAYUGA | Lead And Lead Compounds, Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 40 lb |
| PERMABASE BUILDING PRODUCTS - CLINTON | CLINTON | Lead And Lead Compounds | 5 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 64 tank facilities in Vermillion: 59 tanks in service and 226 closed. 29 fuel releases are on record, of which 6 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Vermillion 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 Vermillion, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CAYUGA MUNICIPAL WELLSCAYUGA
- CLINTON CYANIDECLINTON
- KENLY PLASTICSCLINTON