Butler County, KS
The federal environmental record for Butler County (population 68,632): 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
2
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
7
TRI facilities
38
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pester Refinery Co. | El Dorado | on the NPL | 03/31/1989 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Butler 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)
7 facilities in Butler filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 325k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| HF SINCLAIR EL DORADO REFINING LLC | EL DORADO | Hydrogen cyanide, Ammonia | 274k lb |
| SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO | ANDOVER | Xylene (mixed isomers), Zinc compounds | 38k lb |
| VALMONT NEWMARK | EL DORADO | Manganese | 7k lb |
| BARTON SOLVENTS INC. EL DORADO BRANCH | EL DORADO | Methanol, Toluene | 5k lb |
| D-J ENGINEERING | AUGUSTA | Nickel, Manganese | 16 lb |
| BG PRODUCTS EL DORADO MANUFACTURING FACILITY | EL DORADO | - | 0 lb |
| ERGON ASPHALT & EMULSIONS INC. - EL DORADO | EL DORADO | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 160 tank facilities in Butler: 120 tanks in service and 356 closed. 180 fuel releases are on record, of which 38 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Butler 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 Butler, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- MCCONNELL TITAN II -2EL DORADO
- PESTER REFINERY CO.EL DORADO