Henderson County, KY
The federal environmental record for Henderson County (population 44,046): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
12
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Henderson 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)
12 facilities in Henderson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 575k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTURY ALUMINUM SEBREE LLC | ROBARDS | Carbonyl sulfide, Hydrogen fluoride | 509k lb |
| ACCURIDE CORP | HENDERSON | Sodium nitrite, Zinc compounds | 21k lb |
| BRENNTAG MID-SOUTH INC. | HENDERSON | Toluene, Styrene | 17k lb |
| AUDUBON METALS LLC | HENDERSON | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Copper | 13k lb |
| PRATT PAPER (KY) LLC/ PRATT (HENDERSON CORRUGATING) LLC | HENDERSON | Ammonia, Lead And Lead Compounds | 7k lb |
| TYSON CHICKEN INC. PROCESSING & RENDERING | ROBARDS | Peracetic acid | 5k lb |
| HYDRO ALUMINUM METALS USA LLC | HENDERSON | Manganese, Nickel | 1k lb |
| TEKNOR COLOR COMPANY/TEKNOR PE RFORMANCE ELASTOMERS | HENDERSON | Antimony And Antimony Compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds | 556 lb |
| EASTERN ALLOYS OF KENTUCKY | HENDERSON | Zinc compounds, Zinc (fume or dust) | 114 lb |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER - HENDERSON MILL | HENDERSON | Lead And Lead Compounds | 55 lb |
| GIBBS DIE CASTING CORP | HENDERSON | Copper, Manganese | 33 lb |
| AMG ALUMINUM N.A. LLC | ROBARDS | Copper, Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 200 tank facilities in Henderson: 102 tanks in service and 457 closed. 154 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Henderson 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 Henderson, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- HENDERSON DRUM SITEHENDERSON
- HENDERSON MATERIALS MIDNIGHT DUMPINGHENDERSON
- LAKETOWN ROADREED