Nelson County, KY
The federal environmental record for Nelson County (population 47,392): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Nelson 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NORTH NELSON WATER DISTRICT KY0900323 | PFOA: 5.7 ng/L PFPeA: 4 ng/L PFBS: 3.7 ng/L | above final limit |
| BLOOMFIELD WATER & SEWER DEPT KY0900031 | PFBA: 14 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
6 facilities in Nelson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 12k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| JIM BEAM BRANDS CO. -BOOKER NOE PLANT | BOSTON | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 12k lb |
| TOYOTA BOSHOKU KENTUCKY L.L.C. - BARDSTOWN | BARDSTOWN | Cyclohexane | 755 lb |
| NPR OF AMERICA CORP | BARDSTOWN | Ammonia, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 39 lb |
| TOWER AUTOMOTIVE | BARDSTOWN | - | 0 lb |
| FOUR O CORP | BARDSTOWN | - | 0 lb |
| TOWER AUTOMOTIVE | BARDSTOWN | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 135 tank facilities in Nelson: 118 tanks in service and 373 closed. 90 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Nelson 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 Nelson, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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