Pulaski County, KY
The federal environmental record for Pulaski County (population 65,795): 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
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
8
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Pulaski 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)
8 facilities in Pulaski filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 37k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN S COOPER POWER STATION | SOMERSET | Barium And Barium Compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds | 34k lb |
| CONTINENTAL REFINING CO LLC | SOMERSET | Methanol | 3k lb |
| KINGSFORD MANUFACTURING CO | BURNSIDE | Methanol, Lead compounds | 259 lb |
| HINKLE CONTRACTING CO LLC - SOMERSET ASPHALT & SOMERSET STON | SOMERSET | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Lead compounds | 137 lb |
| HENDRICKSON TRAILER SUSPENSION SYSTEMS | SOMERSET | Manganese | 28 lb |
| AHF PRODUCTS | SOMERSET | Lead | 3 lb |
| TOYOTETSU AMERICA INC | SOMERSET | - | 0 lb |
| PRAIRIE FARMS DAIRY | SOMERSET | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 307 tank facilities in Pulaski: 184 tanks in service and 732 closed. 224 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Pulaski 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 Pulaski, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CUMBERLAND WOOD AND CHAIR CORP.SOMERSET