Shelby County, KY
The federal environmental record for Shelby County (population 48,886): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
7
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Shelby 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 SHELBY WATER DISTRICT KY1060324 | PFOA: 4.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| WEST SHELBY WATER DISTRICT KY1060457 | PFOA: 4.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| SHELBYVILLE WATER & SEWER COMMISSION KY1060394 | PFPeA: 4.3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
7 facilities in Shelby filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 2k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATALCO SHELBYVILLE LLC | SHELBYVILLE | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Manganese | 1k lb |
| GREENFIELD GLOBAL USA INC. | SHELBYVILLE | Methanol | 750 lb |
| VOESTALPINE ROLL FORMING INC. | SHELBYVILLE | Manganese | 92 lb |
| KATAYAMA AMERICAN CO. INC. | SHELBYVILLE | Chromium | 0 lb |
| PROCESS MACHINERY INC. | SHELBYVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| STANLEY BLACK & DECKER | SHELBYVILLE | Lead | 0 lb |
| AMCOR PACKAGING INC. | SHELBYVILLE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 129 tank facilities in Shelby: 84 tanks in service and 324 closed. 105 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Shelby 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 Shelby, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CUSTOM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES INCSHELBYVILLE
- FIBLES RUN OIL SPILLSIMPSONVILLE