Simpson County, KY
The federal environmental record for Simpson County (population 19,949): 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
8
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Simpson 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FRANKLIN WATER WORKS, KY KY1070144 | PFBA: 7.7 ng/L | detected |
| SIMPSON COUNTY WATER DISTRICT KY1070398 | PFBA: 27.2 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
8 facilities in Simpson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 35k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| COVALENCE ADHESIVES | FRANKLIN | Toluene, Zinc compounds | 21k lb |
| MATALCO KENTUCKY LLC | FRANKLIN | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Copper | 9k lb |
| GPM MANUFACTURING INC | FRANKLIN | Styrene | 3k lb |
| FRITZ WINTER | FRANKLIN | Manganese, Copper | 1k lb |
| MERITOR HEAVY BRAKING SYSTEMS LLC | FRANKLIN | Lead, Manganese | 768 lb |
| FRANKLIN PRECISION INDUSTRY | FRANKLIN | Copper, Lead | 11 lb |
| CARRIER CORP - FRANKLIN | FRANKLIN | Copper And Copper Compounds | 2 lb |
| KEYSTONE FOODS | FRANKLIN | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 106 tank facilities in Simpson: 80 tanks in service and 350 closed. 76 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Simpson 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 Simpson, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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