Chippewa County, MN
The federal environmental record for Chippewa County (population 12,172): 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
3
TRI facilities
3
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Chippewa 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)
3 facilities in Chippewa filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 14k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRANITE FALLS ENERGY LLC | GRANITE FALLS | Ammonia, Acetaldehyde | 14k lb |
| FRIENDSHIP HOMES OF MINNESOTA | MONTEVIDEO | - | 0 lb |
| VISHAY HIRELS SYSTEMS - MONTEVIDEO | MONTEVIDEO | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 61 tank facilities in Chippewa: 43 tanks in service and 151 closed. 46 fuel releases are on record, of which 3 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Chippewa 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 Chippewa, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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