Freeborn County, MN
The federal environmental record for Freeborn County (population 30,515): 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
6
TRI facilities
2
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Freeborn 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)
6 facilities in Freeborn filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 39k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGRA RESOURCES LLC (DBA POET GLENVILLE) | ALBERT LEA | Acetaldehyde, Acrolein | 17k lb |
| REG ALBERT LEA LLC | ALBERT LEA | Methanol | 11k lb |
| ALBERT LEA ELECTROPLATING | ALBERT LEA | Zinc compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds | 6k lb |
| PRO MANUFACTURING INC | ALBERT LEA | Manganese | 5k lb |
| LOU-RICH INC | ALBERT LEA | Manganese, Chromium | 97 lb |
| LOU-RICH ASSEMBLY PLANT | ALBERT LEA | Chromium | 7 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 146 tank facilities in Freeborn: 115 tanks in service and 350 closed. 109 fuel releases are on record, of which 2 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Freeborn 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 Freeborn, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- UNION PACIFIC DERAILMENT GOOSE LAKEALBERT LEA