Mille Lacs County, MN
The federal environmental record for Mille Lacs County (population 27,427): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
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federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
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TRI facilities
5
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Mille Lacs 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Princeton MN1480008 | PFBA: 9.3 ng/L PFOS: 4.9 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 136 tank facilities in Mille Lacs: 124 tanks in service and 297 closed. 92 fuel releases are on record, of which 5 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Mille Lacs 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 Mille Lacs, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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