Otter Tail County, MN
The federal environmental record for Otter Tail County (population 60,626): 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
1
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
7
TRI facilities
4
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perham Arsenic Site | Perham | on the NPL | 09/21/1984 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Otter Tail 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)
7 facilities in Otter Tail filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 69k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| BONGARDS' CREAMERIES PERHAM | PERHAM | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid | 50k lb |
| GREEN PLAINS OTTER TAIL LLC | FERGUS FALLS | Acetaldehyde, Methanol | 16k lb |
| MASTER COMPOSITES INC | HENNING | Styrene | 2k lb |
| QUALITY CIRCUITS INC | FERGUS FALLS | Ammonia, Copper | 739 lb |
| BARREL O'FUN SNACK FOODS CO | PERHAM | Nitric acid | 10 lb |
| JENNIE-O TURKEY STORE INC - PERHAM FEED MILL | PERHAM | - | 0 lb |
| BRUNSWICK NEW YORK MILLS OPERATIONS | NEW YORK MILLS | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 241 tank facilities in Otter Tail: 192 tanks in service and 597 closed. 153 fuel releases are on record, of which 4 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Otter Tail 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 Otter Tail, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- PERHAM ARSENIC SITEPERHAM