Gallatin County, MT
The federal environmental record for Gallatin County (population 126,409): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
4
TRI facilities
18
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho Pole Co. | Bozeman | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Gallatin 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)
4 facilities in Gallatin filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 44k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| GCC-THREE FORKS LLC | THREE FORKS | Ammonia, Lead And Lead Compounds | 42k lb |
| DARIGOLD-BOZEMAN | BOZEMAN | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 2k lb |
| JTL GROUP BELGRADE DBA KNIFE RIVER - BELGRADE | BELGRADE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 141 lb |
| JOHNS MANVILLE-BELGRADE PLANT | BELGRADE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 302 tank facilities in Gallatin: 221 tanks in service and 655 closed. 222 fuel releases are on record, of which 18 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Gallatin 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 Gallatin, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BOZEMAN FISH TECHNOLOGY CENTERBOZEMAN
- IDAHO POLE CO.BOZEMAN