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Shelby County, OH

The federal environmental record for Shelby County (population 47,765): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.

0

Superfund NPL sites

4

federal cleanup sites

0

PFAS-detecting water systems

16

TRI facilities

4

open tank releases

Drinking water: PFAS testing

No public water system serving Shelby 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)

16 facilities in Shelby filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 600k lb released.

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
CARGILL INCSIDNEYn-Hexane, Nickel405k lb
PLY GEMSIDNEYToluene, Certain glycol ethers107k lb
HONDA DEVELOPMENT & MANUFACTURING OF AMERICA LLC - ANNA EANNAAmmonia, Zinc compounds61k lb
AMERICAN TRIMSIDNEYCertain glycol ethers, Methyl methacrylate18k lb
PLAYTEX MFG.SIDNEYCertain glycol ethers6k lb
HEXA AMERICAS INCSIDNEYStyrene2k lb
MECHANICAL GALV-PLATING CORPSIDNEYZinc compounds, Zinc (fume or dust)765 lb
COPELAND SCROLL COMPRESSORS LPSIDNEYCopper, Lead103 lb
COPERION FOOD EQUIPMENT LLCSIDNEYChromium, Manganese10 lb
TOOLING TECHNOLOGY GROUPFORT LORAMIEPhenol10 lb
ADVANCED COMPOSITES INC.SIDNEY-0 lb
FRANCIS MANUFACTURING CORUSSIA-0 lb
SPRING CREEKSIDNEY-0 lb
HYDRO EXTRUSION USA LLCSIDNEYLead0 lb
CLOPAY CORP.RUSSIADiisocyanates0 lb
HUBBARD FEEDS INCBOTKINS-0 lb

Underground fuel tanks

EPA's UST Finder records 125 tank facilities in Shelby: 121 tanks in service and 238 closed. 170 fuel releases are on record, of which 4 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".

Radon

EPA maps Shelby 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.

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All federal cleanup sites on file

The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Shelby, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.

  • ROSS ALUMINUMSIDNEY
  • SHELBY COUNTY DRUM SITESIDNEY
  • SIDNEY MERCURYSIDNEY
  • WAGNER WARE SITESIDNEY