Anderson County, TN
The federal environmental record for Anderson County (population 80,234): 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
6
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
11
TRI facilities
3
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Ridge Reservation (USDOE) | Oak Ridge | on the NPL | 11/21/1989 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Anderson 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY TN0000514 | PFBS: 4 ng/L | detected |
| Y-12 NNSA PRODUCTION OFFICE TN0001068 | PFBS: 3.6 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
11 facilities in Anderson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 166k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| NNSA Y-12 NATIONAL SECURITY COMPLEX | OAK RIDGE | Nickel, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 150k lb |
| 3M CO DBA 3M CLINTON | CLINTON | Toluene | 10k lb |
| CARLSTAR CLINTON | CLINTON | Zinc compounds, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 3k lb |
| ADVANCED MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY | OAK RIDGE | Methanol, Nitric acid | 2k lb |
| ENERGYSOLUTIONS BEAR CREEK FACILITY | OAK RIDGE | Lead | 1k lb |
| EAGLE BEND MANUFACTURING INC | CLINTON | Manganese, Nickel | 77 lb |
| AISIN AUTOMOTIVE CASTING TENNESSEE | CLINTON | Copper, Nickel | 47 lb |
| GEON PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS | CLINTON | Ethylbenzene | 15 lb |
| CLAYTON APPALACHIA | ANDERSONVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| TECHMER PM LLC | CLINTON | - | 0 lb |
| RAPISCAN AS&E | OAK RIDGE | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 200 tank facilities in Anderson: 183 tanks in service and 484 closed. 190 fuel releases are on record, of which 3 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Anderson 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 Anderson, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ANDERSONVILLE MERCURY SITEANDERSONVILLE
- ATOMIC CITY AUTO PARTSOAK RIDGE
- BOEING ENGR URANIUM ENRICHMENT PLANTOAK RIDGE
- CLINTON SMELTER/MAGNET MILLSCLINTON
- COVENANT HG SPILLCLINTON
- TVA BULL RUN FOSSIL PLANTCLINTON