Cocke County, TN
The federal environmental record for Cocke County (population 37,404): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
4
TRI facilities
1
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Cocke 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 Cocke filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 40k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SI GROUP INC. - NEWPORT TN | NEWPORT | Xylene (mixed isomers), Methanol | 23k lb |
| EASTERN PLATING LLC | NEWPORT | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 15k lb |
| AMERICAN APPLIANCE PRODUCTS | NEWPORT | Nickel | 1k lb |
| SONOCO PRODUCTS CO | NEWPORT | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead | 349 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 159 tank facilities in Cocke: 117 tanks in service and 314 closed. 112 fuel releases are on record, of which 1 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Cocke 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 Cocke, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BROCKWELL DRUM DISPOSALNEWPORT
- FLURA CORPORATION LEAKING AST SITENEWPORT
- RHYNE CAMP ROAD DUMPNEWPORT