Fayette County, TN
The federal environmental record for Fayette County (population 44,175): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
3
Superfund NPL sites
6
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
3
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chemet Co. | Moscow | deleted | 05/31/1994 |
| Gallaway Pits | Gallaway | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
| Ross Metals Inc. | Rossville | on the NPL | 04/01/1997 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Fayette 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)
3 facilities in Fayette filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 19k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| AOC TENNESSEE PLANT | COLLIERVILLE | Styrene, Dicyclopentadiene | 19k lb |
| BEST BLOCK - OAKLAND/MEMPHIS PLANT | OAKLAND | Lead | 0 lb |
| MMC MATERIALS INC - ROSSVILLE PLANT | ROSSVILLE | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 133 tank facilities in Fayette: 70 tanks in service and 255 closed. 64 fuel releases are on record, of which 3 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Fayette as Zone 3, the lowest predicted indoor radon (under 2 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 Fayette, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CHEMET CO.MOSCOW
- FAYETTE COUNTY DRUMSARLINGTON
- GALLAWAY PITSGALLAWAY
- KEOUGH ROAD DRUMPIPERTON
- MONTEREY DRIVE DRUMSCOLLIVERVILLE
- ROSS METALS INC.ROSSVILLE