Greene County, TN
The federal environmental record for Greene County (population 72,577): 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
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
17
TRI facilities
2
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Greene 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CHUCKEY UTILITY DISTRICT TN0000108 | 6:2 FTS: 10 ng/L | detected |
| OLD KNOXVILLE HWY U D TN0000530 | PFBA: 5.3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
17 facilities in Greene filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 767k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| WORKHORSE CABS LLC DBA CRENLO ENGINEERED CABS | GREENEVILLE | Manganese, Chromium | 434k lb |
| US NITROGEN LLC | MIDWAY | Ammonia, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 118k lb |
| OLDCASTLE BUILDING ENVELOPE - TENNESSEE FACILITY | MIDWAY | Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene | 74k lb |
| HUF-NORTH AMERICA | GREENEVILLE | Xylene (mixed isomers), Methanol | 56k lb |
| MILLER/GREENEVILLE INC. | GREENEVILLE | Chromium, Manganese | 27k lb |
| JOHN DEERE POWER PRODUCTS | GREENEVILLE | Certain glycol ethers | 20k lb |
| SUMIRIKO TENNESSEE INC. | MIDWAY | Toluene, Methyl isobutyl ketone | 16k lb |
| PARKER HANNIFIN CORP | GREENEVILLE | Zinc compounds, Manganese | 13k lb |
| ARTAZN LLC | GREENEVILLE | Chlorine, Cyanide compounds | 3k lb |
| MILLER/GREENEVILLE PLANT 2 | GREENEVILLE | Manganese, Chromium | 3k lb |
| MECO CORP | GREENEVILLE | Manganese, Phosphorus (yellow or white) | 1k lb |
| DONALDSON CO INC | GREENEVILLE | Diisocyanates, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 637 lb |
| ERMCO COMPONENTS INC. | GREENEVILLE | Copper | 468 lb |
| READY MIX USA LLC - GREENEVILLE PLANT | GREENEVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| EAST TENNESSEE FOREST PRODUCTS | MOSHEIM | - | 0 lb |
| CROWN FIXTURES INC CROWNTONKA | GREENEVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| PROWOOD LLC MOSHEIM | MOSHEIM | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 294 tank facilities in Greene: 189 tanks in service and 651 closed. 248 fuel releases are on record, of which 2 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Greene 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 Greene, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- DELFASCO TENNESSEE DIVISIONGREENEVILLE
- FORMER VOGUE CLEANERS SITEGREENEVILLE
- MECO QUARRY SITEGREENEVILLE