Hamblen County, TN
The federal environmental record for Hamblen County (population 66,216): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
5
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
15
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Hamblen 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-TALBOTT UTILITY DISTRICT TN0000014 | PFBA: 5.3 ng/L PFBS: 4.3 ng/L PFHxA: 3.4 ng/L | detected |
| MORRISTOWN WATER SYSTEM TN0000474 | PFBA: 5.2 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
15 facilities in Hamblen filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 47k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAYTON SUPPLY MORRISTOWN I/II | MORRISTOWN | Certain glycol ethers | 20k lb |
| OTICS USA | MORRISTOWN | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Copper | 12k lb |
| PIONEER PLASTICS CORP | MORRISTOWN | Styrene, Methyl methacrylate | 10k lb |
| COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO | MORRISTOWN | Zinc compounds, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 4k lb |
| IATRIC MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS LLC | MORRISTOWN | Certain glycol ethers | 397 lb |
| MACDERMID PRINTING SOLUTIONS | MORRISTOWN | Diisocyanates, Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) | 161 lb |
| KOCH FOODS LLC OF MORRISTOWN DEBONING | MORRISTOWN | Peracetic acid | 91 lb |
| MAHLE ENGINE COMPONENTS USA INC | MORRISTOWN | Nickel And Nickel Compounds, Copper And Copper Compounds | 73 lb |
| JTEKT AUTOMOTIVE TENNESSEE MORRISTOWN | MORRISTOWN | Aluminum (fume or dust), Copper | 70 lb |
| JEFFREY CHAIN LP (OPERATING AS RENOLD JEFFREY) | MORRISTOWN | Chromium | 57 lb |
| MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS LLC | MORRISTOWN | Nickel, Chromium | 17 lb |
| COLORTECH INC | MORRISTOWN | - | 0 lb |
| COLORTECH INC | MORRISTOWN | - | 0 lb |
| KOCH FOODS OF MORRISTOWN LLC | MORRISTOWN | - | 0 lb |
| READY MIX USA LLC-MORRISTOWN PLANT | MORRISTOWN | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 252 tank facilities in Hamblen: 151 tanks in service and 560 closed. 194 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Hamblen 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 Hamblen, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ANCHOR BRUSH COMPANY, INC.MORRISTOWN
- EMPIRE EXPRESS CATECHOL RELEASEMORRISTOWN
- LANDSTAR ENTHANOLAMINE SPILLMORRISTOWN
- MORRISTOWN/ROE JUNCTION LANDFILLSMORRISTOWN
- PLUMLEY COMPANIES - MORRISTOWN DIV.MORRISTOWN