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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.

SystemHighest resultsReading
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.

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
CLAYTON SUPPLY MORRISTOWN I/IIMORRISTOWNCertain glycol ethers20k lb
OTICS USAMORRISTOWNNitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Copper12k lb
PIONEER PLASTICS CORPMORRISTOWNStyrene, Methyl methacrylate10k lb
COLGATE PALMOLIVE COMORRISTOWNZinc compounds, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)4k lb
IATRIC MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS LLCMORRISTOWNCertain glycol ethers397 lb
MACDERMID PRINTING SOLUTIONSMORRISTOWNDiisocyanates, Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers)161 lb
KOCH FOODS LLC OF MORRISTOWN DEBONINGMORRISTOWNPeracetic acid91 lb
MAHLE ENGINE COMPONENTS USA INCMORRISTOWNNickel And Nickel Compounds, Copper And Copper Compounds73 lb
JTEKT AUTOMOTIVE TENNESSEE MORRISTOWNMORRISTOWNAluminum (fume or dust), Copper70 lb
JEFFREY CHAIN LP (OPERATING AS RENOLD JEFFREY)MORRISTOWNChromium57 lb
MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS LLCMORRISTOWNNickel, Chromium17 lb
COLORTECH INCMORRISTOWN-0 lb
COLORTECH INCMORRISTOWN-0 lb
KOCH FOODS OF MORRISTOWN LLCMORRISTOWN-0 lb
READY MIX USA LLC-MORRISTOWN PLANTMORRISTOWN-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.

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All 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