Hawkins County, TN
The federal environmental record for Hawkins County (population 58,600): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
6
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
11
TRI facilities
3
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Hawkins 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST UTILITY DISTRICT OF HAWKINS COUNTY TN0000109 | PFBA: 8.5 ng/L | detected |
| PERSIA UTILITY DISTRICT TN0000594 | PFBA: 13 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
11 facilities in Hawkins filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 4.7M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| US ARMY HOLSTON ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT | KINGSPORT | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid | 4.6M lb |
| HOLLISTON HOLDINGS LLC | CHURCH HILL | Toluene | 100k lb |
| MUNDET TENNESSEE INC | SURGOINSVILLE | Copper, Aluminum (fume or dust) | 18k lb |
| U.S. TVA JOHN SEVIER COMBINED CYCLE PLANT | ROGERSVILLE | Ammonia | 6k lb |
| SAM DONG INC | ROGERSVILLE | Cresol (mixed isomers), Phenol | 3k lb |
| BHARAT FORGE PMT TECHNOLOGIE LLC | SURGOINSVILLE | Manganese, Chromium | 2k lb |
| HUTCHINSON SEALING SYSTEMS INC | CHURCH HILL | Zinc compounds | 1k lb |
| DODGE INDUSTRIAL | ROGERSVILLE | Methanol | 255 lb |
| CARDINAL GLASS INDUSTRIES-GREENLAND PLANT | CHURCH HILL | Arsenic compounds, Cadmium compounds | 255 lb |
| CARDINAL CG CO | CHURCH HILL | - | 0 lb |
| BARRETTE OUTDOOR LIVING INC. | BULLS GAP | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 161 tank facilities in Hawkins: 78 tanks in service and 372 closed. 155 fuel releases are on record, of which 3 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Hawkins 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 Hawkins, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CHEROKEE LAKE DRUMMOORESBURG
- HAWKINS COUNTY PLATING SPILLROGERSVILLE
- HOLLISTON MILLS CO.CHURCH HILL
- JOHN SEVIER COMBUSTION TURBINE COMBINED CYCLE PLANT TVAROGERSVILLE
- ROGERSVILLE PLATING SITEROGERSVILLE
- US ARMY HOLSTON ARMY AMMUNITION PLANTKINGSPORT