Marion County, TN
The federal environmental record for Marion County (population 29,382): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
8
TRI facilities
2
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Marion 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SOUTH PITTSBURG WATER SYSTEM TN0000651 | PFBA: 8.5 ng/L PFBS: 3.6 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
8 facilities in Marion filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 157k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLONIAL CHEMICAL INC | SOUTH PITTSBURG | Methanol, Acrylic acid | 77k lb |
| AZZ GALVANIZING - CHATTANOOGA LLC | JASPER | Zinc compounds, Lead compounds | 62k lb |
| LODGE MANUFACTURING CO | SOUTH PITTSBURG | Manganese, Nickel | 18k lb |
| VALMONT NEWMARK | JASPER | Manganese, Nickel | 118 lb |
| PRIMEX COLOR COMPOUNDING & ADDITIVES CORP | JASPER | Tetrabromobisphenol A | 3 lb |
| VARIFORM INC | JASPER | - | 0 lb |
| SRM CONCRETE PLANT 45 | SOUTH PITTSBURG | - | 0 lb |
| SHAW INDUSTRIES GROUPINC-PLANT HW | SOUTH PITTSBURG | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 130 tank facilities in Marion: 105 tanks in service and 291 closed. 103 fuel releases are on record, of which 2 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Marion as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 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 Marion, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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