McMinn County, TN
The federal environmental record for McMinn County (population 55,678): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
10
TRI facilities
2
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving McMinn 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ATHENS UTILITIES BOARD TN0000024 | PFBS: 11.6 ng/L | detected |
| RICEVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT TN0000576 | PFBS: 6.5 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
10 facilities in McMinn filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 251k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABB INSTALLATION PRODUCTS INC. | ATHENS | Zinc compounds, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 109k lb |
| JOHNS MANVILLE | ETOWAH | Methanol, Formaldehyde | 108k lb |
| DYNASTY SPAS | ATHENS | Styrene | 24k lb |
| DFA DAIRY BRANDS FLUID LLC DBA MAYFIELD DAIRY | ATHENS | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid | 5k lb |
| DENSO MANUFACTURING ATHENS TENNESSEE INC | ATHENS | 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, Chromium | 3k lb |
| EVONIK CORP | ETOWAH | Lead And Lead Compounds, Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 258 lb |
| LAMBCON READY MIX | ATHENS | Toluene, Benzene | 30 lb |
| RESOLUTE FP US INC - CALHOUN OPERATIONS | CALHOUN | Chlorine | 5 lb |
| MILLS PRODUCTS LLC | ATHENS | - | 0 lb |
| MIDLAB INC. | ATHENS | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 198 tank facilities in McMinn: 129 tanks in service and 459 closed. 179 fuel releases are on record, of which 2 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps McMinn 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 McMinn, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- DAVID PRUETT- CLEARWATER ROAD SITEATHENS
- DAVID PRUETT-SOUTH LIBERTYATHENS
- MINE ROAD LANDFILLATHENS
- RESOLUTE FOREST PRODUCTS CALHOUN OPERATIONCALHOUN