Monroe County, TN
The federal environmental record for Monroe County (population 48,594): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
14
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Monroe reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
14 facilities in Monroe filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.1M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| YAMAHA JET BOAT MANUFACTURING USA INC | VONORE | Styrene, Methyl methacrylate | 563k lb |
| SEA RAY BOATS TELLICO FACILITY | VONORE | Styrene, Methyl methacrylate | 209k lb |
| MASTERCRAFT BOAT CO | VONORE | Styrene, Methyl methacrylate | 158k lb |
| IKON BOATS LLC | MADISONVILLE | Styrene, Methyl methacrylate | 42k lb |
| OLDCASTLE INFRASTRUCTURE | SWEETWATER | Styrene | 36k lb |
| GLASMASTERS | SWEETWATER | Styrene | 24k lb |
| GEMTRON CORP | SWEETWATER | Zinc compounds, Copper compounds | 12k lb |
| MERRITT PRECISION LLC | SWEETWATER | Styrene | 9k lb |
| NGK METALS CORP | SWEETWATER | Copper, Beryllium | 2k lb |
| VESTAL MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES INC. | SWEETWATER | Lead | 266 lb |
| MASTERMELT AMERICA | SWEETWATER | Nickel compounds | 250 lb |
| AVIENT CORP | VONORE | Zinc (fume or dust) | 5 lb |
| CULPEPER OF SWEETWATER LLC | SWEETWATER | Lead | 2 lb |
| ARROW RECYCLING | SWEETWATER | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 181 tank facilities in Monroe: 123 tanks in service and 371 closed. 119 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Monroe 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 Monroe, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- PROTECH METAL FINISHING FIREVANORE
- SWEETWATER CS2 SPILLSWEETWATER