Roane County, TN
The federal environmental record for Roane County (population 56,096): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
9
federal cleanup sites
5
PFAS-detecting water systems
8
TRI facilities
3
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinch River Corporation | Harriman | on the NPL | 05/24/2013 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Roane 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 |
|---|---|---|
| KINGSTON WATER SYSTEM TN0000360 | PFBA: 13.3 ng/L | detected |
| ROANE CENTRAL UTILITY DISTRICT TN0000457 | PFBA: 14 ng/L | detected |
| CUMBERLAND UTILITY DISTRICT TN0000531 | PFBA: 5.6 ng/L | detected |
| ROCKWOOD WATER SYSTEM TN0000590 | PFBA: 14 ng/L | detected |
| WATTS BAR EAST U.D. TN0000969 | PFBS: 5.5 ng/L PFBA: 5.3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
8 facilities in Roane filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 4.6M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEFESA ZINC US INC. | ROCKWOOD | Zinc compounds, Manganese compounds | 3.8M lb |
| U.S. TVA KINGSTON FOSSIL PLANT | HARRIMAN | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Barium And Barium Compounds | 709k lb |
| US DOE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY | OAK RIDGE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 74k lb |
| TEIJIN CARBON AMERICA INC. | ROCKWOOD | Hydrogen cyanide | 4k lb |
| NNSA U.S. DOE CENTRAL TRAINING FACILITY | OAK RIDGE | Lead | 834 lb |
| DIVERSIFIED SCIENTIFIC SERVICE S INC. (DSSI) | KINGSTON | Mercury compounds | 13 lb |
| NETSHAPE ROCKWOOD | ROCKWOOD | - | 0 lb |
| GEORGIA MASONRY SUPPLY ROCKWOOD | ROCKWOOD | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 185 tank facilities in Roane: 116 tanks in service and 448 closed. 123 fuel releases are on record, of which 3 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Roane 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 Roane, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BULLET BRANCH BOAT RAMPROCKWOOD
- CLINCH RIVER CORPORATIONHARRIMAN
- JOYNER SCRAP YARDKINGSTON
- MIDTOWN DRUMS SITEMIDTOWN
- OAK RIDGE RESERVATION (USDOE)OAK RIDGE
- ROANE MEDICAL CENTER MYSTERY SPILLHARRIMAN
- ROCKWOOD IRON AND METALROCKWOOD
- TOXCO SODIUM FIREOAK RIDGE
- TVA KINGSTON FOSSIL PLANT FLY ASHKINGSTON