Rutherford County, TN
The federal environmental record for Rutherford County (population 367,101): 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
4
PFAS-detecting water systems
22
TRI facilities
1
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Rutherford 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 |
|---|---|---|
| LA VERGNE WATER SYSTEM TN0000386 | PFBS: 16 ng/L PFHxA: 12 ng/L PFPeA: 10 ng/L | above final limit |
| MURFREESBORO WATER DEPARTMENT TN0000491 | PFBS: 13.9 ng/L PFHxA: 13.1 ng/L PFPeA: 10.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| SMYRNA WATER SYSTEM TN0000639 | PFBS: 23 ng/L PFHxA: 17 ng/L PFPeA: 14 ng/L | above final limit |
| CONSOLIDATED U D OF RUTHERFORD TN0000791 | PFBS: 5.8 ng/L PFHxA: 5.4 ng/L PFBA: 5.2 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
22 facilities in Rutherford filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 745k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| NISSAN N.A. INC. | SMYRNA | Certain glycol ethers, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 712k lb |
| BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS TIRE OPERATIONS LLC | LA VERGNE | Zinc compounds, Cobalt compounds | 25k lb |
| RESEARCH SOLUTIONS GROUP INC | LA VERGNE | Methanol, n-Hexane | 4k lb |
| GENERAL MILLS OPERATIONS INC YOPLAIT DIV | MURFREESBORO | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 2k lb |
| PALM COMMODITIES INTERNATIONAL LLC | LA VERGNE | Nickel And Nickel Compounds, Nitric acid | 726 lb |
| IDEAL CLAMP PRODUCTS INC. | SMYRNA | Chromium, Nickel | 607 lb |
| PAULO - MURFREESBORO | MURFREESBORO | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Zinc compounds | 588 lb |
| CONSUMER PRODUCT PARTNERS LLC | SMYRNA | Zinc compounds | 33 lb |
| SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC | SMYRNA | Copper | 12 lb |
| WEGMANN AUTOMOTIVE USA INC | MURFREESBORO | Lead | 2 lb |
| QUALITY INDUSTRIES LLC. | LA VERGNE | Nickel | 1 lb |
| TWB | SMYRNA | - | 0 lb |
| HERITAGE FARMS DAIRY | MURFREESBORO | - | 0 lb |
| UNIVAR SOLUTIONS USA | MURFREESBORO | - | 0 lb |
| LAVERGNE-PLANT 14 | LA VERGNE | - | 0 lb |
| STEEL TECHNOLOGIES LLC | MURFREESBORO | - | 0 lb |
| SMYRNA READY MIX LLC PLANT 1 | MURFREESBORO | - | 0 lb |
| PROTRITION FEED LLC | LA VERGNE | - | 0 lb |
| NISSAN PLANT 10 | SMYRNA | - | 0 lb |
| STEEL TECHNOLOGIES LLC | SMYRNA | - | 0 lb |
| PUGH LUBRICANTS - SMYRNA | SMYRNA | - | 0 lb |
| WEARWELL INC | SMYRNA | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 427 tank facilities in Rutherford: 410 tanks in service and 841 closed. 277 fuel releases are on record, of which 1 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Rutherford 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 Rutherford, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AGEE OIL COMPANY, INC.MURFREESBORO
- HARD CHROME PLATERSLAVERGNE
- MURFREESBORO TRACTOR TRAILER FIREMURFREESBORO
- ROCKVALE GOLF COURSE BATTERY CHIP SITEROCKVALE
- ROSEBANK DUMPMURFREESBORO
- VA MEDICAL CENTERMURFREESBORO