Shelby County, TN
The federal environmental record for Shelby County (population 910,042): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
8
Superfund NPL sites
65
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
80
TRI facilities
26
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arlington Blending & Packaging | Arlington | on the NPL | 07/22/1987 |
| Carrier Air Conditioning Co. | Collierville | on the NPL | 02/21/1990 |
| Former Custom Cleaners | Memphis | on the NPL | 08/03/2017 |
| Memphis Defense Depot (DLA) | Memphis | on the NPL | 10/14/1992 |
| National Fireworks | Cordova | on the NPL | 03/16/2022 |
| North Hollywood Dump | Memphis | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
| Smalley-Piper | Collierville | on the NPL | 04/27/2005 |
| Walker Machine Products, Inc. | Collierville | on the NPL | 05/12/2014 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Shelby 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)
80 facilities in Shelby filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 4.9M lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRADEBE TREATMENT & RECYCLING OF TN | MILLINGTON | Manganese And Manganese Compounds, N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 2.2M lb |
| PMC BIOGENIX INC | MEMPHIS | Ammonia, Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 707k lb |
| NUCOR STEEL MEMPHIS INC | MEMPHIS | Zinc compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 461k lb |
| BIOENERGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP LLC | MEMPHIS | Methanol | 258k lb |
| 293 - MEMPHIS OILSEEDS | MEMPHIS | n-Hexane | 220k lb |
| COVORO MINING SOLUTIONS LLC | MEMPHIS | Acetonitrile, Hydrogen cyanide | 218k lb |
| VALERO REFINING CO - TENNESSEE L.L.C. | MEMPHIS | Hydrogen cyanide, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 194k lb |
| MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL AMERICA INC | MEMPHIS | Methyl methacrylate, Methanol | 116k lb |
| U.S. TVA ALLEN COMBINED CYCLE PLANT | MEMPHIS | Ammonia | 110k lb |
| RIVIANA FOODS | MEMPHIS | Sulfuryl fluoride | 71k lb |
| AMERICAN YEAST CORP TENNESSEE | MEMPHIS | Acetaldehyde, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 49k lb |
| AB MAURI FLEISCHMANN'S | MEMPHIS | Acetaldehyde, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 43k lb |
| EVERZINC USA MILLINGTON | MILLINGTON | Zinc compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds | 34k lb |
| PENNAKEM LLC | MEMPHIS | Furan, Methanol | 30k lb |
| SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO | MEMPHIS | Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene | 21k lb |
| PLASKOLITE TENNESSEE LLC | MEMPHIS | Methyl methacrylate, Toluene | 17k lb |
| BAILEY-PARKS URETHANE INC | MEMPHIS | Diisocyanates | 16k lb |
| UNIVAR SOLUTIONS USA | MEMPHIS | Ethylene glycol, Certain glycol ethers | 15k lb |
| ARBOR PRESERVATIVE SYSTEMS LLC | MEMPHIS | Naphthalene, Creosote | 14k lb |
| WIT-CON LLC | MEMPHIS | Xylene (mixed isomers) | 12k lb |
| MEMPHIS CELLULOSE LLC | MEMPHIS | Methanol, Chlorine | 9k lb |
| CARGILL INC | MEMPHIS | n-Hexane | 7k lb |
| WM BARR & CO INC | MEMPHIS | Methanol, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 5k lb |
| FARRELL-CALHOUN INC | MEMPHIS | Xylene (mixed isomers), Ethylbenzene | 4k lb |
| BUCKMAN LABORATORIES INC | MEMPHIS | Methanol, Ammonia | 4k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 2,283 tank facilities in Shelby: 1,459 tanks in service and 4,850 closed. 1,857 fuel releases are on record, of which 26 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Shelby as Zone 3, the lowest predicted indoor radon (under 2 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 Shelby, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- 758 NATIONALMEMPHIS
- AMERICAN DRUM & PALLET CO.MEMPHIS
- AMERICAN FINISHINGMEMPHIS
- AMERICAN HERITAGE SHUTTERS COMPANYMEMPHIS
- ARLINGTON BLENDING & PACKAGINGARLINGTON
- BELLEVUE AVE LDFLMEMPHIS
- BIGGS LANDFILLMEMPHIS
- BINGHAM STREET DRUMSMEMPHIS
- BURGIE COMPANY CHEMICAL FIREMEMPHIS
- CARRIER CORPORATIONCOLLIERVILLE
- CHAPMAN CHEMICAL COMEMPHIS
- CHROMIUM MINING & SMELTING CORPMEMPHIS
- CORDOVA MERCURY RELEASECORDOVA
- CUSTOM CLEANERS INCMEMPHIS
- EPIC #68MEMPHIS
- EPIC #71MEMPHIS
- FED EX MERCURY SPILLMEMPHIS
- FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATIONMEMPHIS
- FIBERFINE OF MEMPHISMEMPHIS
- FORD MOTOR CO/MEMPHIS ASSEMBLY PLANTMEMPHIS
- FORMER DENT CLEANERSMEMPHIS
- FOX MEADOW SHOPPING CENTER IVMEMPHIS
- GENERAL CLEANERSMEMPHIS
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY MEMPHIS LAMP PLANTMEMPHIS
- GNB INCORPORATEDMEMPHIS
- HARCROSS CHEMICALS RELEASEMEMPHIS
- HAYS ROAD VAPOR INTRUSTION SITEMEMPHIS
- HIGHLAND HEIGHTSMEMPHIS
- HUNTER FANMEMPHIS
- ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY'S JOHNSTON YARD SUPERFUND SITEMEMPHIS
- JEHL COOPERAGE CO INC EPIC # 50MEMPHIS
- JETWAY CLEANERSMILLINGTON
- MEAGHER STREET HOMESMEMPHIS
- MEMPHIS ABANDONED DRUMMEMPHIS
- MEMPHIS AIRPORT FOAM RELEASEMEMPHIS
- MEMPHIS DEFENSE DEPOT (DLA)MEMPHIS
- MEMPHIS DRUM SERVICE INCMEMPHIS
- MEMPHIS LAB CHEMICALSMEMPHIS
- MEMPHIS PUBLIC WORKS/BELLVUE DUMPMEMPHIS
- MEMPHIS UTILITY ACID SPILLMEMPHIS
- MILTON STERNBERGER SITEMEMPHIS
- N. HOLLYWOOD STREET LEAD SITEMEMPHIS
- NATIONAL FIREWORKSCORDOVA
- NORTH HOLLYWOOD DUMPMEMPHIS
- OLD CUMMINS DIESELMEMPHIS
- PIDGEON THOMAS IRON WORKSMEMPHIS
- PRO-SERVE INCMEMPHIS
- PULVAIR CORPMILLINGTON
- S & I CLEANERSMEMPHIS
- SHELBY CNTY PENAL FARM LDFLMEMPHIS
- SIXTY ONE INDUSTRIAL PARKMEMPHIS
- SMALLEY-PIPERCOLLIERVILLE
- SOUTHERN AVE. CONTAINER DUMPMEMPHIS
- SPRINGDALE APARTMENTSMEMPHIS
- THE SULLIVAN COMPANYMEMPHIS
- TVA ALLEN FOSSIL PLANTMEMPHIS
- TVA-ALLEN COMBINED CYCLE PLANTMEMPHIS
- UNITED STATES FIREWORKSMEMPHIS
- UNOCAL CHEMICALSMEMPHIS
- USN NAVAL AIR STA MEMPHISMILLINGTON
- VERTUT BLENDING & PACKAGINGMEMPHIS
- VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTERMEMPHIS
- VIRGINIA CAROLINA CHEMICAL (VCC) MEMPHISMEMPHIS
- W & R DRUMS SITEMEMPHIS
- WALKER MACHINE PRODUCTS INCCOLLIERVILLE