Sullivan County, TN
The federal environmental record for Sullivan County (population 162,135): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
7
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
14
TRI facilities
5
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Sullivan 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BLOOMINGDALE UTILITY DISTRICT TN0000056 | PFOS: 4.3 ng/L | above final limit |
| KINGSPORT WATER DEPT TN0000349 | PFOS: 5.9 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
14 facilities in Sullivan filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 4.0M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO TENNESSEE OPERATIONS | KINGSPORT | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Methanol | 3.6M lb |
| DOMTAR PAPER CO LLC KINGSPORT MILL | KINGSPORT | Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Methanol | 164k lb |
| BRISTOL METALS LP | BRISTOL | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Hydrogen fluoride | 117k lb |
| MICROPOROUS LLC | PINEY FLATS | Trichloroethylene | 93k lb |
| TRI-CITY EXTRUSION | BRISTOL | Zinc compounds, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 9k lb |
| PRIMESTER GP | KINGSPORT | Propylene, Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22) | 6k lb |
| SEAMAN CORP-BRISTOL PLANT | BRISTOL | Antimony And Antimony Compounds, Toluene | 3k lb |
| POLYMER INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS | PINEY FLATS | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 3k lb |
| TRI-CITY EXTRUSION PLANT #2 | BRISTOL | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Zinc compounds | 2k lb |
| MODERN FORGE TENNESSEE LLC. | PINEY FLATS | Chromium, Manganese | 177 lb |
| SAFETY-KLEEN SYSTEMS PINEY FLATS (PLT) | PINEY FLATS | - | 0 lb |
| READY MIX USA LLC-KINGSPORT PLANT | KINGSPORT | - | 0 lb |
| KPS GLOBAL | PINEY FLATS | Diisocyanates | 0 lb |
| BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON | PINEY FLATS | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 543 tank facilities in Sullivan: 296 tanks in service and 1,318 closed. 559 fuel releases are on record, of which 5 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Sullivan 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 Sullivan, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- APPALACHIAN SMELTING AND REFINERYBRISTOL
- BETHEL DRIVE DRUMSBRISTOL
- BRISTOL NAVAL WEAPONS INDUSTRIAL RESERVE PLANTBRISTOL
- HARRELL CONSTRUCTION ABANDONDED DRUMSJOHNSON CITY
- TENNESSEE OPERATIONSKINGSPORT
- VANCE TANK ROAD BATTERY SITEBRISTOL
- WIDENER ROAD MERCURY SPILLKINGSPORT