Wayne County, TN
The federal environmental record for Wayne County (population 16,066): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
1
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mallory Capacitor Co. | Waynesboro | on the NPL | 10/04/1989 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Wayne 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CLIFTON WATER DEPT TN0000119 | PFOS: 17 ng/L PFBA: 11 ng/L PFOA: 9.4 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
1 facilities in Wayne filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 13k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN WHIRLPOOL | CLIFTON | Styrene | 13k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 99 tank facilities in Wayne: 44 tanks in service and 211 closed. 22 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Wayne 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 Wayne, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BEECH CREEKWAYNESBORO
- MALLORY CAPACITOR CO.WAYNESBORO
- WAYNESBORO CITY LDFLWAYNESBORO