Live Oak County, TX
The federal environmental record for Live Oak County (population 11,584): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
1
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Live Oak 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CITY OF THREE RIVERS TX1490002 | PFBA: 13.4 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
3 facilities in Live Oak filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 468k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| VALERO THREE RIVERS REFINERY | THREE RIVERS | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ozone | 455k lb |
| MULTI-CHEM GROUP THREE RIVERS TX FACILITY | THREE RIVERS | Methanol, Certain glycol ethers | 13k lb |
| FCI THREE RIVERS | THREE RIVERS | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 76 tank facilities in Live Oak: 66 tanks in service and 161 closed. 22 fuel releases are on record, of which 1 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Live Oak 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.
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The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Live Oak, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- DIAMOND SHAMROCK REFINERY - THREE RIVERSTHREE RIVERS