Chelan County, WA
The federal environmental record for Chelan County (population 79,997): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
13
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Chelan 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)
3 facilities in Chelan filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 82k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PACIFIC AEROSPACE & ELECTRONICS | WENATCHEE | 1-Bromopropane, Nitric acid | 81k lb |
| WENATCHEE SAND & GRAVEL | WENATCHEE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead And Lead Compounds | 1k lb |
| TREE TOP INC WENATCHEE PLANT | WENATCHEE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 18 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 326 tank facilities in Chelan: 139 tanks in service and 750 closed. 13 fuel releases are on record, of which 13 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Chelan 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 Chelan, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- USDA FS WENATCHEE NF: HOLDEN MINEHOLDEN
- USDA USFS R06 LEAVENWORTH RANGER STATIONLEAVENWORTH
- USDA USFS R06 STELIKO RANGER STATIONARDENVOIR