Franklin County, WA
The federal environmental record for Franklin County (population 99,034): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
9
TRI facilities
9
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pasco Sanitary Landfill | Pasco | on the NPL | 02/21/1990 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Franklin 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)
9 facilities in Franklin filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 144k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAMB WESTON INC. CONNELL PLANT | CONNELL | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 51k lb |
| PASCO PROCESSING LLC | PASCO | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 47k lb |
| LAMB WESTON INC PASCO PLANT | PASCO | Ammonia | 31k lb |
| TIDEWATER TERMINAL CO SNAKE RIVER TERMINAL | PASCO | Metham sodium, n-Hexane | 7k lb |
| TESORO LOGISTICS PASCO TERMINAL | PASCO | n-Hexane, Toluene | 4k lb |
| VERDESIAN LIFE SCIENCES | PASCO | Ammonia, Copper And Copper Compounds | 2k lb |
| AMERICAN ROCK PRODUCTS PASCO | PASCO | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead And Lead Compounds | 2k lb |
| SIMPLOT FROZEN VEGETABLES LLC | PASCO | Peracetic acid | 5 lb |
| ERGON ASPHALT & EMULSIONS INC. - PASCO | PASCO | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 311 tank facilities in Franklin: 143 tanks in service and 698 closed. 10 fuel releases are on record, of which 9 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Franklin as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 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 Franklin, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- HERRMAN CONNELL PROPERTIESCONNELL
- PASCO SANITARY LANDFILLPASCO
- USDOC EDA COLUMBIA GARDENSPASCO
- USDOI BR SMITH WASTEWAYPASCO