Brown County, WI
The federal environmental record for Brown County (population 271,417): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
11
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
50
TRI facilities
18
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Better Brite Plating Chrome & Zinc Shops | DePere | on the NPL | 08/30/1990 |
| Fox River NRDA/PCB Releases | Green Bay | proposed | - |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Brown 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)
50 facilities in Brown filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 932k lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARBOLINE GLOBAL INC. | GREEN BAY | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 263k lb |
| GEORGIA-PACIFIC BROADWAY LLC | GREEN BAY | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Methanol | 252k lb |
| KCS INTERNATIONAL INC (PULASKI) | PULASKI | Styrene, Methyl methacrylate | 55k lb |
| PROAMPAC | WRIGHTSTOWN | Ozone | 52k lb |
| PIONEER METAL FINISHING GREEN BAY WI | GREEN BAY | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid | 47k lb |
| CNG GREEN BAY | GREEN BAY | Ozone | 47k lb |
| ASTRO INDUSTRIES INC | GREEN BAY | Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Lead compounds | 43k lb |
| BELMARK INC | DE PERE | Ozone, Diisocyanates | 38k lb |
| PRINT PRO | WRIGHTSTOWN | Certain glycol ethers | 29k lb |
| VALLEY CABINET INC. | DE PERE | Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene | 25k lb |
| GREEN BAY PACKAGING INC GREEN BAY COATED PRODUCTS DIV | GREEN BAY | Vinyl acetate | 24k lb |
| THE C.A. LAWTON CO. FOUNDRY OPERATIONS | DE PERE | Methanol, Manganese | 11k lb |
| LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP | GREEN BAY | Zinc compounds, Manganese compounds | 7k lb |
| DE PERE FOUNDRY INC | DE PERE | Manganese | 7k lb |
| SANIMAX USA LLC | GREEN BAY | Ammonia | 6k lb |
| MECA SOLUTIONS LLC | GREEN BAY | Styrene | 5k lb |
| BW CONVERTING INC | GREEN BAY | Nitric acid, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 4k lb |
| KRUEGER INTERNATIONAL INC | GREEN BAY | Nickel, Chromium | 3k lb |
| GREEN BAY PACKAGING INC | GREEN BAY | Hydrogen sulfide, Lead And Lead Compounds | 2k lb |
| SCOTT'S INDUSTRIAL COATINGS LLC | GREEN BAY | Manganese | 2k lb |
| THE SOLBERG CO A DIV OF PERIMETER SOLUTIONS LP | GREEN BAY | Certain glycol ethers | 2k lb |
| BELGIOIOSO GLENMORE | DENMARK | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 1k lb |
| ULTRA PLATING | GREEN BAY | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Lead And Lead Compounds | 1k lb |
| NATIONAL CARWASH SOLUTIONS | DE PERE | Certain glycol ethers, Nonylphenol Ethoxylates | 1k lb |
| INDUSTRIAL ENGRAVING LLC | PULASKI | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 886 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 1,113 tank facilities in Brown: 526 tanks in service and 2,394 closed. 670 fuel releases are on record, of which 18 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Brown 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 Brown, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ASHWAUBENON PCB - ASSISTED LIVING FACILITYASHWAUBENON
- BETTER BRITE PLATING CO. CHROME AND ZINC SHOPSDE PERE
- FORT HOWARD PAPER CO. LAGOONSGREEN BAY
- FOX RIVER NRDA/PCB RELEASESGREEN BAY
- GIGOT PROPERTIES LLCGREEN BAY
- H&R PAPERGREEN BAY
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY MERCURY SPILLGREEN BAY
- MARTINIZING DRY CLEANERSGREEN BAY
- R L O'KEEFE & SONS INC. LANDFILLLEDGEVIEW
- SCHNESKE PROPERTY (FORMER)DENMARK
- WPSC GREEN BAY MGPGREEN BAY