Tennessee Environmental Profile

Comprehensive environmental data from EPA sources for Tennessee (TN)

Overview

TRI Facilities

649

Water Systems

453

Superfund Sites

Total Violations

1,091

Total Releases

70.1M lbs

Health Violations

129

water systems

Largest Polluters

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#	Facility	City	Industry	Total Releases
1	NYRSTAR CLARKSVILLE INC	Clarksville	Metal Mining	12.6M lbs
2	CHEMOURS JOHNSONVILLE PLANT	New Johnsonville	Chemicals	8.1M lbs
3	US ARMY HOLSTON ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT	Kingsport	Other	4.0M lbs
4	VIBRANTZ SPECIALTY PRODUCTS LLC	New Johnsonville	Chemicals	3.6M lbs
5	EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO TENNESSEE OPERATIONS	Kingsport	Chemicals	3.4M lbs
6	GERDAU LONG STEEL NORTH AMERICA - JACKSON MILL	Jackson	Primary Metals	3.3M lbs
7	U.S. TVA CUMBERLAND FOSSIL PLANT	Cumberland City	Electric Utilities	3.0M lbs
8	NYSTAR GORDONSVILLE MINE & MILL	Gordonsville	Metal Mining	2.9M lbs
9	VISKASE CORP	Loudon	Plastics and Rubber	2.2M lbs
10	NYSTAR - YOUNG MINE & MILL	New Market	Metal Mining	1.8M lbs
11	PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA COUNCE MILL	Counce	Paper	1.7M lbs
12	U.S. TVA GALLATIN FOSSIL PLANT	Gallatin	Electric Utilities	1.5M lbs
13	TRADEBE TREATMENT & RECYCLING OF TN	Millington	Hazardous Waste	1.4M lbs
14	NYRSTAR COY-MINE	Jefferson City	Metal Mining	1.1M lbs
15	NYRSTAR- IMMEL MINE	Mascot	Metal Mining	935.3K lbs
16	NISSAN N.A. INC.	Smyrna	Transportation Equipment	829.7K lbs
17	SMELTER SERVICE CORP	Mount Pleasant	Primary Metals	723.3K lbs
18	HOOD CONTAINER CORP	Waverly	Paper	651.9K lbs
19	YAMAHA JET BOAT MANUFACTURING USA INC	Vonore	Transportation Equipment	646.4K lbs
20	NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE AMERICAS	Chattanooga	Chemicals	611.9K lbs

Water Quality

Systems with Health Violations

Water System	City	Population	Violations
WARREN COUNTY UTIL DIST #2	Mcminnville	6,022	110
JACKSON COUNTY U.D. #3	Gainesboro	3,751	63
CLIFTON WATER DEPT	Clifton	4,110	60
BEDFORD COUNTY U.D.	Shelbyville	22,908	40
BYRDSTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT	Byrdstown	8,428	37
TRACY CITY WATER SYSTEM	Tracy City	5,692	29
LAKEVIEW U.D. WEST	Rogersville	2,684	28
DAYTON WATER DEPT	Dayton	25,054	24
MONTEAGLE PUBLIC UTILITY BOARD	Monteagle	4,179	24
ROGERSVILLE WATER DEPT	Rogersville	13,729	24
CORDELL HULL UTILITY DISTRICT	Riddleton	3,220	23
FRANKLIN WATER DEPT	Franklin	77,222	23
HARTSVILLE-TROUSDALE W&S U.D.	Hartsville	10,562	23
SOUTH GILES UTILITY DISTRICT	Minor Hill	6,985	22
WOODLAWN UTILITY DISTRICT	Woodlawn	12,069	21
RIVER LANDING CONDOMINIUM ASSOC	Chattanooga	52	21
GRAYSVILLE WATER DEPT	Graysville	1,888	18
NORTHWEST CLAY COUNTY UTILITY	Moss	4,437	18
WILSON CO WATER & WASTEWATER	Lebanon	22,680	18
FENTRESS COUNTY U.D.	Jamestown	16,845	17

Cities with Water Issues

Superfund Sites (26)

Site Name	City	Status	HRS Score
Alamo Contaminated Ground Water	Alamo	NPL Site	50.00
American Creosote Works, Inc. (Jackson Plant)	Jackson	NPL Site	35.22
Amnicola Dump	Chattanooga	Deleted NPL Site	40.91
Arlington Blending & Packaging	Arlington	NPL Site	39.03
Carrier Air Conditioning Co.	Collierville	NPL Site	48.91
Chemet Co.	Moscow	Deleted NPL Site	50.00
Clinch River Corporation	Harriman	NPL Site	48.03
Former Custom Cleaners	Memphis	NPL Site	50.00
Gallaway Pits	Gallaway	Deleted NPL Site	30.77
ICG Iselin Railroad Yard	Jackson	Deleted NPL Site	50.00
Lewisburg Dump	Lewisburg	Deleted NPL Site	33.45
Mallory Capacitor Co.	Waynesboro	NPL Site	29.44
Memphis Defense Depot (DLA)	Memphis	NPL Site	58.06
Milan Army Ammunition Plant	Milan	NPL Site	58.15
Murray-Ohio Dump	Lawrenceburg	NPL Site	46.44
National Fireworks	Cordova	NPL Site	50.00
North Hollywood Dump	Memphis	Deleted NPL Site	0.00
Oak Ridge Reservation (USDOE)	Oak Ridge	NPL Site	51.13
Ross Metals Inc.	Rossville	NPL Site	37.65
Smalley-Piper	Collierville	NPL Site	50.00
Smokey Mountain Smelters	Knoxville	NPL Site	50.00
Southside Chattanooga Lead	Chattanooga	NPL Site	50.00
Tennessee Products	Chattanooga	Deleted NPL Site	0.00
Velsicol Chemical Corp. (Hardeman County)	Toone	NPL Site	47.71
Walker Machine Products, Inc.	Collierville	NPL Site	50.00
Wrigley Charcoal Plant	Wrigley	NPL Site	36.14

Counties (83 total)

County	Population	Facilities	Superfund
Shelby	—	79	8
Hamilton	—	55	3
Davidson	—	35	0
Madison	—	20	2
Rutherford	—	22	0
Knox	—	20	1
Greene	—	19	0
Bradley	—	15	0
Hamblen	—	15	0
Monroe	—	14	0
Montgomery	—	14	0
Sullivan	—	14	0
Wilson	—	13	0
Anderson	—	12	0
Blount	—	12	0
Maury	—	12	0
Hawkins	—	11	0
Sumner	—	11	0
Loudon	—	10	0
Mcminn	—	10	0

Showing top 20 counties by environmental activity. Tennessee has 83 counties total.

Largest Cities

Ashland City

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3 facilities · 2 water systems

Antioch

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1 facilities · 0 water systems

Carthage

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2 facilities · 2 water systems

Clarksville

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14 facilities · 5 water systems

Cumberland City

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2 facilities · 1 water systems

Dickson

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8 facilities · 2 water systems

Franklin

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5 facilities · 4 water systems

Gallatin

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7 facilities · 1 water systems

Goodlettsville

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2 facilities · 0 water systems

Hartsville

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1 facilities · 1 water systems

Hendersonville

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1 facilities · 1 water systems

Hermitage

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1 facilities · 0 water systems

Lafayette

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2 facilities · 1 water systems

La Vergne

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8 facilities · 0 water systems

Lebanon

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11 facilities · 4 water systems

Lewisburg

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6 facilities · 2 water systems

Mc Minnville

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1 facilities · 0 water systems

Mount Juliet

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2 facilities · 1 water systems

Murfreesboro

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6 facilities · 2 water systems

New Johnsonville

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5 facilities · 1 water systems

About This Data

This page aggregates environmental data from three EPA programs for Tennessee: the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) for industrial chemical releases, the Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) for water quality, and the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) for hazardous waste cleanup sites.

PlainEnviro presents this data without advocacy framing. Numbers reflect reported data and may not capture all environmental activity. For specific health or environmental concerns, contact your state environmental agency.