Dataset · Hazard
EPA regulated facilities
Available epa-facilities
Places U.S. EPA programs track: Superfund National Priorities List sites, RCRA hazardous-waste large quantity generators and corrective-action facilities, Toxics Release Inventory reporters and brownfield properties, counted per county (NPL and TRI also per 100,000 residents).
- Publisher
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Superfund NPL, Facility Registry Service, Cleanups in my Community, TRI)
- Category
- Hazard
- Period
- The month of each run for the EPA services; the latest reporting year for TRI
- Refresh cadence
- Monthly
- Measures
- 8
- Licence
- Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
Source
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Publisher | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Superfund NPL, Facility Registry Service, Cleanups in my Community, TRI) |
| Product | EPA regulated facilities and cleanup sites (Superfund NPL, RCRA LQG and corrective action, TRI, brownfields) |
| Source | https://www.epa.gov/frs (opens in a new tab) |
| Category | Hazard |
| Period | The month of each run for the EPA services; the latest reporting year for TRI |
| Refresh cadence | Monthly |
| Geographies | County, from each record's reported point placed in the current census tract (or county) that holds it. A metro's count is the sum of its counties'; its rate per 100,000 is its pooled count over its pooled population. |
| Availability | Available |
| Cadastre key | epa-facilities |
Licence and attribution
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Licence | Public domain (U.S. federal government work) |
| Terms | https://www.epa.gov/web-policies-and-procedures/epa-disclaimers (opens in a new tab) |
| Register status | Production approved; licence open |
| Allowed uses | evaluation, internal, public_display, derived_analytics, redistribution, bulk_export, public_geometry |
This source requires no credit line beyond naming the publisher. Cite it as U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Superfund NPL, Facility Registry Service, Cleanups in my Community, TRI), EPA regulated facilities and cleanup sites (Superfund NPL, RCRA LQG and corrective action, TRI, brownfields).
Measures
The key is the measure's identifier in Cadastre. A measure stored for the metro itself is read as stored; Rule from counties is how a metro is assembled from its counties where it is not (see Methodology).
| Key | Label | Unit | Rule from counties |
|---|---|---|---|
superfund_npl_sites | Superfund National Priorities List sites (final) | sites on the final Superfund National Priorities List (proposed and deleted sites are not counted); counted in the county holding EPA's reported point; a registry count: being listed, or near a listed place, is not evidence of contamination on any parcel | sum over member counties |
superfund_npl_sites_per_100k | Superfund National Priorities List sites (final), per 100,000 residents | sites on the final Superfund National Priorities List (proposed and deleted sites are not counted), per 100,000 residents (ACS population); counted in the county holding EPA's reported point; a registry count: being listed, or near a listed place, is not evidence of contamination on any parcel | mean of member counties weighted by Residents counted for the EPA facility rates, over the counties with a value (unavailable where those hold under 80% of it) |
rcra_lqg_facilities | RCRA large quantity generators (active) | active RCRA hazardous-waste large quantity generators (FRS); counted in the county holding EPA's reported point; a registry count: being listed, or near a listed place, is not evidence of contamination on any parcel | sum over member counties |
rcra_corrective_action_facilities | RCRA corrective-action facilities | facilities in EPA's RCRA corrective-action universe (2020 baseline, completed remedies included); counted in the county holding EPA's reported point; a registry count: being listed, or near a listed place, is not evidence of contamination on any parcel | sum over member counties |
tri_facilities | Toxics Release Inventory reporting facilities | facilities that filed a Toxics Release Inventory report for the latest reporting year; counted in the county holding EPA's reported point; a registry count: being listed, or near a listed place, is not evidence of contamination on any parcel | sum over member counties |
tri_facilities_per_100k | Toxics Release Inventory reporting facilities, per 100,000 residents | facilities that filed a Toxics Release Inventory report for the latest reporting year, per 100,000 residents (ACS population); counted in the county holding EPA's reported point; a registry count: being listed, or near a listed place, is not evidence of contamination on any parcel | mean of member counties weighted by Residents counted for the EPA facility rates, over the counties with a value (unavailable where those hold under 80% of it) |
brownfield_properties | Brownfield properties (EPA ACRES) | properties in EPA's brownfields system (ACRES), assessed or cleaned up with EPA brownfield funding; counted in the county holding EPA's reported point; a registry count: being listed, or near a listed place, is not evidence of contamination on any parcel | sum over member counties |
facility_rate_basis_population | Residents counted for the EPA facility rates | people (the ACS population the NPL and TRI rates per 100,000 were computed with) | sum over member counties |
Known gaps and caveats
- A registry count, not contamination: a listed place, or one nearby, says nothing about the condition of a particular parcel.
- Final NPL sites only; proposed and deleted sites are stored but not counted. Active large quantity generators only. The RCRA corrective-action count is EPA's 2020 baseline universe, completed remedies included.
- Points are as EPA reports them; some are geocoded addresses with low stated accuracy, which can put a site near a county line in the neighbouring county.
- EPA notes that the TRI Basic Data Files can differ from its TRI National Analysis, and that its geospatial data are not intended for use in establishing liability.