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Aleutians East Borough, Alaska: environmental and disease records

Federal databases place 112 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Industrial wastewater discharge (45), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (21), Commercial airport (8). EPA AirToxScreen estimates a lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics of 7 in a million, driven mainly by formaldehyde.

Rates are age-adjusted per 100,000 people. A cancer signal is marked significant when the lower bound of its 95 percent confidence interval is above the U.S. rate. Facility counts use active federal records located inside the county boundary. Approximate county center: 54.7213, -164.0395.

How this county ranks in Alaska

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Cancer deaths and new cases versus the United States

Source: NCI and CDC State Cancer Profiles, both sexes, all ages. Sorted by the ratio of the county rate to the U.S. rate.

Cancer rates for Aleutians East Borough compared with the United States
CancerMeasureCounty rateU.S. rateTimes U.S.95% intervalYears
All cancerNew cases313.7453.40.69x195.8 to 473.92019-2023

Mortality measures versus the U.S. county median

Source: County Health Rankings, built from CDC National Vital Statistics System death records. The comparison value is the median of all U.S. counties.

Mortality measures for Aleutians East Borough
MeasureCountyU.S. medianDifferenceUnit
Premature death4,200.39,842.6-57%years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancyn/a75.3n/ayears
Child mortalityn/a59.8n/adeaths under age 18 per 100,000
Infant mortalityn/a6.2n/adeaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Injury deathsn/a96.9n/adeaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deathsn/a28.6n/adeaths per 100,000

Air toxics and air quality

EPA AirToxScreen 2020

Lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics: 7 in a million. EPA treats 100 in a million as the upper end of acceptable risk and 1 in a million as the goal.

  • Formaldehyde3.2 per million
  • Carbon Tetrachloride3.06 per million
  • Benzene0.77 per million
  • Acetaldehyde0.2 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

No EPA air quality monitor reports daily AQI for this county.

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

112 active records inside the county from EPA ECHO, TRI, Superfund, Brownfields, NPDES, EIA, FAA, FRA and corrections data.

  • Industrial wastewater discharge45
  • NPDES wastewater discharge permit21
  • Commercial airport8
  • Wastewater plant (mapped facility)7
  • Air permit holder (minor source)5
  • Gas station (mapped facility)4
  • Major air pollution source3
  • Landfill (mapped facility)3
  • Airfield2
  • Public airport2
  • Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)2
  • Oil-fired power plant2
  • Scrapyard (mapped facility)2
  • Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)2
  • Brownfield property1
  • Large hazardous waste generator1
  • Hazardous waste transporter1
  • TRI reporting facility1

Highest-severity records

The 25 records with the highest Envyrofax severity in the county, with the agency identifier to cite in a records request.

  1. Trident Seafoods Corporation, Akutan, Alaska, Akutan

    TRI reporting facility. Penalties $567,690.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110002003153 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 10

  2. Trident Seafoods Corp Akutan Shore Plant, Akutan

    Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Naphthalene, Ethylene glycol. Reports carcinogens. 933,880 lbs released over 5 years.

    TRI facility ID 99553TRDNTAKUTA (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)

    Severity 9.1

  3. Trident Seafoods - Sandpoint, Sand Point

    Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Naphthalene. Reports carcinogens. 138,466 lbs released over 5 years.

    TRI facility ID 99661TRDNT229MA (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)

    Severity 8.4

  4. Trident Seafoods Corporation, Akutan, Alaska, Akutan

    Major air pollution source. Penalties $567,690.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110002003153 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 7.5

  5. Peter Pan Seafoods King Cove Plant, King Cove

    Major air pollution source. Penalties $750,000.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110032881059 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 7.5

  6. Trident Seafoods Corporation, Akutan, Alaska, Akutan

    Large hazardous waste generator. Penalties $567,690.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110002003153 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 7

  7. Peter Pan Seafoods King Cove Plant, King Cove

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $750,000.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110032881059 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 7

  8. Trident Seafoods Akutan Shore Plant, Akutan

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071711138 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 5.5

  9. Cold Bay, Cold Bay

    Commercial airport. O.

    Record ID CDB (FAA / U.S. DOT)

    Severity 5

  10. Sand Point, Sand Point

    Commercial airport. O.

    Record ID SDP (FAA / U.S. DOT)

    Severity 5

  11. Peter Pan Seafoods Port Moller, Cold Bay

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $1,200.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110045685923 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.8

  12. Frosty Fuel Cold Bay Tank Farm, Cold Bay

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110007922105 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.5

  13. False Pass Seafoods Llc, False Pass

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110010797469 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.5

  14. Silver Bay Seafoods False Pass Plant, False Pass

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070518050 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.5

  15. Silver Bay Seafoods-False Pass, False Pass

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070550883 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.5

  16. Cold Bay Lagoon, Cold Bay

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071710776 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.5

  17. Peter Pan Seafoods Port Moller, Cold Bay

    Air permit holder (minor source). Penalties $1,200.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110045685923 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.3

  18. Silver Bay Seafoods - False Pass South, False Pass

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071278964 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.3

  19. King Cove, King Cove

    Oil-fired power plant.

    Record ID 7493 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

    Severity 4

  20. Sand Point, Sand Point

    Oil-fired power plant.

    Record ID 1 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

    Severity 4

  21. Frosty Fuel Cold Bay Tank Farm, Cold Bay

    Hazardous waste transporter.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110007922105 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4

  22. False Pass Seafoods Llc, False Pass

    Air permit holder (minor source).

    EPA FRS registry ID 110010797469 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4

  23. City Of King Cove / King Cove Solid Waste Processing Facili, Akutan

    Major air pollution source.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071767567 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.5

  24. Former Peter Pan Seafoods-False Pass, False Pass

    Brownfield property.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110072195652 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record

    Severity 3

  25. Trident Seafoods Akutan Shore Plant, Akutan

    Industrial wastewater discharge. Violation Identified.

    NPDES permit AK0037303: (U.S. EPA NPDES)

    Severity 3

Correctional facilities

Prisons, jails and corrections operations with an EPA facility record, and the drinking water and wastewater compliance attached to them.

No correctional facility with an EPA record is located in this county.

Discovery / public records

Records to request for Aleutians East Borough

  • Alaska state cancer registry

    Cancer incidence counts by census tract or ZIP code, by cancer type and year (de-identified). Any cancer cluster inquiries or investigations in Aleutians East Borough, and their findings.

  • Alaska vital statistics office

    Death certificate counts by cause of death and residence tract or ZIP code, and the years behind the mortality measures above.

  • Alaska health department, environmental epidemiology

    Health consultations or assessments by ATSDR or the state health department covering the county, and any exposure investigations.

  • Alaska environmental agency and the U.S. EPA regional office

    Compliance history, inspection reports, notices of violation, penalties and enforcement actions for each facility above, cited by EPA FRS registry ID.

  • Alaska drinking water program

    Violation notices, sampling results and sanitary surveys for the public water systems serving the county, including any system serving a correctional facility.

  • Department of corrections or county sheriff

    Water testing, grievances and environmental health inspections for the correctional facilities listed above.

Each Envyrofax address report includes a printable records request worksheet with the custodian and the exact request wording per finding.

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