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Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska: environmental and disease records

Federal databases place 118 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Industrial wastewater discharge (68), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (35), Air permit holder (minor source) (5). EPA AirToxScreen estimates a lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics of 9 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: 58.7521, -156.6885.

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 Bristol Bay Borough compared with the United States
CancerMeasureCounty rateU.S. rateTimes U.S.95% intervalYears
All cancerNew cases342.1453.40.75x199.6 to 555.82019-2023

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 Bristol Bay Borough
MeasureCountyU.S. medianDifferenceUnit
Premature death16,587.59,842.6+69%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: 9 in a million. EPA treats 100 in a million as the upper end of acceptable risk and 1 in a million as the goal.

  • Formaldehyde4.75 per million
  • Carbon Tetrachloride3.14 per million
  • Benzene0.81 per million
  • Acetaldehyde0.6 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

  • Industrial wastewater discharge68
  • NPDES wastewater discharge permit35
  • Air permit holder (minor source)5
  • Public airport3
  • Commercial airport2
  • Major air pollution source1
  • Large hazardous waste generator1
  • Hazardous waste transporter1
  • Oil-fired power plant1
  • Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)1

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 North Naknek Facility, Naknek

    Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Naphthalene. Reports carcinogens. 51,770 lbs released over 5 years.

    TRI facility ID 9963WTRDNT12MIL (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)

    Severity 8.1

  2. King Salmon, King Salmon

    Commercial airport. O.

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

    Severity 5

  3. Alaska General Seafoods -Naknek Division Mile 1.5, Naknek

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070517745 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.5

  4. Alaska General Seafoods-Naknek Division Mile 1, Naknek

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070517777 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.5

  5. King Salmon Airport, King Salmon

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070518263 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.5

  6. North Pacific Seafoods Pederson Point Plant, Naknek

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071177047 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.5

  7. Naknek, Naknek

    Oil-fired power plant.

    Record ID 6301 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

    Severity 4

  8. Silver Bay Seafoods - Naknek West, Naknek

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071277193 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4

  9. Trident Seafoods Naknek North Plant, Naknek

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071279906 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4

  10. North Pacific Seafoods - Pederson Point, Naknek

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $345,800.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110015787816 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.8

  11. King Salmon Wwtf, King Salmon

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110056343657 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.8

  12. Silver Bay Seafoods Naknek Processing Plant, Naknek

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $467,469.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110058379589 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.8

  13. Naknek Electric Assoc - Naknek Power Plant, Naknek

    Major air pollution source.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110025243252 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.5

  14. Red Salmon Cannery, Naknek

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $345,800.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110064023051 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.5

  15. Trident Seafoods - Naknek, Naknek

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110009058429 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.3

  16. North Pacific Seafoods - Pederson Point, Naknek

    Air permit holder (minor source). Penalties $345,800.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110015787816 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.3

  17. Silver Bay Seafoods - Naknek, Naknek

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071251974 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.3

  18. King Salmon Airport, King Salmon

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110038085443 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3

  19. Red Salmon Cannery, Naknek

    Air permit holder (minor source). Penalties $345,800.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110064023051 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3

  20. Alaska General Seafoods Naknek Seafood Plant, Naknek

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071279247 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3

  21. Leader Creek Fisheries Naknek Plant, Naknek

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071280436 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3

  22. North Pacific Seafoods Red Salmon Plant, Naknek

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071295105 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3

  23. Trident Seafoods - Naknek, Naknek

    Large hazardous waste generator.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071515789 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3

  24. North Pacific Seafoods Pederson Point Plant, Naknek

    Industrial wastewater discharge. Violation Identified.

    NPDES permit AKG521035: (U.S. EPA NPDES)

    Severity 3

  25. Alaska General Seafoods Naknek Seafood Plant, Naknek

    Industrial wastewater discharge. Violation Identified.

    NPDES permit AKG521070: (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 Bristol Bay 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 Bristol Bay 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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