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Juneau City and Borough, Alaska: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Juneau City and Borough is 148.8 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. The strongest disease signals are Brain & nervous system deaths at 2 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 342 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Industrial wastewater discharge (149), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (111), Air permit holder (minor source) (15). EPA AirToxScreen estimates a lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics of 10 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: 58.3834, -134.345.

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 Juneau City and Borough compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Brain & nervous system	New cases	13.8	6.2	2.23xSignificant	8.5 to 21.2	2019-2023
Brain & nervous system	Deaths	9	4.4	2.05xSignificant	5.1 to 14.9	2020-2024
Stomach	New cases	9.2	6.6	1.39x	5.2 to 15.2	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	20.7	18.5	1.12x	14.4 to 29	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	148.8	143.2	1.04x	130.8 to 168.7	2020-2024
Liver & bile duct	New cases	9	8.7	1.03x	5.1 to 14.7	2019-2023
All cancer	New cases	420.3	453.4	0.93x	390.2 to 452.1	2019-2023
Bladder	New cases	17.1	18.7	0.91x	11.4 to 24.7	2019-2023
Leukemia	New cases	12.6	14.5	0.87x	7.7 to 19.5	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	New cases	41.8	51.8	0.81x	32.9 to 52.4	2019-2023
Pancreas	New cases	11.2	13.9	0.81x	6.6 to 17.8	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	24	30.2	0.79x	17.4 to 32.5	2020-2024
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	13.3	17.9	0.74x	8.6 to 19.9	2019-2023
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	14.8	23.8	0.62x	9.5 to 22	2019-2023

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 Juneau City and Borough
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	7,261.6	9,842.6	-26%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	79.8	75.3	+6%	years
Child mortality	34.1	59.8	-43%	deaths under age 18 per 100,000
Infant mortality	n/a	6.2	n/a	deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Injury deaths	85.8	96.9	-11%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	33.5	28.6	+17%	deaths per 100,000

Air toxics and air quality

EPA AirToxScreen 2020

Lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics: 10 in a million. EPA treats 100 in a million as the upper end of acceptable risk and 1 in a million as the goal.

Formaldehyde4.66 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.97 per million
Benzene0.96 per million
Acetaldehyde0.68 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Industrial wastewater discharge149
NPDES wastewater discharge permit111
Air permit holder (minor source)15
Hazardous waste transporter12
Gas station (mapped facility)11
Major air pollution source4
Combined sewer overflow outfall4
Hydroelectric plant4
Oil-fired power plant4
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)4
Airfield3
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)3
Small hazardous waste generator3
Heliport3
TRI reporting facility3
Brownfield property2
Large hazardous waste generator2
EPA air quality monitor1
Public airport1
Commercial airport1
Large greenhouse gas emitter1
Landfill (mapped facility)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.

Greens Creek Mine, Angoon
TRI reporting facility. Penalties $286,248.
EPA FRS registry ID 110032882735 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 10
Coeur Alaska - Kensington Gold Mine, Juneau
TRI reporting facility. Penalties $30,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110055091699 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 10
Hecla Greens Creek Mining Co, Juneau
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), Zinc compounds, Lead compounds, Chromium and 4 more. Reports carcinogens. 405,104,989 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 99801KNNCT13401 (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 10
Coeur Alaska Inc Kensington Gold Project, Juneau
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Manganese compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Vanadium compounds and 4 more. Reports carcinogens. 11,684,984 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 99801CRLSK331CL (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 9.9
Delta Western Llc Juneau Bulk Facility, Juneau
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Xylene (mixed isomers), Benzene, Ethylbenzene, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene and 4 more. Reports carcinogens. 15,649 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 9980WJNXXX12MTR (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 7.7
Greens Creek Mine, Angoon
Major air pollution source. Penalties $286,248.
EPA FRS registry ID 110032882735 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7.5
Crowley Juneau Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, Juneau
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Toluene, n-Hexane, Benzene, Cyclohexane and 4 more. Reports carcinogens. 2,658 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 9980WCRWLY176JA (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 7.1
Greens Creek Mine, Angoon
Large hazardous waste generator. Penalties $286,248.
EPA FRS registry ID 110032882735 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7
Greens Creek Mine, Angoon
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $286,248.
EPA FRS registry ID 110032882735 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7
Coeur Alaska - Kensington Gold Mine, Juneau
Large hazardous waste generator. Penalties $30,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110055091699 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7
Coeur Alaska - Kensington Gold Mine, Juneau
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $30,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110055091699 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7
Mendenhall Valley Wwtp, Juneau
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009005030 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6
Juneau Douglas Wastewater Treatment Plant, Juneau
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010680423 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.8
Hidden Valley Quarry, Juneau
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $1,875.
EPA FRS registry ID 110069578852 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Juneau, Juneau
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070881785 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.3
Aggpro Site, Juneau
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $12,797.
EPA FRS registry ID 110069581526 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.3
Coeur Alaska - Kensington Gold Mine, Juneau
Air permit holder (minor source). Penalties $30,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110055091699 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5
Juneau Intl, Juneau
Commercial airport. O.
Record ID JNU (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 5
Alaska Airlines Juneau, Juneau
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110003040441 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Alaska Glacier Seafoods, Juneau
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006823394 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Juneau Intl, Juneau
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006852281 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Alaskan Brewing Company, Juneau
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011622057 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
West Glacier Development, Llc, Juneau
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110043492985 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Pavlof Fisheries Llc Pavlof Offshore Processing Vessel, Juneau
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110058282745 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Stabler Point Rock Quarry, Juneau
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110069597172 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5

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 Juneau City and 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 Juneau City and 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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