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Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska: environmental and disease records

Federal databases place 91 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Brownfield property (24), Industrial wastewater discharge (17), Commercial airport (13). 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: 58.2741, -156.283.

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 Lake and Peninsula Borough compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
All cancer	New cases	500.8	453.4	1.1x	347.2 to 699.7	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 Lake and Peninsula Borough
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	20,072.8	9,842.6	+104%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	n/a	75.3	n/a	years
Child mortality	n/a	59.8	n/a	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	200.8	96.9	+107%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	n/a	28.6	n/a	deaths 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.

Formaldehyde4.48 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride3.08 per million
Benzene0.78 per million
Acetaldehyde0.59 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Brownfield property24
Industrial wastewater discharge17
Commercial airport13
NPDES wastewater discharge permit13
Public airport11
Air permit holder (minor source)6
Landfill (mapped facility)2
Scrapyard (mapped facility)2
Airfield1
Gas station (mapped facility)1
Oil-fired power plant1

Highest-severity records

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

Newhalen, Iliamna
Oil-fired power plant.
Record ID 7183 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Severity 4
Coffee Point _2, Egegik
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071254881 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
Big Creek Plant_2, Egegik
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071255381 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
E&E Foods Inc. Big Creek Plant, Egegik
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071278446 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
City Of Egegik Fuel, Egegik
Air permit holder (minor source).
EPA FRS registry ID 110025224503 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.8
Obi Seafoods, Llc Egegik, Egegik
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009058465 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Ugashik Traditional Village, Pilot Point
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110038698200 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Former Nina Shelikoff Property, Port Heiden
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110038762933 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Old Fish Processing Plant, Port Heiden
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110038762942 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Macarlo Christensen -2, Port Heiden
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110038762960 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Macarlo Christensen -3, Port Heiden
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110038762979 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Graham Cabin, Port Heiden
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110038762988 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Macarlo Christensen -1, Port Heiden
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110038763022 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Former City Community Center, Port Heiden
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110038763031 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Old Territorial School House, Port Heiden
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110038763040 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Former Christensen Family Property, Port Heiden
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110038763166 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Port Heiden Former Landfill, Port Heiden
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110042230573 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Columbia Ward Fisheries Facility, Chignik Lagoon
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071967340 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Alaska Packers Cannery, Pilot Point
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071967358 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Old Dumpsite, Chignik Lagoon
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071967361 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
License To Enter Properties (Southern Grouping), Chignik Lagoon
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071967362 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Former John Christensen Family Property, Port Heiden
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071970284 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Nicks Fish House, Port Heiden
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071970285 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Former Orloff Family Property, Port Heiden
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071970286 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Former Carlson Property 1, Port Heiden
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071970287 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
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 Lake and Peninsula 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 Lake and Peninsula 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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