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Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska: environmental and disease records

Federal databases place 53 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Industrial wastewater discharge (20), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (19), Public airport (8). 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: 59.665, -138.9876.

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 Yakutat City and Borough compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
All cancer	New cases	398	453.4	0.88x	233.2 to 650.1	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 Yakutat City and Borough
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	n/a	9,842.6	n/a	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	n/a	96.9	n/a	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: 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.

Formaldehyde5.33 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride3.09 per million
Benzene0.78 per million
Acetaldehyde0.71 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Industrial wastewater discharge20
NPDES wastewater discharge permit19
Public airport8
Brownfield property2
Major air pollution source1
Air permit holder (minor source)1
Commercial airport1
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.

Yakutat, Yakutat
Commercial airport. O.
Record ID YAK (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 5
Yakutat Airport, Yakutat
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110007919324 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Yakutat Seafoods, Yakutat
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010112939 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Northern Aurora Gold Corp Gulf Of Alaska Suction Dredge, Cordova
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070549100 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
E & E Foods, Yakutat Seafoods Yakutat Plant, Yakutat
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071278414 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Yakutat, Yakutat
Oil-fired power plant.
Record ID 6637 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Severity 4
Yakutat Power Plant, Yakutat
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110007236516 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
Alaska Airlines Yakutat Station, Yakutat
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070506099 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.3
Ankau Saltchucks, Yakutat
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071977987 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Elephant Shelter Road Dump, Yakutat
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072077763 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
E & E Foods, Yakutat Seafoods Yakutat Plant, Yakutat
Industrial wastewater discharge. Violation Identified.
NPDES permit AKG521066: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 3
Dry Bay, Yakutat
Public airport. O.
Record ID 3AK (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Alsek River, Yakutat
Public airport. O.
Record ID A57 (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Harlequin Lake, Yakutat
Public airport. O.
Record ID A67 (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Situk, Yakutat
Public airport. O.
Record ID A68 (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Tanis Mesa, Yakutat
Public airport. O.
Record ID A69 (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
East Alsek River, Yakutat
Public airport. O.
Record ID AK76 (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Yakutat Airport- Delta Western Operations, Yakutat
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070503935 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Yakutat Airport Lease 50338-Hangar, Yakutat
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071525074 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Yakutat Airport Block 0022 Lot 004, Yakutat
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071525337 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
National Parks Service Hangar, Yakutat
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071525846 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Delta Western Llc - Yakutat, Yakutat
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071525881 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Alaska Marine Trucking Yakutat, Yakutat
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071526201 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Alpine Expediting, Wrangell
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071526385 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Yakutat Coastal Airlines, Yakutat
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071526870 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5

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 Yakutat 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 Yakutat 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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