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Saline County, Arkansas: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Saline County is 147.4 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. The strongest disease signals are Lung & bronchus deaths at 1.3 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 741 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Industrial wastewater discharge (334), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (282), Gas station (mapped facility) (48). EPA AirToxScreen estimates a lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics of 30 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: 34.6348, -92.6601.

How this county ranks in Arkansas

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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 Saline County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	38.7	23.8	1.63xSignificant	34.4 to 43.5	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	40.5	30.2	1.34xSignificant	36.3 to 45	2020-2024
Bladder	Deaths	5.4	4.1	1.32x	4 to 7.3	2020-2024
Brain & nervous system	New cases	8	6.2	1.29x	6 to 10.4	2019-2023
Leukemia	Deaths	7.2	5.7	1.26x	5.4 to 9.4	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	New cases	64.1	51.8	1.24xSignificant	58.8 to 69.7	2019-2023
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	21.5	17.9	1.2xSignificant	18.3 to 25	2019-2023
Bladder	New cases	22	18.7	1.18xSignificant	18.9 to 25.6	2019-2023
Kidney & renal pelvis	Deaths	3.8	3.4	1.12x	2.6 to 5.5	2020-2024
Brain & nervous system	Deaths	4.9	4.4	1.11x	3.5 to 6.8	2020-2024
Stomach	Deaths	3	2.7	1.11x	1.9 to 4.5	2020-2024
Liver & bile duct	Deaths	7.1	6.6	1.08x	5.4 to 9.2	2020-2024
Leukemia	New cases	15.2	14.5	1.05x	12.6 to 18.3	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	Deaths	5	4.8	1.04x	3.6 to 6.9	2020-2024
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	19.2	18.5	1.04x	16.2 to 22.6	2019-2023
All cancer	New cases	467.9	453.4	1.03x	452.8 to 483.4	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	147.4	143.2	1.03x	139.2 to 155.9	2020-2024
Liver & bile duct	New cases	8.7	8.7	1x	6.8 to 10.9	2019-2023
Esophagus	New cases	4.3	4.6	0.93x	3 to 6	2019-2023
Childhood cancer (under 15)	New cases	15.3	16.4	0.93x	9.1 to 24.2	2019-2023
Thyroid	New cases	11.7	13	0.9x	9.2 to 14.7	2019-2023
Esophagus	Deaths	3.2	3.7	0.86x	2.1 to 4.7	2020-2024
Pancreas	New cases	11.1	13.9	0.8x	9 to 13.6	2019-2023
Pancreas	Deaths	7.8	11.3	0.69x	6.1 to 10	2020-2024
Stomach	New cases	4.3	6.6	0.65x	3 to 6	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 Saline County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	9,601.7	9,842.6	-2%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	75.5	75.3	+0%	years
Child mortality	55.2	59.8	-8%	deaths under age 18 per 100,000
Infant mortality	6.2	6.2	-1%	deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Injury deaths	94.9	96.9	-2%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	24.7	28.6	-14%	deaths per 100,000

Air toxics and air quality

EPA AirToxScreen 2020

Lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics: 30 in a million. EPA treats 100 in a million as the upper end of acceptable risk and 1 in a million as the goal.

Formaldehyde24.68 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.92 per million
Acetaldehyde2.39 per million
Benzene1 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Industrial wastewater discharge334
NPDES wastewater discharge permit282
Gas station (mapped facility)48
Rail grade crossing29
Air permit holder (minor source)13
Small hazardous waste generator5
Large hazardous waste generator4
Major air pollution source3
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)3
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)3
Brownfield property2
Large greenhouse gas emitter2
Hazardous waste transporter2
Landfill (mapped facility)2
Scrapyard (mapped facility)2
Wastewater plant (mapped facility)2
Airfield1
Commercial airport1
Heliport1
Solar power plant1
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.

Us Vanadium Benton Llc., Benton
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Vanadium compounds, Nickel And Nickel Compounds, Nickel compounds, Molybdenum trioxide and 2 more. Reports carcinogens. 30,369 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 7202WSVNDM615CY (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 7.9
Almatis Inc-Bauxite Arkansas, Benton
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Hydrogen fluoride. 62,485 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 72011LCRKNUSHIG (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 6.7
Us Vanadium Benton, Llc., Bryant
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071283826 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.8
Parker Hannifin Corp Benton, Benton
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Manganese, Nickel, Chromium. Reports carcinogens. 23 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 72015CMMRC20138 (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 5.6
Shannon Hills Wwtp, Shannon Hills
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $2,600.
EPA FRS registry ID 110024461580 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.3
Nuoc Developers Llc, Benton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $3,300.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070930531 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.3
Landers Bco, Llc D/B/A Crossroads Village, Benton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $4,750.
EPA FRS registry ID 110022850538 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5
Clear Creek Subdivision, Phase 1, Hensley
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $7,875.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071074604 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5
Rineco Chemical Industries, Llc, Haskell
Large hazardous waste generator. Penalties $10,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000451476 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.8
Rineco Chemical Industries, Llc, Haskell
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $10,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000451476 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.8
Saint-Gobain Proppants Proppants Plant 3, Bryant
Major air pollution source. Penalties $1,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110001710890 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Bryant, City Of, Bryant
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110020836853 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Shannon Hills, City Of, Mabelvale
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110025134183 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Bryant, City Of - Wastewater Treatment Plant, Bryant
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110033168408 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Alcoa World Chemicals, Bauxite
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000451467 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Coorstek, Benton
Large hazardous waste generator. Penalties $13,905.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009354117 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Saline County Waterworks And Sanitary Sewer Public Facilities Board, Alexander
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $3,375.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010065044 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Benton Wwtp, Benton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110039736024 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Carol Weisenfelder, Little Rock
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110042381179 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
James Price, Little Rock
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110056118339 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Jerry R. Westerman, Benton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110062847139 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Eagle Ridge Utility Operating Company, Llc-Chicot Sewer, Mabelvale
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110064235787 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
David Lira, Hensley
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110067029619 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Big Rock Estates Subdivision, Benton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $4,200.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071240004 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Saline County Regional Solid Waste Mgmt District, Bauxite
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110001698985 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4

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 Saline County

Arkansas 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 Saline County, and their findings.
Arkansas vital statistics office
Death certificate counts by cause of death and residence tract or ZIP code, and the years behind the mortality measures above.
Arkansas health department, environmental epidemiology
Health consultations or assessments by ATSDR or the state health department covering the county, and any exposure investigations.
Arkansas 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.
Arkansas 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.

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