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Eastern District, American Samoa: environmental and disease records

County cancer statistics are not published for Eastern District. Federal databases place 34 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Industrial wastewater discharge (18), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (9), Small hazardous waste generator (4).

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: -14.2758, -170.6459.

How this county ranks in American Samoa

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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.

No county-level cancer statistics are published for this area. Request counts directly from the American Samoa cancer registry.

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 Eastern District
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

No AirToxScreen estimate is available for this county.

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Industrial wastewater discharge18
NPDES wastewater discharge permit9
Small hazardous waste generator4
Hazardous waste transporter1
TRI reporting facility1
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.

Star Kist Samoa Co, Pago Pago
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Ammonia, Formic acid, Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Nitric acid. Reports carcinogens. 269,560 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 96799STRKSMAINS (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 8.7
Starkist Samoa Inc, Pago Pago
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110045691391 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6.7
American Samoa Shipyard Services, Pago Pago
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010063787 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6
Utulei Wwtf, Pago Pago
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110039976755 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.8
Starkist Samoa Inc, Pago Pago
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110045691391 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Utulei Sewage Treatment Plant, Pago Pago
Industrial wastewater discharge. Violation Identified.
NPDES permit AS0020001: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 3
American Samoa Terminal, Pago Pago
Small hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110008253763 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
American Samoa Terminal, Pago Pago
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110008253763 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Tafuna Wwtp, Pago Pago
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110069999951 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Utulei Stp, Pago Pago
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070001167 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Fono Building, Pago Pago
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070236834 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Tuna Processing Facility, Pago Pago
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070265732 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Satala Shipyard - American Samoa Shipyard Services Authority, Pago Pago
Small hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070398668 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
East Side Villages Wastewater Collection System Package 5 Phase 1, Pago Pago
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070554981 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Usdoc Noaa Observatory Emerg Gen, Pago Pago
Small hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070571497 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
H&H, Inc, Pago Pago
Small hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070664024 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Ma'Oputasi Enterprises, Pago Pago
Hazardous waste transporter.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070812283 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1
American Samoa Shipyard Services, American Samoa
Industrial wastewater discharge. Significant/Category I Noncompliance.
NPDES permit AS0020036: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1
American Samoa Shipyard Services, American Samoa
Industrial wastewater discharge. Significant/Category I Noncompliance.
NPDES permit AS0020036:001 (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1
American Samoa Shipyard Services, American Samoa
Industrial wastewater discharge. Significant/Category I Noncompliance.
NPDES permit AS0020036:002 (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1
American Samoa Shipyard Services, American Samoa
Industrial wastewater discharge. Significant/Category I Noncompliance.
NPDES permit AS0020036:003 (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1
Tuna Processing Facility, Pago Pago
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit ASR05J000: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1
Tuna Processing Facility, Pago Pago
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit ASR05J000:001 (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1
Tuna Processing Facility, Pago Pago
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit ASR05J000:002 (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1
Tuna Processing Facility, Pago Pago
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit ASR05J000:003 (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1

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 Eastern District

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