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McLean County, Kentucky: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in McLean County is 185.7 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2, a statistically significant excess. The strongest disease signals are Lung & bronchus deaths at 2.2 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 64 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Industrial wastewater discharge (33), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (19), Public airport (4). 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: 37.5322, -87.2117.

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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 McLean County compared with the United States
CancerMeasureCounty rateU.S. rateTimes U.S.95% intervalYears
Kidney & renal pelvisNew cases51.517.92.88xSignificant33.3 to 76.32019-2023
Lung & bronchusDeaths66.830.22.21xSignificant48.7 to 90.52020-2024
Lung & bronchusNew cases86.151.81.66xSignificant65.4 to 112.12019-2023
BladderNew cases26.118.71.4x15.4 to 42.72019-2023
All cancerDeaths185.7143.21.3xSignificant153.6 to 223.32020-2024
Melanoma of the skinNew cases2923.81.22x16.3 to 48.12019-2023
All cancerNew cases546.7453.41.21xSignificant488.1 to 611.12019-2023

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 McLean County
MeasureCountyU.S. medianDifferenceUnit
Premature death8,599.69,842.6-13%years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy74.575.3-1%years
Child mortalityn/a59.8n/adeaths under age 18 per 100,000
Infant mortalityn/a6.2n/adeaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Injury deaths80.996.9-17%deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deathsn/a28.6n/adeaths 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.

  • Formaldehyde21.9 per million
  • Carbon Tetrachloride2.95 per million
  • Acetaldehyde2.28 per million
  • Pahpom0.89 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

  • Industrial wastewater discharge33
  • NPDES wastewater discharge permit19
  • Public airport4
  • Gas station (mapped facility)4
  • Small hazardous waste generator1
  • Scrapyard (mapped facility)1
  • 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.

  1. Perdue Farms Livermore Feedmil, Livermore

    TRI reporting facility.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000380953 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 5.3

  2. Sacramento Stp, Sacramento

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $1,000.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110009935721 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.3

  3. Island Stp, Island

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $5,000.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110006750998 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.8

  4. Phillips Enterprises Inc, Livermore

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110055366740 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.8

  5. Hartshorne Mining Llc - Cypress Creek Mine (875-5009), Rumsey

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110063714137 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.5

  6. Calhoun Wwtp, Calhoun

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110006752442 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3

  7. Mclean Co State Maintenance Garage, Calhoun

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071672239 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3

  8. Calhoun Wwtp, Calhoun

    Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.

    NPDES permit KY0020125: (U.S. EPA NPDES)

    Severity 3

  9. Perdue Foods Llc - Livermore Feedmill, Livermore

    Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Selenium compounds, Copper compounds, Manganese compounds, Zinc compounds.

    TRI facility ID 42352LVRMR101KE (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)

    Severity 3

  10. Advanced Drainage Systems, Calhoun

    Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.

    NPDES permit KYR004773: (U.S. EPA NPDES)

    Severity 3

  11. Perdue Farms Livermore Feedmil, Livermore

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000380953 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 2.8

  12. Calhoun Tank Water Transmission Main Project, Calhoun

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110006758945 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 2.8

  13. Mclean Co State Maintenance Garage, Calhoun

    Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.

    NPDES permit KYR004679: (U.S. EPA NPDES)

    Severity 2.7

  14. Livermore Stp, Livermore

    Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.

    NPDES permit KY0020613: (U.S. EPA NPDES)

    Severity 2.5

  15. Sacramento Stp, Sacramento

    Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.

    NPDES permit KY0091731: (U.S. EPA NPDES)

    Severity 2.3

  16. Pollard Management Group Of Ky Llc 875-8003, Rumsey

    Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.

    NPDES permit KYGW40071: (U.S. EPA NPDES)

    Severity 2.2

  17. Pollard Management Group Of Ky Llc 875-8003, Rumsey

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110069589573 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 2

  18. Livermore Stp, Livermore

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110006752451 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.8

  19. A & S Fabricating Company, Livermore

    Small hazardous waste generator.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110008366446 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.8

  20. Rough Creek Mining Llc (875-5011), Delaware

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110062653150 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.8

  21. Ktc Mclean County Maintenance Garage, Calhoun

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110009960275 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  22. Kirkwood Estates, Hartford

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070839642 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  23. Dollar General - Beech Grove, Beech Grove (Mclean)

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070917399 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  24. Hog Slat Calhoun, Calhoun

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071401648 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  25. Advanced Drainage Systems, Calhoun

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071846891 (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 McLean County

  • Kentucky 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 McLean County, and their findings.

  • Kentucky vital statistics office

    Death certificate counts by cause of death and residence tract or ZIP code, and the years behind the mortality measures above.

  • Kentucky health department, environmental epidemiology

    Health consultations or assessments by ATSDR or the state health department covering the county, and any exposure investigations.

  • Kentucky 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.

  • Kentucky 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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