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Menifee County, Kentucky: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Menifee County is 226.1 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 2.1 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 51 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Industrial wastewater discharge (23), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (21), Gas station (mapped facility) (3). 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: 37.9383, -83.6112.

How this county ranks in Kentucky

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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 Menifee County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	64.8	30.2	2.15xSignificant	43.6 to 94.7	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	New cases	98.3	51.8	1.9xSignificant	72.3 to 132.4	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	226.1	143.2	1.58xSignificant	183.4 to 277.1	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	517.3	453.4	1.14x	450.8 to 592	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 Menifee County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	16,657.4	9,842.6	+69%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	70	75.3	-7%	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	156.8	96.9	+62%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	58.1	28.6	+103%	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.

Formaldehyde18.18 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.89 per million
Acetaldehyde1.86 per million
Benzene0.81 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Industrial wastewater discharge23
NPDES wastewater discharge permit21
Gas station (mapped facility)3
Air permit holder (minor source)1
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)1
Brownfield property1
Large greenhouse gas emitter1

Highest-severity records

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

Frenchburg Job Corps, Frenchburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006810219 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.3
Smallwood Lumber Co Llc, Frenchburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110056346921 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.3
Frenchburg Commercial Building, Frenchburg
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071985664 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Walker Construction & Materials Llc - Menifee Stone, Frenchburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110067639862 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Menifee Co Maintenance Garage, Frenchburg
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit KYR004632: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 3
Frenchburg Stp, Frenchburg
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit KY0040584: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 3
Ferrell'S Logging & Lumber, Inc., Frenchburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110057488605 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.8
Menifee County Sanitation District #1, Means
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009934269 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Menifee County Garage, Frenchburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $2,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009959946 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Columbia Gulf Transmission - Means Compressor Station, Frenchburg
Large greenhouse gas emitter.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070458557 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Menifee County Sanitation District #1, Means
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit KY0100901: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 2.2
Frenchburg Job Corps, Frenchburg
Industrial wastewater discharge. Violation Identified.
NPDES permit KY0022047: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 2.1
Frenchburg Stp, Frenchburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009938103 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2
Cave Run Regional Wt Comm-Cave Run Wtp, Wellington
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110017701236 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.8
Menifee Co Maintenance Garage, Frenchburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071644564 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.8
Botts Early Learning Center, Denniston
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit KY0075264: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1.7
Botts Early Learning Center, Denniston
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009937097 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Cade Sawmill, Wellington
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110060362398 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Us 460 Menifee County, Frenchburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110064648421 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Menifee Co Central Elementary, Frenchburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070561648 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Rockfall Mitigation, Frenchburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070627386 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Menifee County New Central Board Office, Frenchburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071312080 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Dollar General, Wellington (Menifee)
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071357238 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Dollar General, Means
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071363398 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Frenchburg 69 Kv Substation Rebuild Project, Frenchburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071436475 (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 Menifee 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 Menifee 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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