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Robertson County, Kentucky: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Robertson County is 107.2 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 18 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Industrial wastewater discharge (8), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (8), Gas station (mapped facility) (2). 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: 38.5173, -84.0667.

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 Robertson County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Lung & bronchus	New cases	92.4	51.8	1.78x	51.8 to 157.7	2019-2023
All cancer	New cases	523.7	453.4	1.16x	413.6 to 657.3	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	107.2	143.2	0.75x	66.5 to 170.3	2020-2024

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 Robertson County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	14,500.3	9,842.6	+47%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	71.7	75.3	-5%	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	119.7	96.9	+23%	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: 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.

Formaldehyde17.56 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.93 per million
Acetaldehyde1.95 per million
Benzene0.87 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Industrial wastewater discharge8
NPDES wastewater discharge permit8
Gas station (mapped facility)2

Highest-severity records

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

Mount Olivet Stp, Mount Olivet
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009010373 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Robertson Co State Maintenance Garage, Mount Olivet
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110045081175 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Mount Olivet Stp, Mount Olivet
Industrial wastewater discharge. Significant/Category I Noncompliance.
NPDES permit KY0104299: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 2.4
Ky Dop Blue Licks Battlefield, Mount Olivet
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009939111 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2
Ky Dop Blue Licks Battlefield, Mount Olivet
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit KY0024414: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1.8
Ktc Robertson County Maintenance Garage, Mount Olivet
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006759114 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Robertson County School Bus Garage & Ball Fields, Mount Olivet
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070262795 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Ky Field Stone Llc, Piqua
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071065466 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Dollar General, Mount Olivet
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071377511 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Dollar General, Mount Olivet
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071445279 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Abney’s Convenience Store
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/682397393 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Marathon
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/793128764 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Ky Dop Blue Licks Battlefield, Mount Olivet
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit KY0024414:001 (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1
Mount Olivet Stp, Mount Olivet
Industrial wastewater discharge. Significant/Category I Noncompliance.
NPDES permit KY0104299:001 (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1
Ky Field Stone Llc, Piqua
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit KYG840395: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1
Robertson Co State Maintenance Garage, Mount Olivet
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit KYR004731:001 (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1
Dollar General, Mount Olivet
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit KYR10R143: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1
Dollar General, Mount Olivet
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit KYR10R605: (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 Robertson 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 Robertson 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.

Each Envyrofax address report includes a printable records request worksheet with the custodian and the exact request wording per finding.

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