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Hunterdon County, New Jersey: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Hunterdon County is 114.8 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 782 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (414), Air permit holder (minor source) (91), Rail grade crossing (75). 4 correctional facilities operate in the county, at least one with health-based drinking water violations on record. 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: 40.5624, -74.9129.

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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 Hunterdon County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Thyroid	New cases	23.2	13	1.78xSignificant	19.6 to 27.4	2019-2023
Bladder	New cases	26.5	18.7	1.42xSignificant	23.2 to 30	2019-2023
Leukemia	New cases	19.4	14.5	1.34xSignificant	16.5 to 22.7	2019-2023
Melanoma of the skin	Deaths	2.6	2	1.3x	1.7 to 3.9	2020-2024
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	28	23.8	1.18xSignificant	24.6 to 31.8	2019-2023
Esophagus	New cases	5.4	4.6	1.17x	4.1 to 7.1	2019-2023
Brain & nervous system	New cases	7.1	6.2	1.15x	5.3 to 9.4	2019-2023
All cancer	New cases	489.6	453.4	1.08xSignificant	474.8 to 504.7	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	19.7	18.5	1.06x	16.8 to 23	2019-2023
Pancreas	New cases	14.5	13.9	1.04x	12.1 to 17.2	2019-2023
Childhood cancer (under 15)	New cases	16.5	16.4	1.01x	9.4 to 27	2019-2023
Brain & nervous system	Deaths	4.3	4.4	0.98x	3 to 6.1	2020-2024
Leukemia	Deaths	5.1	5.7	0.89x	3.7 to 6.8	2020-2024
Esophagus	Deaths	3.3	3.7	0.89x	2.3 to 4.8	2020-2024
Pancreas	Deaths	10	11.3	0.88x	8.1 to 12.3	2020-2024
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	Deaths	4	4.8	0.83x	2.7 to 5.7	2020-2024
All cancer	Deaths	114.8	143.2	0.8x	108.1 to 121.8	2020-2024
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	13.8	17.9	0.77x	11.4 to 16.5	2019-2023
Liver & bile duct	New cases	6.6	8.7	0.76x	5.1 to 8.5	2019-2023
Bladder	Deaths	3.1	4.1	0.76x	2.1 to 4.6	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	20.3	30.2	0.67x	17.6 to 23.4	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	New cases	34.7	51.8	0.67x	31.1 to 38.6	2019-2023
Stomach	New cases	4	6.6	0.61x	2.8 to 5.6	2019-2023
Stomach	Deaths	1.6	2.7	0.59x	0.9 to 2.8	2020-2024
Liver & bile duct	Deaths	3.8	6.6	0.58x	2.7 to 5.3	2020-2024
Kidney & renal pelvis	Deaths	1.8	3.4	0.53x	1.1 to 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 Hunterdon County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	4,362.6	9,842.6	-56%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	82.8	75.3	+10%	years
Child mortality	26.1	59.8	-56%	deaths under age 18 per 100,000
Infant mortality	3	6.2	-52%	deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Injury deaths	49.6	96.9	-49%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	14	28.6	-51%	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.

Formaldehyde16.82 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.98 per million
Acetaldehyde1.71 per million
Benzene1.6 per million

EPA Air Quality Index 2025

Monitored on 361 days: 268 good, 3 unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse. Median AQI 41, peak 122.

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit414
Air permit holder (minor source)91
Rail grade crossing75
Gas station (mapped facility)62
Small hazardous waste generator35
Large hazardous waste generator20
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)18
Public airport14
Solar power plant13
Major air pollution source5
Correctional facility (prison or jail)4
Dry cleaner (mapped facility)4
Heliport4
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)4
Wastewater plant (mapped facility)4
Superfund (NPL) site3
Airfield2
Large greenhouse gas emitter2
Hazardous waste transporter2
TRI reporting facility2
EPA air quality monitor1
Brownfield property1
Landfill (mapped facility)1
Gas power plant1

Highest-severity records

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

Curtis Specialty Papers, Inc., Milford
Superfund (NPL) site. Hazard Ranking System score 50. NPL Site.
EPA site ID NJD057143984 (U.S. EPA Superfund (SEMS/NPL)) Agency record
Severity 10
Myers Property, Franklin Township
Superfund (NPL) site. Hazard Ranking System score 33.8. NPL Site.
EPA site ID NJD980654198 (U.S. EPA Superfund (SEMS/NPL)) Agency record
Severity 10
De Rewal Chemical Co., Kingwood Township
Superfund (NPL) site. Hazard Ranking System score 35.7. NPL Site.
EPA site ID NJD980761373 (U.S. EPA Superfund (SEMS/NPL)) Agency record
Severity 10
Custom Alloy Corp, High Bridge
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000853201 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 8.1
Trident Maritime Systems-Cac Llc, High Bridge
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Nickel, Chromium, Copper, Lead and 1 more. Reports carcinogens. 1,418 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 08829CSTML3WASH (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 6.9
Lambertville City Sewer Auth, Lambertville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006620530 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6
Raritan Twp Mua Stp, Raritan
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006620638 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6
Readington Lebanon Sewer Auth, Whitehouse
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110014716548 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6
Clinton Town Wwtp, Clinton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110022415634 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6
Johanna Foods Inc, Flemington
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $648,120.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000722656 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Salvation Army Camp Tecumseh, Pittstown
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $1,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110004164083 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Travel Centers Of America, Bloomsbury Boro
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $14,500.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009839201 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Century Tube Corp, Readington
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $100.
EPA FRS registry ID 110015089937 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Vmc - Glen Gardner Quarry, Glen Gardner Boro
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $4,556.
EPA FRS registry ID 110015106348 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Summit Custom Spray Drying Inc @ Flemington Ind Pk, Flemington
Small hazardous waste generator. Penalties $8,800.
EPA FRS registry ID 110015309094 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Summit Custom Spray Drying Inc @ Flemington Ind Pk, Flemington
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $8,800.
EPA FRS registry ID 110015309094 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Asbury Graphite Mills Inc, Asbury
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $18,396.
EPA FRS registry ID 110029446598 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
C&D Dairy Enterprices Llc Dba Mill Road Dairy, Readington Twp
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $16,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110055030167 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Luxfer Mel Technologies, Kingwood Twp
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $13,029.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070211453 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Kingwood Twp School, Frenchtown
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $3,031.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070217098 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Union Twp School, Hampton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $1,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070222010 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Luxfer Mel Technologies Dba Mel Chemical-Treatment Plant, Flemington
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Nitric acid, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). 1,781 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 0882WLXFRM5BARB (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 5.5
Delaware Township Mua, Sergeantsville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $2,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009838710 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.3
Flemington, Flemington
EPA air quality monitor.
Record ID 340190001 (U.S. EPA AirData)
Severity 5.1
Chroma Color Corp, Lambertville
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Zinc compounds, Cobalt compounds, Antimony compounds, Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)). Reports carcinogens. 4 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 08530BRNCL11KAR (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 5

Correctional facilities

Prisons, jails and corrections operations with an EPA facility record, and the drinking water and wastewater compliance attached to them.

Njdoc Mountainview Youth Correctional Facility, Annandale
EPA FRS registry ID
110009838809
Wastewater permit
Yes, 12 quarters in noncompliance
EPA detailed facility report
Edna Mahan Correctional-Well 1 Tp, Clinton
EPA FRS registry ID
110013230342
Water system
NJ1025001
Health-based violations
1 all time, 0 in 5 years
All violations
37
Contaminants cited
Coliform (TCR)
Wastewater permit
None on record
EPA detailed facility report
East Jersey State Prison, Woodbridge, Township Of
EPA FRS registry ID
110070386150
Wastewater permit
None on record
EPA detailed facility report
Edna Mahan Correctional Facility For Women, Clinton
EPA FRS registry ID
110070612323
Wastewater permit
None on record
EPA detailed facility report

Discovery / public records

Records to request for Hunterdon County

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