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Venango County, Pennsylvania: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Venango County is 166.3 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 1.4 times the U.S. rate and Pancreas deaths at 1.4 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 461 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (196), Rail grade crossing (61), Air permit holder (minor source) (43). EPA AirToxScreen estimates a lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics of 20 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: 41.395, -79.7388.

How this county ranks in Pennsylvania

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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 Venango County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Esophagus	New cases	7.5	4.6	1.63xSignificant	5 to 11.2	2019-2023
Bladder	New cases	27.8	18.7	1.49xSignificant	22.7 to 33.9	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	42.5	30.2	1.41xSignificant	36.5 to 49.4	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	New cases	71.7	51.8	1.38xSignificant	63.7 to 80.7	2019-2023
Pancreas	Deaths	15.5	11.3	1.37xSignificant	11.8 to 20.2	2020-2024
Brain & nervous system	New cases	8.5	6.2	1.37x	5.3 to 13	2019-2023
Thyroid	New cases	17.6	13	1.35x	12.7 to 23.7	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	24.2	18.5	1.31xSignificant	19.2 to 30.2	2019-2023
Kidney & renal pelvis	Deaths	4.4	3.4	1.29x	2.6 to 7.3	2020-2024
Bladder	Deaths	5	4.1	1.22x	3.1 to 8.1	2020-2024
Esophagus	Deaths	4.5	3.7	1.22x	2.7 to 7.5	2020-2024
Leukemia	New cases	17	14.5	1.17x	12.8 to 22.4	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	166.3	143.2	1.16xSignificant	153.7 to 179.9	2020-2024
Brain & nervous system	Deaths	5	4.4	1.14x	2.7 to 8.5	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	494.7	453.4	1.09xSignificant	471.5 to 519	2019-2023
Liver & bile duct	Deaths	7.2	6.6	1.09x	4.8 to 10.7	2020-2024
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	Deaths	5	4.8	1.04x	3.1 to 8	2020-2024
Pancreas	New cases	14.1	13.9	1.01x	10.5 to 18.7	2019-2023
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	17.9	17.9	1x	13.3 to 23.7	2019-2023
Leukemia	Deaths	5.4	5.7	0.95x	3.2 to 8.7	2020-2024
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	22.2	23.8	0.93x	17.2 to 28.3	2019-2023
Liver & bile duct	New cases	7.9	8.7	0.91x	5.4 to 11.4	2019-2023
Stomach	New cases	5.1	6.6	0.77x	3.2 to 8.2	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 Venango County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	10,820.4	9,842.6	+10%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	74.5	75.3	-1%	years
Child mortality	67.3	59.8	+13%	deaths under age 18 per 100,000
Infant mortality	8.9	6.2	+43%	deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Injury deaths	106.4	96.9	+10%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	34.7	28.6	+21%	deaths per 100,000

Air toxics and air quality

EPA AirToxScreen 2020

Lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics: 20 in a million. EPA treats 100 in a million as the upper end of acceptable risk and 1 in a million as the goal.

Formaldehyde14.08 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.9 per million
Benzene1.44 per million
Acetaldehyde1.43 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit196
Rail grade crossing61
Air permit holder (minor source)43
Gas station (mapped facility)41
Small hazardous waste generator28
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)18
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)16
TRI reporting facility13
Brownfield property9
Large hazardous waste generator7
Scrapyard (mapped facility)7
Major air pollution source6
Public airport5
Hazardous waste transporter4
Large greenhouse gas emitter2
Commercial airport1
Heliport1
Landfill (mapped facility)1
Coal power plant1
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.

Scrubgrass Generating Plant, Kennerdell
TRI reporting facility. Penalties $24,689.
EPA FRS registry ID 110005981296 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 9.4
Scrubgrass Generating Plant, Kennerdell
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), n-Hexane, Barium, Naphthalene and 4 more. Reports carcinogens. 687,818 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 16374SCRBGRR1LI (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 9
Webco Ind Inc/Oil City Tube Div, Oil City
TRI reporting facility. Penalties $552,750.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009435628 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 8.4
Webco Industries Inc. Oil City Tube Div, Oil City
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Manganese, Copper, Nickel, Chromium. Reports carcinogens. 13,343 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 1630WWBCND363SE (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 7.7
Scrubgrass Generating Plant, Kennerdell
Major air pollution source. Penalties $24,689.
EPA FRS registry ID 110005981296 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7.5
Borchers Americas Inc., Franklin
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: n-Butyl alcohol, Cyclohexane, Certain glycol ethers, Cobalt And Cobalt Compounds and 4 more. Reports carcinogens. 5,508 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 16323MNYCHTWOMI (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 7.4
Webco Ind Inc/Oil City Tube Div, Oil City
Major air pollution source. Penalties $552,750.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009435628 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7.3
Electralloy, Oil City
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Manganese compounds, Nickel compounds, Copper compounds, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) and 4 more. Reports carcinogens. 2,429 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 16301LCTRL175MA (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 7.1
Scrubgrass Generating Plant, Kennerdell
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $24,689.
EPA FRS registry ID 110005981296 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7
Sms Group Inc, Oil City
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Nickel And Nickel Compounds, Copper. Reports carcinogens. 1,644 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 16301CTSML671CO (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 7
Franklin Investment Corp., Franklin
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Certain glycol ethers, sec-Butyl alcohol, Manganese. 91,736 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 16323FRNKL600AT (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 6.8
Webco Industries Inc. - Reno Div, Reno
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Manganese, Nickel, Chromium, Copper. Reports carcinogens. 947 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 1634WWBCND32PRG (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 6.8
Webco Ind Inc/Oil City Tube Div, Oil City
Large hazardous waste generator. Penalties $552,750.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009435628 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6.8
Webco Ind Inc/Oil City Tube Div, Oil City
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $552,750.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009435628 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6.8
Franklin Precision Castings, Franklin
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Nickel, Copper, Chromium. Reports carcinogens. 685 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 1632WFRNKL655GR (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 6.7
Millcraft Mfg, Oil City
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110017795787 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6.5
Scrubgrass Generating Plant, Kennerdell
Large greenhouse gas emitter. Penalties $24,689.
EPA FRS registry ID 110005981296 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6.5
Borchers Americas, Franklin
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000583663 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6.1
Scrubgrass Generating Plant, Kennerdell
Coal power plant.
Record ID 50974 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Severity 6.1
Franklin Ind Co/Franklin, Franklin
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000331347 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6
Electralloy Go Carlson - Oil City Facility, Oil City
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000331338 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.9
Joy Global Underground Mining Llc, Franklin
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Chromium, Manganese, Nickel And Nickel Compounds, Nickel compounds. Reports carcinogens. 70 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 16323JYTCHRTE8N (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 5.9
Sasol Chemicals (Usa) Llc Oil City Plant, Oil City
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Cresol (mixed isomers). 5,079 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 16301NVLLSROUTE (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 5.8
Franklin Bronze & Alloy, Franklin
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110057317899 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.4
Matric Ltd, Seneca
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Lead. Reports carcinogens. 11 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 16346MTRCL2099H (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 5.3

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 Venango County

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