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Fajardo Municipio, Puerto Rico: environmental and disease records

County cancer statistics are not published for Fajardo Municipio. Federal databases place 58 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (20), Gas station (mapped facility) (10), Air permit holder (minor source) (8). 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: 18.3272, -65.6559.

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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.

No county-level cancer statistics are published for this area. Request counts directly from the Puerto Rico cancer registry.

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 Fajardo Municipio
MeasureCountyU.S. medianDifferenceUnit
Premature deathn/a9,842.6n/ayears of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancyn/a75.3n/ayears
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 deathsn/a96.9n/adeaths 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: 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.

  • Formaldehyde11.51 per million
  • Carbon Tetrachloride2.82 per million
  • Ethylene Oxide2.11 per million
  • Benzene0.92 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

  • NPDES wastewater discharge permit20
  • Gas station (mapped facility)10
  • Air permit holder (minor source)8
  • Small hazardous waste generator6
  • TRI reporting facility3
  • Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)3
  • Major air pollution source1
  • EPA air quality monitor1
  • Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)1
  • Brownfield property1
  • Large hazardous waste generator1
  • Landfill (mapped facility)1
  • Biomass power plant1
  • Oil-fired 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.

  1. Pall Life Sciences Puerto Rico Llc, Fajardo

    Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: tert-Butyl alcohol. 36,866 lbs released over 5 years.

    TRI facility ID 00738PLLPRRD19A (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)

    Severity 6.5

  2. Pall Life Sciences Puerto Rico, Llc, Fajardo

    TRI reporting facility.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000491833 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 6

  3. Warner Chilcot Company, Fajardo

    TRI reporting facility.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110069571644 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.7

  4. Teva Puerto Rico Llc, Fajardo

    Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Propylene. 96 lbs released over 5 years.

    TRI facility ID 0073WWRNRCPR195 (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)

    Severity 4.5

  5. Prasa - Fajardo Regional Wwtp, Fajardo

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110017849293 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.5

  6. Customed, Fajardo

    Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Ethylene oxide. Reports carcinogens.

    TRI facility ID 0073WCSTMDCALLE (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)

    Severity 4.5

  7. Fajardo Municipal Solid Waste Landfill, Fajardo

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110066868839 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.3

  8. Fajardo

    EPA air quality monitor.

    Record ID 720530003 (U.S. EPA AirData)

    Severity 4.2

  9. Hima San Pablo Fajardo, Fajardo

    Oil-fired power plant.

    Record ID 62850 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

    Severity 4

  10. Pall Life Sciences Puerto Rico, Llc, Fajardo

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110064857908 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4

  11. Customed Inc., Fajardo

    TRI reporting facility.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071854401 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4

  12. Municipality Of Fajardo, Fajardo

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110040084315 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.8

  13. Fajardo Municipal Landfill, Fajardo

    Major air pollution source.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110024438438 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.5

  14. Pall Life Sciences Puerto Rico, Llc, Fajardo

    Large hazardous waste generator.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000491833 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.3

  15. National Circuits, Fajardo

    Brownfield property.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110060864989 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record

    Severity 3

  16. Fajardo Municipal Landfill, Fajardo

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110024438438 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3

  17. Fajardo Mswl, Fajardo

    Biomass power plant.

    Record ID 61109 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

    Severity 2.5

  18. Fajardo Wwtp, Fajardo

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110066885767 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 2.5

  19. Vertedero de Fajardo

    Landfill (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.

    Record ID way/1385612553 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record

    Severity 2

  20. Warner Chilcott Company Llc, Fajardo

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110012635247 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.8

  21. Renaissance Villa Marina, Fajardo

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071096568 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.8

  22. Ceiba Armory, Ceiba

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110007813483 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  23. Gas Conection, Fajardo

    Small hazardous waste generator.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110035439512 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  24. Esso Standard Oil Services Pr 2p-180 - F, Ceiba

    Small hazardous waste generator.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110037441649 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  25. Caribbean Auto Distributor, Fajardo

    Small hazardous waste generator.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110039077441 (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 Fajardo Municipio

  • Puerto Rico 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 Fajardo Municipio, and their findings.

  • Puerto Rico vital statistics office

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

  • Puerto Rico health department, environmental epidemiology

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

  • Puerto Rico 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.

  • Puerto Rico 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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