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Guayama Municipio, Puerto Rico: environmental and disease records

County cancer statistics are not published for Guayama Municipio. Federal databases place 75 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (25), Gas station (mapped facility) (12), 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: 18.0185, -66.1462.

How this county ranks in Puerto Rico

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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 Guayama 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.

  • Formaldehyde12.23 per million
  • Carbon Tetrachloride2.81 per million
  • Benzene0.95 per million
  • Acetaldehyde0.62 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

  • NPDES wastewater discharge permit25
  • Gas station (mapped facility)12
  • Air permit holder (minor source)8
  • Wastewater plant (mapped facility)5
  • Small hazardous waste generator4
  • Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)3
  • Large hazardous waste generator3
  • Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)3
  • Major air pollution source2
  • Solar power plant2
  • TRI reporting facility2
  • EPA air quality monitor1
  • Hazardous waste transporter1
  • Landfill (mapped facility)1
  • Coal power plant1
  • Oil-fired power plant1
  • Superfund (NPL) site1

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. Fibers Public Supply Wells, Jobos

    Superfund (NPL) site. Hazard Ranking System score 35.3. NPL Site.

    EPA site ID PRD980763783 (U.S. EPA Superfund (SEMS/NPL)) Agency record

    Severity 10

  2. Aes Puerto Rico Lp, Guayama

    Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Ammonia, Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Formaldehyde, Hydrogen fluoride and 4 more. Reports carcinogens. 1,561,569 lbs released over 5 years.

    TRI facility ID 00785SPRTRKM142 (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)

    Severity 9.3

  3. Baxter Healthcare Of Puerto Rico, Guayama

    TRI reporting facility. Penalties $4,700.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000580577 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 6.6

  4. Aes Puerto Rico, Guayama

    Coal power plant.

    Record ID 61082 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

    Severity 6.5

  5. Baxter Healthcare Of Puerto Rico Llc, Guayama

    Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Hydrogen fluoride, Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22), Chlorine, Antimony compounds and 1 more. 19,897 lbs released over 5 years.

    TRI facility ID 00654NQSTNROAD3 (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)

    Severity 6.3

  6. Prepa-Jobos Gas Turbines Power Plant, Guayama

    Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Naphthalene. Reports carcinogens. 102 lbs released over 5 years.

    TRI facility ID 00784PRPJBPR03K (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)

    Severity 6

  7. Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Guayama

    Large hazardous waste generator.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110001661274 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 5.8

  8. Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Guayama

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110001661274 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 5.8

  9. Prepa-Jobos Gas Turbines Power Plant, Guayama

    TRI reporting facility.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000580933 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.5

  10. Jdj Recycling Guayama Corp, Guayama

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070839543 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.3

  11. Jobos, Guayama

    Oil-fired power plant.

    Record ID 61171 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

    Severity 4

  12. Baxter Healthcare Of Puerto Rico, Guayama

    Large hazardous waste generator. Penalties $4,700.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000580577 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4

  13. Guayama Sanitary Landfill System, Guayama

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071362826 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4

  14. Skalar Pharma Llc, Guayama

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071447818 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4

  15. Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Guayama

    Air permit holder (minor source).

    EPA FRS registry ID 110001661274 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.8

  16. Prepa-Jobos Gas Turbines Power Plant, Guayama

    Major air pollution source.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000580933 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.5

  17. Chevron Phillips Chemical Puerto Rico Core Llc, Guayama

    Major air pollution source.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000602740 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.5

  18. Prasa Guayama Regional Wwtp, Guayama

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110009700476 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.3

  19. Chevron Phillips Chemical Puerto Rico Core Llc, Guayama

    Large hazardous waste generator.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000602740 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3

  20. Chevron Phillips Chemical Puerto Rico Core Llc, Guayama

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000602740 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3

  21. Baxter Healthcare Of Puerto Rico, Guayama

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $4,700.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000580577 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 2.5

  22. Baxter Healthcare Of Puerto Rico, Guayama

    Air permit holder (minor source). Penalties $4,700.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000580577 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 2

  23. Clean Flexible Energy Llc - Jobos Solar, Guayama

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071815708 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 2

  24. Vertedero de Guayama

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

    Record ID way/1391182524 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record

    Severity 2

  25. Wastewater Plant

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

    Record ID way/529885188 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record

    Severity 2

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 Guayama 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 Guayama 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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