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Gurabo Municipio, Puerto Rico: environmental and disease records

County cancer statistics are not published for Gurabo Municipio. Federal databases place 46 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (18), Air permit holder (minor source) (6), Gas station (mapped facility) (6). 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: 18.2565, -65.9749.

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 Gurabo Municipio
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	n/a	9,842.6	n/a	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	n/a	75.3	n/a	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	n/a	96.9	n/a	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.

Formaldehyde18.54 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.81 per million
Arsenic Compounds Inorganic Including Arsine2.74 per million
Acetaldehyde1.55 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit18
Air permit holder (minor source)6
Gas station (mapped facility)6
Small hazardous waste generator4
Brownfield property2
Hazardous waste transporter2
Industrial wastewater discharge2
Major air pollution source1
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)1
Large hazardous waste generator1
Oil-fired power plant1
Scrapyard (mapped facility)1
Wastewater plant (mapped facility)1

Highest-severity records

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

Loma Vista Quarry, Gurabo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070561046 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Csm Gurabo Development Llc- Cantera, Gurabo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071178158 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Janssen Ortho Llc, Gurabo
Oil-fired power plant.
Record ID 61659 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Severity 4
Janssen Ortho Llc, Gurabo
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000747531 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
Janssen Ortho Llc, Gurabo
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071722846 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Professional Ready Mix, Inc., Gurabo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071065274 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.3
Abandoned Industrial Building, Gurabo
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071972884 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Marva Property, Gurabo
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071972886 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Janssen Ortho Llc, Gurabo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000747531 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Prasa Gurabo Wtp, Gurabo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110056162030 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.3
Planta de Tratamiento de Gurabo, Gurabo
Wastewater plant (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/840271878 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
Warehouse Holding & Management Corp., Gurabo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110064863517 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.8
Surgical Specialties Puerto Rico Inc, Rincon
Small hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110007904697 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Super Specialties, Gurabo
Small hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110043555426 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Gurabo, Gurabo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110054103082 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
P&L Corp Dba Label Graphics Caribe, Gurabo
Small hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110055947622 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Replace. Of Bridge No. 982, Pr-30 Km 4.1 Int. Pr-189, Gurabo, Gurabo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070067243 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Los SueãOs Sur (Parcela 7), Gurabo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070865620 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Caribbean Fleet Solutions Llc Gurabo, Gurabo
Small hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071063159 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Sampol-Janssen Chp Unit, Gurabo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071323031 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
River View & River Village, Gurabo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071540599 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
River View & River Village, Gurabo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071541787 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Veolia Es Technical Solutions, Llc, Gurabo Puerto Rico Facility, Gurabo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071708016 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Design And Build For The Juncos-Gurabo Sanitary Trunk Sewer Rehabilitation, Gurabo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071815831 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
River Hills At Ciudad Jardin, Gurabo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072072341 (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 Gurabo 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 Gurabo 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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