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Toa Baja Municipio, Puerto Rico: environmental and disease records

County cancer statistics are not published for Toa Baja Municipio. Federal databases place 81 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (26), Gas station (mapped facility) (18), Small hazardous waste generator (11). 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: 18.4325, -66.2134.

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 Toa Baja 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.

  • Formaldehyde14.83 per million
  • Carbon Tetrachloride2.82 per million
  • Benzene1.29 per million
  • Acetaldehyde0.76 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

  • NPDES wastewater discharge permit26
  • Gas station (mapped facility)18
  • Small hazardous waste generator11
  • Air permit holder (minor source)7
  • Major air pollution source3
  • Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)2
  • Brownfield property2
  • Oil-fired power plant2
  • TRI reporting facility2
  • Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)2
  • Public airport1
  • Large hazardous waste generator1
  • Hazardous waste transporter1
  • Landfill (mapped facility)1
  • Biomass 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. Scorpio Recycling, Inc., Candeleria Ward

    Superfund (NPL) site. Hazard Ranking System score 50. NPL Site.

    EPA site ID PRD987376662 (U.S. EPA Superfund (SEMS/NPL)) Agency record

    Severity 10

  2. Prepa - Palo Seco Steam Plant, Toa Baja

    Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Naphthalene, Lead And Lead Compounds, Polycyclic aromatic compounds and 2 more. Reports carcinogens. 607,261 lbs released over 5 years.

    TRI facility ID 00950PRPPLPR165 (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)

    Severity 8.9

  3. Genera Palo Seco Steam Plant, Toa Baja

    TRI reporting facility. Penalties $145,000.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000607950 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 7.4

  4. Vertedero Municipal Toa Baja, Toa Baja

    Major air pollution source.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110043704523 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 6.5

  5. Boricua Wood Processing Inc., Toa Baja

    Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Copper And Copper Compounds, Arsenic And Arsenic Compounds, Copper compounds, Arsenic compounds and 2 more. Reports carcinogens. 5 lbs released over 5 years.

    TRI facility ID 00759BRCWDCARR8 (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)

    Severity 5.1

  6. Genera Palo Seco Steam Plant, Toa Baja

    Major air pollution source. Penalties $145,000.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000607950 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.8

  7. Palo Seco Plant, Toa Baja

    Oil-fired power plant.

    Record ID 61149 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

    Severity 4.5

  8. Maderas Tratadas (Former Boricua Wood), Toa Baja

    TRI reporting facility.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000307837 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.4

  9. Genera Palo Seco Steam Plant, Toa Baja

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $145,000.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000607950 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.3

  10. Ecolã“Gica Carmelo, Inc., Toa Baja

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110067430471 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.3

  11. Holsum De Puerto Rico, Inc., San Juan

    Oil-fired power plant.

    Record ID 61639 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

    Severity 4

  12. Toa Baja Municipal Landfill, Toa Baja

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110067620505 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.8

  13. Holsum De Puerto Rico Inc, Toa Baja

    Major air pollution source.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110007807329 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.5

  14. Maderas Tratadas, Toa Baja

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110067025267 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.5

  15. Former Diagnostic And Treatment Center, San Juan

    Brownfield property.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110038698157 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record

    Severity 3

  16. Naval Security Group Activity, Sabana Seca

    Brownfield property.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071967199 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record

    Severity 3

  17. Maderas Tratadas (Former Boricua Wood), Toa Baja

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000307837 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3

  18. Holsum De Puerto Rico Inc, Toa Baja

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110007807329 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3

  19. Lamp Recycling Co Inc, Toa Baja

    Large hazardous waste generator.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110066978337 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3

  20. Best Petroleum Corporation, Toa Baja

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070033589 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3

  21. Toa Baja Mswl, Toa Baja

    Biomass power plant.

    Record ID 61122 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

    Severity 2.5

  22. Master Products Corp, Toa Baja

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110064863107 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 2.5

  23. Ups Bayamã“N, Toa Baja

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $48,000.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110067183513 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 2.5

  24. Vertedero de Toa Baja

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

    Record ID way/598330253 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record

    Severity 2

  25. Quality Concre Mix, Inc. Toa Baja, Toa Baja

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110067030769 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.8

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 Toa Baja 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 Toa Baja 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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