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Villalba Municipio, Puerto Rico: environmental and disease records

County cancer statistics are not published for Villalba Municipio. Federal databases place 18 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (10), Small hazardous waste generator (2), Air permit holder (minor source) (1). 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: 18.1299, -66.4754.

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 Villalba 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: 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.

  • Formaldehyde14.09 per million
  • Ethylene Oxide9.33 per million
  • Carbon Tetrachloride2.75 per million
  • Benzene1.01 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

  • NPDES wastewater discharge permit10
  • Small hazardous waste generator2
  • Air permit holder (minor source)1
  • Brownfield property1
  • Gas station (mapped facility)1
  • Hydroelectric 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.

  1. Prasa Villalba Regional Wtp, Villalba

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110022858184 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.5

  2. Super Junker Bernird, Villalba

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070236155 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.5

  3. Former Farmers Cooperative Can Plant, Villalba

    Brownfield property.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110044759561 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record

    Severity 3

  4. Medtronic Pr Inc, Villalba

    Small hazardous waste generator. Penalties $117,998.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110007805107 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 2.5

  5. Medtronic Pr Inc, Villalba

    Air permit holder (minor source). Penalties $117,998.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110007805107 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 2

  6. Prasa Aceitunas Wtp, Villalba

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110064602363 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 2

  7. Planta de Tratamiento de Villalba, Villalba

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

    Record ID way/1143725419 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record

    Severity 2

  8. Prasa Apeadero Filtration Plnt, Villalba

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110009814629 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  9. Prasa Villalba Wtp, Villalba

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110013696394 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  10. Medtronic Puerto Rico Operations Co Neuro, Villalba

    Small hazardous waste generator.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110044931081 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  11. Villalba, Villalba

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110055166449 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  12. Prasa Villalba Regional (Pump Station) Wtp, Villalba

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110064623046 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  13. Medtronic Puerto Rico Operations Co., Villalba

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070201707 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  14. Rehabilitation Of JagãœEyes Water Treatment Plant, Villalba

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID x27b8aa059c812ed034da4d04fab7aaca (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  15. Rehabilitation Of JagãœEyes Water Treatment Plant, Villalba

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID x62bfe96078cb729c05c5758569f9aae9 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  16. Junker Bernird

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

    Record ID way/1243652139 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record

    Severity 1

  17. Fuel Station

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

    Record ID way/1543097584 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record

    Severity 1

  18. Toro Negro, Villalba

    Hydroelectric plant.

    Record ID 61231 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

    Severity 0.5

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 Villalba 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 Villalba 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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