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Kent County, Texas: environmental and disease records

Federal databases place 40 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (15), Large hazardous waste generator (13), Public airport (3). 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: 33.1608, -100.7781.

How this county ranks in Texas

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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.

Cancer rates for Kent County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
All cancer	New cases	320.5	453.4	0.71x	187.2 to 529.5	2019-2023

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 Kent County
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: 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.

Formaldehyde14.7 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.76 per million
Acetaldehyde1.02 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

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit15
Large hazardous waste generator13
Public airport3
Small hazardous waste generator3
Wind power plant2
Scrapyard (mapped facility)2
Major air pollution source1
TRI reporting facility1

Highest-severity records

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

Salt Creek Field Gas Plant, Clairemont
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070118129 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.8
Salt Creek Gas Plant, Clairemont
Major air pollution source. Penalties $52,650.
EPA FRS registry ID 110007197158 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Bp Exploration And Production - West Sirius - Green Canyon 627, Offshore
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110069638994 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Hercules Offshore Inc 264, Offshore
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110069639056 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Shell Offshore Inc - Brazos Block 19, Offshore
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110069639065 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Thunder Hawk Offshore Platform Ms Canyon Block 736, Offshore
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110069639109 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Chevron Usa Inc - South Timbalier Block 52 A, Offshore
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110069639145 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Hercules Offshore Inc 300, Offshore
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110069639154 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Hercules Offshore Inc 350, Offshore
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110069639163 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Hercules Offshore Inc 263, Offshore
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110069639172 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Hercules Offshore Inc 201, Offshore
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110069639181 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Hercules Offshore 173, Offshore
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110069639190 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Hercules Offshore Inc 205, Offshore
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110069639207 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Hercules Offshore 150, Offshore
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110069639216 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Chevron Usa - Vopsca Knoll Block 900 A, Offshore
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110069639225 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Kent County, Jayton
Public airport. O.
Record ID 22F (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Sun Oil Co R P Ricker -E-, Reagan County
Small hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110008138595 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Sun Oil Co League 91 Project, Cochran County
Small hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110008138906 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Sun Oil Co Wright-C-Oil Facility, Cochran County
Small hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110008139754 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
City Of Longview Ms4, City Of Longview
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110064785148 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Galveston County Mud 44 Ms4, City Of League City
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110067234567 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Residental Concrete Pavemet Repair Zone 17, Plani
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070356773 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Lake Crest Estates, Forth Worth
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070358388 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Dermott Wind Farm, Snyder
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070361713 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Wandering Oaks, Rockort
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070364377 (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 Kent County

Texas state 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 Kent County, and their findings.
Texas vital statistics office
Death certificate counts by cause of death and residence tract or ZIP code, and the years behind the mortality measures above.
Texas health department, environmental epidemiology
Health consultations or assessments by ATSDR or the state health department covering the county, and any exposure investigations.
Texas 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.
Texas 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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