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Piute County, Utah: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Piute County is 140.6 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 15 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (11), Gas station (mapped facility) (3), Public airport (1). EPA AirToxScreen estimates a lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics of 10 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: 38.3278, -112.093.

How this county ranks in Utah

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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 Piute County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
All cancer	Deaths	140.6	143.2	0.98x	81.7 to 236.6	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	355.6	453.4	0.78x	247.1 to 502	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 Piute 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: 10 in a million. EPA treats 100 in a million as the upper end of acceptable risk and 1 in a million as the goal.

Formaldehyde7.82 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.34 per million
Acetaldehyde0.43 per million
Pahpom0.23 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit11
Gas station (mapped facility)3
Public airport1

Highest-severity records

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

Junction, Junction
Public airport. O.
Record ID U13 (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Junction To Marysville, Marysville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110043748031 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Piute County Utah, Junction
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110054107952 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Leorah Springs Lot 26, Springville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071377495 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Richfield City 500 North/100 East Reconstruction, Richfield
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071426279 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Piute County, Junction
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071524938 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Piute Substation, Junction
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071540298 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Fl066 Pine Creek Crossing, Circleville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071823617 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Kingston Town Spring Redevelopment, Kingston
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071995883 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Marysvale Elementary, Marysvale
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072000869 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Circleville Elementary School, Circleville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072002201 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Mccormick, Eagle Mountain
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID x448e1c2c78c2a6d7b0a7e1629ce7ae66 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Fuel Station
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID node/9923426641 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Phillips 66
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/1068373436 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Sinclair
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/324977162 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1

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 Piute County

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