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Rich County, Utah: environmental and disease records

Federal databases place 52 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (51), Solar power plant (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: 41.5723, -111.2381.

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 Rich County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
All cancer	New cases	361	453.4	0.8x	273.9 to 469.2	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 Rich 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	83.7	75.3	+11%	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.

Formaldehyde8.5 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.43 per million
Acetaldehyde0.57 per million
Pahpom0.39 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit51
Solar power plant1

Highest-severity records

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

Waters Edge Resort, Garden City
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071436827 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.8
Heritage Park, Garden City
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $875.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071847890 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.8
Waters Edge Condominiums, Garden City
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $850.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071661715 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Bear Lake Vistas, Garden City
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $600.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071815715 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Lochwood Esates, Garden City
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $690.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071877923 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Lochwood Estates Lot 75, Garden City
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $690.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071880542 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Bear Lake Marina Expansion, Garden City
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071943201 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.3
Rich County Landfill, Rich County
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110032596670 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Rich County Weed, Randolph
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110046338888 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Rich County Mosquito, Randolph
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110054107998 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Bear Lake Ready Mix, Garden City
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070048918 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Knight - Single Family Home, Pleasant View
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070707207 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Lot 6 Francis Farms, West Haven
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070708784 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Gravel, Garden City
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070709093 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Birch Creek Dam #1, Woodruff
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070711015 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Bear Lake Escape, Garden City
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070712112 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Garden City Water System Improvments, Garden City
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070712975 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
300 West Waterline, Garden City
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070713881 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Bear Lake Legacy Bike Path, Garden City
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070791424 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Bear Lake Rest Area Phase 2, Laketown
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070940280 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Udot Maintenance & Storm, Laketown
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070941218 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Paradise Parkway, Garden City
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070945871 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Bear Lake Escape - Vertical, Garden City
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071066706 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Butter Cup #4 - Elkridge, Garden City
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071076143 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Legacy Beach - Vertical, Garden City
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071077167 (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 Rich 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 Rich 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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