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St. John Island, United States Virgin Islands: environmental and disease records

County cancer statistics are not published for St. John Island. Federal databases place 29 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (18), Air permit holder (minor source) (8), Major air pollution source (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: 18.3354, -64.755.

How this county ranks in United States Virgin Islands

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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 United States Virgin Islands 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 St. John Island
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.

Formaldehyde9.31 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.82 per million
Benzene0.79 per million
Acetaldehyde0.37 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit18
Air permit holder (minor source)8
Major air pollution source1
EPA air quality monitor1
Hazardous waste transporter1

Highest-severity records

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

George Simmonds Potw, St John
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110039725571 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Joseph John Markus Trust, St. John
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110043749307 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Calabash Boom Housing, St John
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110038453134 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Donald Sussman, St John
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110045497084 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.8
Vi Water & Power Authority (St John), St John
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010408558 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Vi Water & Power Authority (St John), St John
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010408558 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Virgin Islands National Park, St. John
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071375840 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Hyatt Regcy/Vi Grand Bch Htl, St John
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110038107189 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.8
Westin Resort, St John
Air permit holder (minor source).
EPA FRS registry ID 110022879312 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Hyatt Regcy/Vi Grand Bch Htl, St John
Air permit holder (minor source).
EPA FRS registry ID 110038107189 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.3
Susannaberg Transfer Station, St. John
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071297365 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.8
U.S. Virgin Islands National Park, St John
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110007328980 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Susannaberg Landfill, St John
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110028225882 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Pond Bay Club, St John
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110040082344 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Virgin Islands National Park, St. John
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110040082406 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Bordeaux Mountains, St John
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110045497100 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
No. 481 Estate Chocolate Hole, St John
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110045497164 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Virgin Developers Llc, St. John
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070215277 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Guy H. Benjamin School Potw, St. John
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070687408 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Lind Point Housing And Resource Management And Science Facility, St. John
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070916885 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Cruz Bay Visitor Center, St. John
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071426954 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Majestic Const Inc, St John
Air permit holder (minor source).
EPA FRS registry ID 110001915054 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1
U.S. Virgin Islands National Park, St John
Air permit holder (minor source).
EPA FRS registry ID 110007328980 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1
Caneel Bay Inc., St John
Air permit holder (minor source).
EPA FRS registry ID 110007328999 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1
Turner International, Turner Caribe, St John
Air permit holder (minor source).
EPA FRS registry ID 110010408816 (U.S. EPA ECHO) 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 St. John Island

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