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San Juan County, Washington: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in San Juan County is 113.9 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 80 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (42), Public airport (13), Gas station (mapped facility) (11). 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: 48.5379, -123.081.

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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 San Juan County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	41.7	23.8	1.75xSignificant	30.9 to 55.8	2019-2023
Liver & bile duct	New cases	10.7	8.7	1.23x	5.5 to 19.8	2019-2023
Leukemia	New cases	15.8	14.5	1.09x	8.7 to 27	2019-2023
Thyroid	New cases	13.7	13	1.05x	6.9 to 24.9	2019-2023
All cancer	New cases	468.9	453.4	1.03x	432.8 to 507.9	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	17	18.5	0.92x	10.4 to 27.2	2019-2023
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	15.1	17.9	0.84x	9.8 to 23.7	2019-2023
Bladder	New cases	15.6	18.7	0.83x	10.7 to 23.7	2019-2023
Pancreas	New cases	11.4	13.9	0.82x	6.2 to 20.4	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	113.9	143.2	0.8x	98.6 to 132	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	20.8	30.2	0.69x	15.1 to 29.6	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	New cases	27.4	51.8	0.53x	20.7 to 37.1	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 San Juan County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	3,315.3	9,842.6	-66%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	87.4	75.3	+16%	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	69.3	96.9	-28%	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.

Formaldehyde10.69 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride3.03 per million
Benzene1.47 per million
Acetaldehyde1.43 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit42
Public airport13
Gas station (mapped facility)11
Airfield4
Wastewater plant (mapped facility)3
Commercial airport2
Heliport2
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)1
Brownfield property1
Large hazardous waste generator1

Highest-severity records

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

Albert Jensen And Sons Inc, Friday Harbor
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010910611 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.8
West Sound Marina Inc, Orcas
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110005383986 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Eastsound Orcas Village Wwtp, Orcas
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006684819 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Friday Harbor Stp, Friday Harbor
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006685024 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Eastsound Sewer And Water District Wwtp, Eastsound
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009764120 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Islands Marine Center, Lopez Island
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009766565 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Fisherman Bay Stp, Lopez Island
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010135889 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
San Juan County Orcas Island Lagoons, Eastsound
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110013954202 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Reed Brothers Shipyard, Orcas
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110015531174 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Rouleau Quarry, Friday Harbor
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110015539247 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Friday Harbor Airport Access Rd Etc, Friday Harbor
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110015551632 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Deer Harbor Boatworks, Eastsound
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110015567607 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Rosario Resort, Eastsound
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110017942930 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
San Juan Island Transfer Station, Friday Harbor
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110040122989 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Roche Harbor Resort Wwtp, Friday Harbor
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110040464315 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Roche Harbor Marine, Friday Harbor
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110041308536 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Richard Lawson Const Ready Mix, Friday Harbor
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110054914269 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Roche Harbor Master Planned Resort, Roche Harbor
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110055008584 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Lopez Island Maintenance Shop, Lopez Is
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070144126 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Albert Jensen And Sons Inc, Friday Harbor
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010910611 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Mike Carlson Enterprises Inc, Friday Harbor
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $53,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006684123 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.8
Lopez Sand And Gravel, Lopez Island
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010903451 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.8
Friends Of Lopez Island Pool, Lopez Island
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071180221 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Emmerling Lake - Lake Treatment, Unspecified
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071205063 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Albert Jensen And Sons Inc, Friday Harbor
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010910611 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3

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 San Juan County

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