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Pepin County, Wisconsin: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Pepin County is 132.5 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 48 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (17), Rail grade crossing (15), Gas station (mapped facility) (9). 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: 44.5444, -92.0876.

How this county ranks in Wisconsin

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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 Pepin 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	30.8	23.8	1.29x	16.4 to 53.5	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	132.5	143.2	0.93x	104 to 167.8	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	413.6	453.4	0.91x	358.7 to 475.4	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	24.9	30.2	0.82x	14.1 to 42.7	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	New cases	36.6	51.8	0.71x	22.7 to 57.6	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 Pepin County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	5,546.1	9,842.6	-44%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	81.8	75.3	+9%	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	81.9	96.9	-16%	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.

Formaldehyde14.39 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.98 per million
Acetaldehyde1.42 per million
Benzene1.18 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit17
Rail grade crossing15
Gas station (mapped facility)9
Public airport5
Heliport1
Scrapyard (mapped facility)1

Highest-severity records

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

Weiss Family Farms Inc, Lima, Town Of
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110041249798 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Marshland Acres Inc, Lima, Town Of
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110042391943 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Durand Wwtp, Durand City
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110039718142 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Arkansaw Wastewater Treatment Facility, Arkansaw
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010884454 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.3
Pepin Wastewater Treatment Facility, Pepin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010888833 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2
Eau Galle Cheese Factory Llc, Eau Galle
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110016853029 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Durand Salvage & Recycling, Waterville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070940380 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Wis Dot - 7120-02-03, Durand
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071075862 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Northern Natural Gas, Waterville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071143068 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Durand-Arkansaw School District Site, Durand
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071143260 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Musetta Real Estate Llc Site, Pepin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071143604 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Robert Komro, Lima
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071143991 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Pepin County Site, Waterville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071147507 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
German Valley Heifers Site, Albany
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071148280 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Weiss Family Farms, Inc. Site, Lima
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071180368 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Kwik Trip, Inc Site, Durand
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071202158 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Durand Dg, Llc. Site, Durand
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071358204 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Timme Inc, Pepin
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 079959C (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
Smith Lake La, Pepin
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 079960W (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
First St, Pepin
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 079961D (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
Lake St, Pepin
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 079962K (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
Lakeport Rd, Pepin
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 079984K (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
Deer Island Rd, Pepin
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 079986Y (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
Private, Stockholm
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 079988M (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3
Private, Stockholm
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 079989U (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.3

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 Pepin County

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