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Venango, PA

Moderate Risk (50/100)

A PlainEnviro-computed score from reported facility/violation counts, not an official EPA rating, health forecast, or population-adjusted rate. See methodology. This is a different measure than the EJ Screening score for this county, which ranks it by percentile against every other tracked county rather than against fixed national thresholds.

Environmental data for Venango in Pennsylvania · Population: 50,096

Venango, PA is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 16 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 20 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 50/100 (Moderate Risk), calibrated against national distributions for facility density, chemical release volume, Superfund concentration, and water-system health violations.

Industrial disclosures inside the county total 4.3M lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 6 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. No EPA Air Quality System monitors currently report data for this county.

All figures below draw directly from federal EPA records, TRI self-reported emissions, SDWIS compliance history, NPL Hazard Ranking System scores, and AQS daily AQI summaries, and are not adjusted, weighted, or forecast. A past violation or elevated score does not itself indicate current unsafe conditions; it documents the regulatory and disclosure history publicly filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the most recent reporting cycle.

Population
50,096
TRI Facilities
16
Water Systems
20
Superfund Sites
0
Total Releases
4.3M lbs

Water Systems (20)

System Population Violations
OIL CITY 9,608 0
GENERAL AUTHORITY OF FRANKLIN 8,600 3
TITUSVILLE MUNICIPAL WATER 6,146 0
SENECA & CRANBERRY MALL DIST 4,500 0
SANDYCREEK TWP WATERWORKS 2,417 0
CORNPLANTER TOWNSHIP 1,835 0
POLK CENTER 1,058 38
SUGARCREEK BOROUGH 1,000 0
PLEASANTVILLE BOROUGH WATER 846 0
CLINTONVILLE BORO WTP 557 0
ROUSEVILLE MUN WATERWORKS 523 2
WOODLAND HEIGHTS DIST 480 0
KENNERDELL NORTH WATER SYSTEM 412 0
SUGAR CREEK CARE CENTER 356 0
SAGE RUN DIST 205 0
ROCKY RIDGE VILLAGE 150 0
COUNTRY ESTATES MHP 90 1
D AND S ESTATES 61 0
COUNTRY ACRES PERSONAL CARE 35 7
AMES TRAILER COURT 34 3

TRI Facilities (16)

# Facility Total Releases
1 Scrubgrass Generating Plant 2.9M lbs
2 Am Stabilizers Corp 933.9K lbs
3 Electralloy 225.8K lbs
4 Franklin Investment Corp. 86.6K lbs
5 Webco Industries Inc. Oil City Tube Div 73.7K lbs
6 Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC Oil City Plant 40.7K lbs
7 Borchers Americas Inc. 38.0K lbs
8 Sms Group Inc 23.8K lbs
9 Latrobe Specialty Metals - Sandy Creek 3.7K lbs
10 Specialty Fabrication & Powder Coating LLC 2.5K lbs
11 Joy Global Underground Mining LLC 2.1K lbs
12 Specialty Fabrication & Powder Coating LLC 2.0K lbs
13 Webco Industries Inc. - Reno Div 1.7K lbs
14 Franklin Precision Castings 864 lbs
15 Matric Ltd 11 lbs
16 Conair Group Inc 0 lbs

Cities in Venango (5)

Oil City
Pop: -
5 facilities · 2 water
Franklin
Pop: -
8 facilities · 6 water
Seneca
Pop: -
1 facilities · 3 water
Reno
Pop: -
1 facilities · 0 water
Kennerdell
Pop: -
1 facilities · 2 water

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the environmental risk level in Venango, Pennsylvania? ▼
Venango, PA has an environmental risk score of 50/100 (Moderate Risk), based on 16 TRI facilities, 0 Superfund sites, and 20 water systems on record. 6 water systems have health-based violations. Source: EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL.
Are there Superfund sites in Venango? ▼
No Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites are currently registered in Venango, PA in the EPA database.
How many toxic release facilities are in Venango? ▼
Venango, PA has 16 TRI-reporting facilities on record with the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, with a combined total of 4.3M lbs in reported toxic releases. TRI facilities self-report annual chemical release data to the EPA.
What is the air quality in Venango? ▼
Air quality monitoring data (EPA AQS) is not available for Venango, PA. This may indicate no EPA monitoring stations are located in the county. For regional air quality data, see the state environmental profile or visit EPA's AirNow.gov.
Is the drinking water safe in Venango? ▼
Venango, PA has 20 EPA-regulated water systems. 6 systems have reported health-based violations (MCL exceedances). A past violation does not necessarily mean water is currently unsafe. For current water quality, contact your local water utility. Source: EPA SDWIS.
What environmental agencies cover Venango? ▼
Environmental compliance in Venango, Pennsylvania is overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the federal level and the Pennsylvania state environmental agency. Facilities report to the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, water systems are regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act, and contaminated sites are managed under the Superfund program. Contact your state environmental agency for local concerns.

What does this county environmental profile show?

This county environmental profile rolls up EPA Toxics Release Inventory facility reports, Safe Drinking Water Information System public-water-system filings, and Superfund National Priorities List sites for the county boundary defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Facility counts reflect facilities with a reporting address inside the county, not where downstream environmental effects may be observed. Population figures are from the most recent Census ACS 5-year estimate. The county detail page is updated whenever the upstream EPA programs publish revised data; see the methodology page for the documented ingest cadence and the editorial choices governing how aggregations are computed.

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