Walker, AL

Low Risk (29/100)

Environmental data for Walker in Alabama

Walker, AL is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 14 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilityies, 0 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 29/100 (Low Risk), calibrated against national distributions for facility density, chemical release volume, Superfund concentration, and water-system health violations.

Industrial disclosures inside the county total 467.6K lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 0 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.

TRI Facilities
14
Water Systems
0
Superfund Sites
0
Total Releases
467.6K lbs

TRI Facilities (14)

# Facility Total Releases
1 Gorgas Steam Plant 435.4K lbs
2 Nelson Brothers LLC Parrish 12.3K lbs
3 Dyno Nobel Inc 6.4K lbs
4 Mar-Jac Poultry Al LLC 5.1K lbs
5 Nelson Brothers LLC - Samoset Facility 3.6K lbs
6 Sun Coast Resources LLC 3.6K lbs
7 Jasper Lumber LLC 555 lbs
8 Hixson Lumber Co LLC 176 lbs
9 Hayashi Telempu Na 136 lbs
10 Green Tree Shavings LLC 132 lbs
11 Southern Wood Chips LLC 119 lbs
12 Sherman Industries - Jasper Plant 0 lbs
13 Sherman Industries - Miller Plant 0 lbs
14 Pumpelly Oil Acquisitions LLC 0 lbs

Cities in Walker (4)

Jasper
Pop: —
8 facilities · 4 water
Cordova
Pop: —
1 facilities · 1 water
Nauvoo
Pop: —
1 facilities · 1 water
Parrish
Pop: —
3 facilities · 0 water

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the environmental risk level in Walker, Alabama?
Walker, AL has an environmental risk score of 29/100 (Low Risk), based on 14 TRI facilities, 0 Superfund sites, and 0 water systems on record. No water systems have current health-based violations. Source: EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL.
Are there Superfund sites in Walker?
No Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites are currently registered in Walker, AL in the EPA database.
How many toxic release facilities are in Walker?
Walker, AL has 14 TRI-reporting facilities on record with the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, with a combined total of 467.6K lbs in reported toxic releases. TRI facilities self-report annual chemical release data to the EPA.
What is the air quality in Walker?
Air quality monitoring data (EPA AQS) is not available for Walker, AL. This may indicate no EPA monitoring stations are located in the county. For regional air quality data, see the state environmental profile or visit PlainAirData.com.
Is the drinking water safe in Walker?
No EPA-regulated water systems are currently recorded for Walker, AL in the SDWIS database.
What environmental agencies cover Walker?
Environmental compliance in Walker, Alabama is overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the federal level and the Alabama 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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Data sourced from U.S. EPA environmental datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainEnviro Editorial