Pollution in Hamilton County, Tennessee

Hamilton County contains 578 EPA-regulated facilities, 3 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 1 Superfund sites and 59 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $7.6M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 184.7k lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the Tennessee state average of 80 per county.