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Public environmental health records for water, air, land, infrastructure, incidents, and community indicators.
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Drinking water compliance, PFAS records, natural water body health, discharge permits, and water-quality monitoring records for Eugene.
Public water-system records for Eugene, OR from EPA SDWIS.
Eugene Water & Electric Board
No active drinking-water issues detected in EPA SDWIS.
Reviewed: active/open records as of Q1 2026
City listed in EPA records · Serves 176,000 people
Data from EPA SDWIS
Reviewed: source records as of Q1 2026
EPA UCMR5 — No PFAS detected in drinking water
Open data source: EPA UCMR5DoD PFAS — No military investigation sites nearby
Open data source: DoD PFASNo health-relevant impaired water body records surfaced within 10 km in EPA ATTAINS.
Data from EPA ATTAINS
NPDES permits regulate pollutant discharges into U.S. waterways. Facilities must report compliance quarterly.
Violation records
Last inspected: Dec 2025
Data from EPA ECHO
Reviewed: source records as of Jan 5005
Air quality data from EPA monitoring stations, facility emissions inventories, and area-level air-quality designations in this city.
Lane County
Reported: Dec 2020
EPA national average is ~30 per million
According to EPA, a cancer risk of 50-in-1-million means that for every 1 million people continuously exposed to these air toxics over a 70-year lifetime, an estimated 50 may develop cancer from that exposure. This is in addition to cancer risk from all other causes.
Top local emission sources
Data from EPA AirToxScreen
EPA designates an area as nonattainment when air quality does not meet federal health-based standards (NAAQS) for a specific pollutant.
Maintenance areas
Previously nonattainment; currently meeting the standard and monitored under an EPA maintenance plan.
Eugene-Springfield Area
CO · Carbon Monoxide (1971 Standard)
Classification: Not Classified
Original designation: Nov 1990
Lane County; Eugene/Springfield
PM10 · PM-10 (1987 Standard)
Classification: Moderate
Original designation: Nov 1990
Data from EPA Green Book
Saginaw - Delight Valley School Road (Sag)
Annual mean: 0.0 ppm · EPA standard: 0.07 ppm
Annual standard context: 1 exceedance day recorded in the reporting period
Reported: Mar 2026
Cottage Grove - City Shops (Cgc)
Annual mean: 6.1 μg/m³ · EPA standard: 9 μg/m³
Reported: Mar 2026
Eugene - Amazon Park (Amz)
Annual mean: 0.0 ppm · EPA standard: 0.07 ppm
Annual standard context: 1 exceedance day recorded in the reporting period
Reported: Mar 2026
Data from EPA AQS
Facilities regulated under the Clean Air Act. CAA HPV flags indicate serious noncompliance such as exceeding emission limits.
No facility records with active violation or noncompliance flags surfaced in EPA ECHO.
Reviewed: active/open records as of Q4 2025
Data from EPA ECHO
TRI releases are self-reported annual totals (calendar year 2024). Hover fugitive or stack for definitions.
Bakelite Chemicals LLC
Reported: 2024
Eugene Ewp Plant
Reported: 2024
Contaminated sites, waste facilities, cleanup records, and industrial operations in this city.
Sites listed on the National Priorities List (NPL) where releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances may endanger public health or the environment, as designated under CERCLA.
Open data source: Search EPA ECHO· 110000488295
Reported: Aug 2025
Brownfield sites are properties where redevelopment is complicated by the presence of hazardous substances.
Open data source: Search EPA ECHO1 site with active cleanup or investigation status
1059 Willamette Street, Eugene
Reported: Feb 2026
Facilities with hazardous-waste handler records under RCRA in the reviewed 5-mile city-center search area. Active handler status is separate from air, water, or other ECHO compliance violations, which are shown in their own sections.
Active RCRA handler records in the reviewed city search area
No underground storage tank records with active/open release status surfaced within 2 miles.
Data from EPA UST Finder
Reviewed: reporting year 2024
Sites regulated by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, including mines, sand and gravel operations, and portable crushers. Status and type are from the MSHA Mine Data Retrieval System. Records with active/intermittent status dates older than 5 years are shown as older records rather than current active sites.
No recently updated active or intermittent MSHA-regulated sites within 5 miles.
Reviewed: status dates within last 5 years
Data from MSHA
Lane County, OR
Reported: Mar 2026
Lane County is EPA Radon Zone 3 (low potential). EPA defines Zone 3 counties as having predicted average indoor screening levels below 2 pCi/L.
Radon levels can vary from home to home, so EPA recommends testing the property to know its indoor level.
Flood-map status, chemical accident risk, nuclear facilities, pipeline incidents, and community health indicators in this city.
Risk Management Program facilities handle extremely hazardous substances (e.g., chlorine, ammonia, propane). EPA requires these facilities to plan for worst-case chemical releases.
No facility records with recent chemical accidents surfaced for this property within the last five years.
Data from EPA ECHO
Reviewed: 2000-present
Health outcomes from County Health Rankings. Values shown alongside state and national averages.
Lane County, OregonPop. 382,353
Reported: Mar 2026
Premature Death
Poor or Fair Health
Poor Physical Health Days
Poor Mental Health Days
Adult Smoking
Adult Obesity
Air Pollution - Particulate Matter
Drinking Water Violations
Diabetes Prevalence
Life Expectancy
| Indicator | County | State | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premature Death | 7,414 | 6,705 | 7,972 |
| Poor or Fair Health | 15.2% | 14.2% | 14.2% |
| Poor Physical Health Days | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| Poor Mental Health Days | 5.8 | 5.4 | 4.8 |
| Adult Smoking | 14.4% | 12.7% | 15.0% |
| Adult Obesity | 34.9% | 30.6% | 34.0% |
| Air Pollution - Particulate Matter | 9.2 | 7.7 | 7.3 |
| Drinking Water Violations | 1 | 1 | N/A |
| Diabetes Prevalence | 9.0% | 8.3% | 9.6% |
| Life Expectancy | 77.9 | 78.7 | 77.6 |