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What can't be posted about Cookeville's worst case chemical-spill scenario?

EPA's list of who uses -- and spills --
hazardous materials in Cookeville

Reporting Year: 1998

These are the toxic polluters in Cookeville¹ This is a summary detail report -- a list of hits. If, instead, you would rather have all of the TRI data in your search in one file so that you can download it easily, choose this High detail link.
 

 

What has your government done to protect you?

Facility Name	City	State	Total Releases	Total Waste
DELBAR PRODS., COOKEVILLE	COOKEVILLE	TN	59,700	105,100
EASTERN FOAM PRODS. INC.	COOKEVILLE	TN	0	0
FIXTUR-WORLD INC.	COOKEVILLE	TN	4,487	4,487
FLEETGUARD INC.	COOKEVILLE	TN	1,450	19,700
FLOWSERVE CORP. COOKEVILLE OPERATION	COOKEVILLE	TN	46	136,057
HARRIS METALS CO. L.L.C.	COOKEVILLE	TN	750	900
IDENTITY GROUP INC.	COOKEVILLE	TN	268	84,298
ROBERTSHAW TENNESSEE	COOKEVILLE	TN	100,070	104,093
Total			166,771	454,635

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•  Cookeville is among the Cleanest/Best Zip Codes in US based on Air releases of suspected carcinogens.

 
• Cookeville is closer to the Dirtiest/Worst Zip Codes in US in every other environmental category.

 

 

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See how this zip code ranks on other chemical release and waste management attributes tracked by Scorecard

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*Note: These rankings are based on chemical releases and transfers reported by manufacturing facilities to the Toxics Release Inventory, and do not take into account major sources of pollution or toxic chemicals that are not covered by TRI.

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