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Community Report for MONROE County, TN All data are the latest available from government sources as processed and interpreted by our scientists and computer experts. 30,541 people in MONROE County face a cancer risk more than 100 times the goal set by the Clean Air Act. In 1996, this county ranked 36 out of 95 counties in the state in terms of emissions of carbon monoxide. 18 % of surface waters in MONROE County have beneficial uses which are impaired or threatened. The leading sources of water quality problems are Agriculture and Contaminated Sediments. EPA has determined that 1 of 3 watershed(s) in your county has more serious water quality problems. Superfund sites are hazardous waste sites that US EPA has listed as national priorities for cleanup. No waste sites in MONROE County are on the National Priority List. In 1998, this county ranked among the second highest 20% of all counties in the US in terms of total environmental releases from manufacturing facilities. The following companies reported the largest environmental releases to EPA's Toxic Release Inventory: SEA RAY BOATS INC., VONORE TENNESSEE WATERCRAFT INC., VONORE MASTERCRAFT BOAT CO., VONORE The following chemicals were released in the largest quantity: STYRENE METHYL METHACRYLATE 1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE |