Pollution & Cleanup
Read this as a statewide screening list, not an address check. A site somewhere in Tennessee does not mean a given home is affected, and that distinction is the whole point. Tennessee's cleanup picture is shaped by a long manufacturing and industrial corridor presence along with chemical and energy-sector activity, which tends to cluster environmental concerns in particular areas rather than scatter them statewide. The Department of Environment and Conservation serves as the state-side partner to EPA's federal program. Treat what the public records show here as a prompt to look more closely when evaluating an address, not as the final word on it.
Superfund is a federal program, but cleanup in Tennessee runs as a partnership. The state-side partner is the Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), which works alongside EPA on listed sites and typically operates its own state remediation and voluntary-cleanup program for contaminated properties beyond the federal list. On how PFAS is handled at contaminated sites, Tennessee tends to lean on the federal framework rather than its own enforceable limit. So while Superfund names a federal process, the day-to-day state oversight has an address and a staff: TDEC.
From EPA's National Priorities List, filtered to sites with confirmed PFAS contamination. EPA's broader Superfund/SEMS inventory is larger and includes non-PFAS and assessment-stage sites.
| Site | Type / status |
|---|---|
| Memphis Defense Depot (Dla) | Federal · NPL: Final |
| Milan Army Ammunition Plant | Federal · NPL: Final |
Check Superfund sites near a specific Tennessee address →
VetMyAddress maps nearby EPA Superfund/NPL sites and grades the address A–F alongside its water, PFAS, flood, and air data.
No PFAS-confirmed Superfund sites showing for Tennessee is welcome, but treat it as good news with a caveat rather than a clean bill of health. The PFAS-confirmed flag is a narrow federal filter, and TDEC's wider site inventory tracks contamination this filter would miss. Let an address-level look fill in what a statewide list cannot.
A site appearing on this page means EPA has confirmed PFAS contamination at a National Priorities List Superfund site somewhere in Tennessee. It is a statewide screening list. It does not tell you the distance from any specific home, the exposure pathway, or whether the local drinking-water system is affected.
For a specific property, the things that actually matter are:
That address-level synthesis — nearest-site distance plus the home's full environmental profile in one A–F grade — is what the VetMyAddress report is for.
Superfund is a federal EPA program, but the Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) is the state-side partner. TDEC co-manages cleanup alongside EPA and runs Tennessee's own contaminated-site and voluntary-cleanup efforts for properties that fall outside the federal National Priorities List.
Federal Superfund sites in Tennessee are tracked on EPA's National Priorities List and reflected in the screening list above. A listing marks a site as a federal cleanup priority, not a judgment on any nearby home, and TDEC works with EPA on the cleanup work statewide.
Our curated EPA dataset lists 2 PFAS-confirmed Superfund (NPL) sites in Tennessee, including Memphis Defense Depot (Dla), Milan Army Ammunition Plant. EPA's full Superfund inventory (including non-PFAS and assessment-stage sites) is larger — a specific-address report checks all SEMS sites near the property.
Proximity is a starting point, not a verdict. Real-world impact depends on distance, the type of contamination, the exposure pathway (groundwater, soil, vapor), the home's water source, and the cleanup stage. A site two miles away marked 'construction complete' is very different from an active site next door.
Use VetMyAddress to see EPA Superfund/NPL sites near any Tennessee address, bundled with the home's drinking water, PFAS, flood zone, and air-quality data in a single plain-English A–F grade. EPA's own ECHO database (echo.epa.gov) is the free, official source if you prefer to dig through the raw records.
It means PFAS ('forever chemicals') have been documented in the contamination at that National Priorities List site. PFAS is persistent and can migrate through groundwater, so a confirmed PFAS site is worth pairing with the home's drinking-water and PFAS data to understand the exposure pathway.