Perry County, IL
The federal environmental record for Perry County (population 20,503): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
4
TRI facilities
17
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Perry with at least one PFAS detection under UCMR5. The federal limit for PFOA and PFOS is 4 ng/L; EPA proposed in May 2026 to rescind the limits for the other compounds, which are shown for information.
| System | Highest results | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| DUQUOIN IL1450100 | PFBA: 5.8 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
4 facilities in Perry filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 44k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRYSMIAN CABLES & SYSTEMS USA LLC | DU QUOIN | Lead And Lead Compounds, Acetophenone | 29k lb |
| ILLINOIS MPP CORP | DU QUOIN | Zinc compounds, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 15k lb |
| COOPER B-LINE INC PINCKNEYVILLE ILLINOIS | PINCKNEYVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| DUQUOIN LUBRICANTS BLENDING & PACKAGING DIV | DU QUOIN | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 69 tank facilities in Perry: 25 tanks in service and 171 closed. 63 fuel releases are on record, of which 17 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Perry as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 4 pCi/L average). Radon and air quality are covered in depth on lung.com.
The record for one specific address
County figures blur what matters: distance. The Address Environmental Report runs these same federal datasets against one address and reports every site, tank, polluter and water result around it, with distances, in about a minute.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Perry, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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