Cass County, IA
The federal environmental record for Cass County (population 13,130): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
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federal cleanup sites
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PFAS-detecting water systems
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TRI facilities
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open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCE Former Dry Cleaner | Atlantic | on the NPL | 04/07/2016 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Cass reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
3 facilities in Cass filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 101k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELITE OCTANE LLC | ATLANTIC | Formic acid, Acetaldehyde | 64k lb |
| MAHLE ENGINE COMPONENTS USA INC | ATLANTIC | Lead compounds, Copper compounds | 37k lb |
| CENTRAL IOWA READY MIX | ATLANTIC | Lead | 198 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 110 tank facilities in Cass: 46 tanks in service and 266 closed. 49 fuel releases are on record, of which 4 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Cass as Zone 1, the highest predicted indoor radon levels (over 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 Cass, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- PCE CHESTNUT STREETATLANTIC
- PCE FORMER DRY CLEANERATLANTIC