Copiah County, MS
The federal environmental record for Copiah County (population 27,664): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
21
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Copiah 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)
5 facilities in Copiah filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 769k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANDERSON FARMS LLC | HAZLEHURST | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 769k lb |
| DG FOODS LLC | HAZLEHURST | Peracetic acid | 250 lb |
| HITACHI ENERGY USA INC. | CRYSTAL SPRINGS | Manganese, Copper | 135 lb |
| WESTLAKE COMPOUNDS LLC | HAZLEHURST | - | 0 lb |
| SANDERSON FARMS LLC | HAZLEHURST | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 114 tank facilities in Copiah: 112 tanks in service and 228 closed. 44 fuel releases are on record, of which 21 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Copiah as Zone 3, the lowest predicted indoor radon (under 2 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 Copiah, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BFEL INDEMNITOR INC, POTTER PRODUCTION FACILITYWESSON
- COPIAH CNTY MANUFACTURING COHAZLEHURST