Jackson County, MS
The federal environmental record for Jackson County (population 146,389): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
8
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
12
TRI facilities
124
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Phosphates Corporation | Pascagoula | on the NPL | 01/18/2018 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Jackson 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)
12 facilities in Jackson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 2.7M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHEVRON PRODUCTS CO PASCAGOULA REFINERY | PASCAGOULA | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 2.0M lb |
| MISSISSIPPI POWER CO - PLANT DANIEL | MOSS POINT | Ammonia, Barium And Barium Compounds | 232k lb |
| INGALLS SHIPBUILDING PASCAGOULA OPERATIONS | PASCAGOULA | n-Butyl alcohol, Methanol | 191k lb |
| ENTERPRISE GAS PROCESSING LLC PASCAGOULA GAS PROCESSING PLA | MOSS POINT | Benzene, n-Hexane | 132k lb |
| BOLLINGER MISSISSIPPI REPAIR LLC | PASCAGOULA | Zinc (fume or dust), Xylene (mixed isomers) | 53k lb |
| B & D PLASTICS | OCEAN SPRINGS | Styrene | 21k lb |
| ROLLS-ROYCE NAVAL MARINE INC | PASCAGOULA | Copper, Nickel | 18k lb |
| OMEGA PROTEIN INC MOSS POINT | MOSS POINT | Ammonia | 15k lb |
| AZZ GALVANIZING SERVICES-MOSS POINT | MOSS POINT | Zinc compounds, Lead | 11k lb |
| AIRGAS SPECIALTY PRODUCTS - MOSS POINT MS | MOSS POINT | Ammonia | 2k lb |
| BOLLINGER MISSISSIPPI SHIPBUILDING LLC | PASCAGOULA | Manganese, Chromium | 181 lb |
| MMC MATERIALS GULF COAST LLC - PASCAGOULA | PASCAGOULA | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 316 tank facilities in Jackson: 344 tanks in service and 617 closed. 217 fuel releases are on record, of which 124 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Jackson 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 Jackson, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- FIRST CHEMICAL CORPPASCAGOULA
- GAUTIER OIL CO., INC.GAUTIER
- JACKSON COUNTY PESTICIDE SITEPASCAGOULA
- MISSISSIPPI PHOSPHATES CORP.PASCAGOULA
- PASCAGOULA NAVAL STATIONPASCAGOULA
- PORT OF PASCAGOULAPASCAGOULA
- STOKES CLEANERSPASCAGOULA
- T & N FEED AND HARDWAREOCEAN SPRINGS