Lamar County, MS
The federal environmental record for Lamar County (population 66,217): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
24
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Lamar 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)
2 facilities in Lamar filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 45k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARDY TECHNOLOGIES LLC | LUMBERTON | Methanol, Lead | 44k lb |
| RAIN CII CARBON LLC-PURVIS CALCINING PLANT | PURVIS | Vanadium compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds | 754 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 118 tank facilities in Lamar: 144 tanks in service and 219 closed. 48 fuel releases are on record, of which 24 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Lamar 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 Lamar, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BAXTERVILLE MERCURY SPILLBAXTERVILLE
- BIG BAY LAKE DAM COLLAPSEPURVIS
- BILBO ROAD MERCURYLUMBERTON
- DAVIS TIMBER COMPANYHATTIESBURG