Lee County, MS
The federal environmental record for Lee County (population 82,799): 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
18
TRI facilities
42
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Lee 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)
18 facilities in Lee filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 417k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO | TUPELO | Zinc compounds, Cobalt compounds | 273k lb |
| SOUTH ATLANTIC GALVANIZING | SHANNON | Zinc compounds, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 74k lb |
| WEST FRASER US EWP LLC | GUNTOWN | Methanol, Formaldehyde | 33k lb |
| HUNTER DOUGLAS TUPELO CENTER | SHANNON | 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 15k lb |
| AFI - VERONA | TUPELO | Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) | 10k lb |
| GENERAL ATOMICS EMS TUPELO DIV | SHANNON | Zinc (fume or dust), Lead | 10k lb |
| FXI INC. - BALDWYN | BALDWYN | Diisocyanates, Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) | 775 lb |
| ELITE COMFORT SOLUTIONS - VERONA | SHANNON | Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers), Diisocyanates | 323 lb |
| FUTURE FOAM INC. | TUPELO | Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) | 243 lb |
| AUTO PARTS MANUFACTURING MISSISSIPPI INC | GUNTOWN | Nitric acid, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 191 lb |
| MTD CONSUMER GROUP INC - TUPELO FACILITY | VERONA | Manganese, Copper | 59 lb |
| CARPENTER CO | VERONA | Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) | 38 lb |
| RENIN US LLC | TUPELO | Lead compounds | 37 lb |
| FXI INC. - TUPELO | VERONA | Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers), Diisocyanates | 19 lb |
| SYNTRON MATERIAL HANDLING LLC | SALTILLO | Manganese, Chromium | 19 lb |
| SANDMAN BEDDING LLC | TUPELO | Diisocyanates | 3 lb |
| APAC-MISSISSIPPI INC. TUPELO ASPHALT PLANT | TUPELO | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds | 1 lb |
| B & B CONCRETE CO INC TUPELO DIV | TUPELO | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 365 tank facilities in Lee: 324 tanks in service and 760 closed. 120 fuel releases are on record, of which 42 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Lee 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 Lee, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- FERNANDEZ MINK OIL DRUMS TUPELOTUPELO
- FERNANDEZ MINK OIL DRUMS VERONAVERONA