Scott County, MS
The federal environmental record for Scott County (population 27,507): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
7
TRI facilities
16
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Scott 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)
7 facilities in Scott filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 779k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| TYSON FARMS INC. | FOREST | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Hydrogen sulfide | 617k lb |
| PECO FOODS INC - SEBASTOPOL PROCESSING | SEBASTOPOL | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Hydrogen sulfide | 158k lb |
| TYSON FARMS INC. - FOREST MS T2 | FOREST | Peracetic acid | 3k lb |
| RTX CORP (RAYTHEON) | FOREST | Lead | 61 lb |
| KOCH FOODS OF MISSISSIPPI LLC | FOREST | - | 0 lb |
| KOCH FARMS OF MISSISSIPPI MORTON FEED MILL | MORTON | - | 0 lb |
| KOCH FOODS OF MISSISSIPPI LLC | MORTON | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 131 tank facilities in Scott: 102 tanks in service and 281 closed. 38 fuel releases are on record, of which 16 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Scott 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 Scott, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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