Cape Girardeau County, MO
The federal environmental record for Cape Girardeau County (population 82,984): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
12
TRI facilities
14
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kem-Pest Laboratories | Cape Girardeau | deleted | 10/04/1989 |
| Missouri Electric Works | Cape Girardeau | on the NPL | 02/21/1990 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Cape Girardeau with at least one PFAS detection under UCMR5. The federal limit for PFOA and PFOS is 4 ng/L; EPA proposed in May 2026 to rescind the limits for the other compounds, which are shown for information.
| System | Highest results | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| CAPE GIRARDEAU PWS MO4010136 | PFBA: 12.6 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
12 facilities in Cape Girardeau filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.6M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIDWEST STERILIZATION CORP | JACKSON | Ethylene glycol, Ethylene oxide | 824k lb |
| BUZZI UNICEM USA-CAPE GIRARDEAU | CAPE GIRARDEAU | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Xylene (mixed isomers) | 402k lb |
| BIOKYOWA INC | CAPE GIRARDEAU | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 317k lb |
| MONDI JACKSON LLC. | JACKSON | N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 24k lb |
| QC CORP | CAPE GIRARDEAU | Zinc compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 11k lb |
| LEGGETT & PLATT INC | CAPE GIRARDEAU | Zinc compounds, Thiram | 2k lb |
| MID SOUTH STEEL PRODUCTS | CAPE GIRARDEAU | Manganese | 315 lb |
| NLC INC | JACKSON | Lead | 53 lb |
| SAFETY-KLEEN SYSTEMS CAPE GIRARDEAU (CAP) | CAPE GIRARDEAU | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Ethylene glycol | 13 lb |
| GREENBRIER CENTRAL LLC | JACKSON | Chromium, Manganese | 5 lb |
| THE PROCTER & GAMBLE PAPER PRODUCTS CO | JACKSON | Lead, Mercury | 4 lb |
| SEMO READY MIX - JACKSON | JACKSON | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 271 tank facilities in Cape Girardeau: 114 tanks in service and 587 closed. 86 fuel releases are on record, of which 14 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Cape Girardeau 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 Cape Girardeau, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- KEM-PEST LABORATORIESCAPE GIRARDEAU
- MISSOURI UTILITIES CO - CAPE GIRARDEAUCAPE GIRARDEAU