Lawrence County, MO
The federal environmental record for Lawrence County (population 38,872): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
5
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
8
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syntex Facility | Verona | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Lawrence 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)
3 facilities in Lawrence filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 12k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCP INGREDIENTS INC. | VERONA | Ethylene glycol, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 9k lb |
| PHILLIPS 66 MT VERNON PRODUCTS TERMINAL | MOUNT VERNON | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 3k lb |
| TYSON POULTRY INC | AURORA | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 106 tank facilities in Lawrence: 45 tanks in service and 240 closed. 41 fuel releases are on record, of which 8 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Lawrence 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 Lawrence, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BALDWIN PARK DUMPAURORA
- DENNEY FARMAURORA
- SPRING RIVER BASIN SUBSITE (SYNTEX)VERONA
- SYNTEX FACILITYVERONA
- U S E P A MOBILE INCINERATION SYSTEMVERONA