Pollution in Mississippi

Mississippi hosts 9 Superfund cleanup sites, 351 facilities reporting to EPA's Toxic Release Inventory, and 217 facilities currently in significant noncompliance with federal environmental laws. EPA has assessed $78.9M in lifetime penalties across these facilities, and TRI reporters released roughly 45.5M pounds of regulated chemicals on-site in the latest reporting year. The single largest on-site releaser is Chemours Delisle Plant in Pass Christian, reporting 10.9M lb to EPA.

Superfund Sites9NPL
TRI Facilities351active reporters
Significant Violators217current SNC
Total Penalties$78.9Mlifetime

Superfund sites in Mississippi

SiteCityStatus
American Creosote Works Inc LouisvilleLouisvilleReady for anticipated reuse
Chemfax IncGulfportReady for anticipated reuse
Hercules IncHattiesburgListed on NPL
Kerr Mcgee Chemical Corp ColumbusColumbusCleanup underway
Mississippi Phosphates CorporationPascagoulaListed on NPL
Picayune Wood Treating SitePicayuneConstruction complete
Rockwell International Wheel TrimGrenadaListed on NPL
Sonford ProductsFlowoodCleanup underway
Southeastern Wood PreservingCantonCleanup underway

Largest Mississippi releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)
Chemours Delisle PlantPass Christian10.9M
Tronox Llc, Hamilton FacilityHamilton10.1M
Georgia Pacific Wfs LlcNew Augusta3.0M
International Paper, Vicksburg MillRedwood2.1M
Chevron Mm PascagoulaPascagoula2.0M
Tyson Foods Inc, Carthage Processing PlantCarthage1.9M
Georgia Pacific Monticello LlcMonticello1.9M
Gcf Us Holdings Llc - Columbus MillColumbus1.8M
Cf Industries Nitrogen LlcYazoo City1.3M
Sanderson Farms, Inc.Collins1.2M
Vicksburg RefineryVicksburg1.1M
Sanderson Farms IncSummit1.1M
Southern Hens IncMoselle1.0M
Sanderson Farms, Inc.Hazlehurst768.9k
Tyson Farms, Inc., Dba River Valley IngredientsForest617.1k
Nissan North America Inc, Canton Manufacturing FacilityCanton337.0k
Ardagh Metal Packaging Usa CorpOlive Branch318.6k
Tva Magnolia Combined CycleAshland290.0k
Mississippi Power Company, Plant VictorMoss Point231.7k
Tva Caledonia Combined Cycle PlantSteens200.0k
Bowater Newsprint South Inc.Grenada170.7k
Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula OperationsPascagoula161.1k
Peco Foods, Inc.Sebastopol158.1k
Redmont IncBelmont152.4k
Patrick Industries, Inc. Dba Baymont Industries Plant No. 2Belmont141.6k

By county

Rankin County County1 SF · 9 TRI · 13 violatorsHarrison County County1 SF · 12 TRI · 6 violatorsHinds County County0 SF · 12 TRI · 22 violatorsMadison County County1 SF · 10 TRI · 6 violatorsLee County County0 SF · 19 TRI · 4 violatorsLauderdale County County0 SF · 13 TRI · 7 violatorsJackson County County1 SF · 13 TRI · 3 violatorsLowndes County County1 SF · 13 TRI · 7 violatorsJones County County0 SF · 15 TRI · 1 violatorsDesoto County County0 SF · 14 TRI · 5 violatorsWarren County County0 SF · 8 TRI · 7 violatorsForrest County County1 SF · 11 TRI · 1 violatorsWashington County County0 SF · 6 TRI · 4 violatorsLafayette County0 SF · 4 TRI · 2 violatorsOktibbeha County County0 SF · 2 TRI · 3 violatorsPanola County County0 SF · 4 TRI · 7 violatorsPike County County0 SF · 3 TRI · 5 violatorsBolivar County County0 SF · 5 TRI · 6 violatorsMonroe County County0 SF · 7 TRI · 1 violatorsLamar County County0 SF · 2 TRI · 5 violatorsMarshall County County0 SF · 6 TRI · 1 violatorsTishomingo County County0 SF · 16 TRI · 0 violatorsHancock County County0 SF · 5 TRI · 4 violatorsPearl River County County1 SF · 3 TRI · 1 violatorsCopiah County0 SF · 5 TRI · 7 violatorsCoahoma County0 SF · 2 TRI · 11 violatorsLincoln County County0 SF · 4 TRI · 1 violatorsHolmes County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 8 violatorsYazoo County0 SF · 4 TRI · 1 violatorsScott County County0 SF · 8 TRI · 0 violatorsAdams County County0 SF · 3 TRI · 3 violatorsGrenada County County1 SF · 9 TRI · 0 violatorsLeflore County County0 SF · 6 TRI · 4 violatorsPontotoc County County0 SF · 2 TRI · 2 violatorsTippah County County0 SF · 5 TRI · 2 violatorsAlcorn County County0 SF · 5 TRI · 2 violatorsItawamba County0 SF · 5 TRI · 0 violatorsJasper County County0 SF · 3 TRI · 0 violatorsMarion County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsSimpson County0 SF · 1 TRI · 2 violatorsWinston County County1 SF · 4 TRI · 0 violatorsTate County0 SF · 3 TRI · 3 violatorsUnion County County0 SF · 5 TRI · 1 violatorsCovington County0 SF · 4 TRI · 0 violatorsDe Soto County0 SF · 0 TRI · 4 violatorsNewton County County0 SF · 4 TRI · 1 violatorsMontgomery County County0 SF · 1 TRI · 2 violatorsChickasaw County0 SF · 1 TRI · 2 violatorsPrentiss County0 SF · 3 TRI · 1 violatorsWayne County County0 SF · 4 TRI · 2 violatorsClay County County0 SF · 1 TRI · 2 violatorsSunflower County0 SF · 3 TRI · 5 violatorsAmite County County0 SF · 2 TRI · 1 violatorsCalhoun County0 SF · 1 TRI · 1 violatorsNeshoba County0 SF · 3 TRI · 0 violatorsClarke County County0 SF · 1 TRI · 0 violatorsPerry County County0 SF · 2 TRI · 0 violatorsSmith County County0 SF · 2 TRI · 3 violatorsChoctaw County0 SF · 3 TRI · 1 violatorsNoxubee County0 SF · 4 TRI · 2 violatorsWebster County0 SF · 1 TRI · 1 violatorsAttala County0 SF · 0 TRI · 2 violatorsFranklin County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsWilkinson County County0 SF · 2 TRI · 0 violatorsJefferson Davis County County0 SF · 1 TRI · 2 violatorsLeake County0 SF · 1 TRI · 0 violatorsKemper County County0 SF · 2 TRI · 0 violatorsStone County0 SF · 4 TRI · 0 violatorsLawrence County0 SF · 2 TRI · 1 violatorsQuitman County0 SF · 0 TRI · 4 violatorsTallahatchie County0 SF · 0 TRI · 2 violatorsYalobusha County0 SF · 3 TRI · 0 violatorsClaiborne County0 SF · 1 TRI · 2 violatorsGeorge County0 SF · 3 TRI · 1 violatorsWalthall County County0 SF · 1 TRI · 0 violatorsJefferson County0 SF · 0 TRI · 3 violatorsCarroll County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsGreene County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsTunica County County0 SF · 2 TRI · 1 violatorsHumphreys County0 SF · 2 TRI · 0 violatorsSharkey County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsBenton County0 SF · 1 TRI · 0 violatorsIssaquena County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsAnderson County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violators

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