Cape Girardeau, MO

Moderate Risk (34/100)

Environmental data for Cape Girardeau in Missouri

Cape Girardeau, MO is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 13 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilityies, 0 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 34/100 (Moderate Risk), calibrated against national distributions for facility density, chemical release volume, Superfund concentration, and water-system health violations.

Industrial disclosures inside the county total 6.9M lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 0 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. No EPA Air Quality System monitors currently report data for this county.

All figures below draw directly from federal EPA records, TRI self-reported emissions, SDWIS compliance history, NPL Hazard Ranking System scores, and AQS daily AQI summaries, and are not adjusted, weighted, or forecast. A past violation or elevated score does not itself indicate current unsafe conditions; it documents the regulatory and disclosure history publicly filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the most recent reporting cycle.

TRI Facilities
13
Water Systems
0
Superfund Sites
0
Total Releases
6.9M lbs

TRI Facilities (13)

# Facility Total Releases
1 Biokyowa Inc 3.6M lbs
2 Midwest Sterilization Corp 2.3M lbs
3 Buzzi Unicem Usa-Cape Girardeau 904.5K lbs
4 Mondi Jackson Llc. 89.5K lbs
5 Qc Corp 31.5K lbs
6 Leggett & Platt Inc 9.9K lbs
7 Safety-Kleen Systems Cape Girardeau (cap) 7.6K lbs
8 Mid South Steel Products 1.8K lbs
9 Greenbrier Central LLC 1.1K lbs
10 Nlc Inc 220 lbs
11 Spartech 20 lbs
12 The Procter & Gamble Paper Products Co 19 lbs
13 Semo Ready Mix - Jackson 0 lbs

Cities in Cape Girardeau (2)

Cape Girardeau
Pop: —
7 facilities · 11 water
Jackson
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6 facilities · 6 water

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the environmental risk level in Cape Girardeau, Missouri?
Cape Girardeau, MO has an environmental risk score of 34/100 (Moderate Risk), based on 13 TRI facilities, 0 Superfund sites, and 0 water systems on record. No water systems have current health-based violations. Source: EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL.
Are there Superfund sites in Cape Girardeau?
No Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites are currently registered in Cape Girardeau, MO in the EPA database.
How many toxic release facilities are in Cape Girardeau?
Cape Girardeau, MO has 13 TRI-reporting facilities on record with the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, with a combined total of 6.9M lbs in reported toxic releases. TRI facilities self-report annual chemical release data to the EPA.
What is the air quality in Cape Girardeau?
Air quality monitoring data (EPA AQS) is not available for Cape Girardeau, MO. This may indicate no EPA monitoring stations are located in the county. For regional air quality data, see the state environmental profile or visit PlainAirData.com.
Is the drinking water safe in Cape Girardeau?
No EPA-regulated water systems are currently recorded for Cape Girardeau, MO in the SDWIS database.
What environmental agencies cover Cape Girardeau?
Environmental compliance in Cape Girardeau, Missouri is overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the federal level and the Missouri state environmental agency. Facilities report to the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, water systems are regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act, and contaminated sites are managed under the Superfund program. Contact your state environmental agency for local concerns.

What does this county environmental profile show?

This county environmental profile rolls up EPA Toxics Release Inventory facility reports, Safe Drinking Water Information System public-water-system filings, and Superfund National Priorities List sites for the county boundary defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Facility counts reflect facilities with a reporting address inside the county, not where downstream environmental effects may be observed. Population figures are from the most recent Census ACS 5-year estimate. The county detail page is updated whenever the upstream EPA programs publish revised data; see the methodology page for the documented ingest cadence and the editorial choices governing how aggregations are computed.

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