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Cass, IN

Moderate Risk (33/100)

A PlainEnviro-computed score from reported facility/violation counts, not an official EPA rating, health forecast, or population-adjusted rate. See methodology. This is a different measure than the EJ Screening score for this county, which ranks it by percentile against every other tracked county rather than against fixed national thresholds.

Environmental data for Cass in Indiana · Population: 37,703

Cass, IN is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 10 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 4 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 33/100 (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 13.4M 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.

Population
37,703
TRI Facilities
10
Water Systems
4
Superfund Sites
0
Total Releases
13.4M lbs

Water Systems (4)

System Population Violations
LOGANSPORT MUNICIPAL UTILITY-WELL FIELD 18,369 0
GALVESTON WATER WORKS 1,258 0
WALTON WATER WORKS 1,040 0
ROYAL CENTER WATER UTILITY 861 0

TRI Facilities (10)

# Facility Total Releases
1 Waelz Sustainable Products LLC 12.2M lbs
2 Heidelberg Materials US Cement LLC 335.1K lbs
3 Hti Inc. 274.4K lbs
4 Tyson Fresh Meats Inc-Logansport In 254.9K lbs
5 The Andersons Logansport Terminal 117.2K lbs
6 Araymond Manufacturing Center N.a. Inc. 102.2K lbs
7 The Andersons Marathon Holdings LLC - Clymers Facility 85.1K lbs
8 Kent Nutrition Group Inc 1.4K lbs
9 S.u.s Cast Products Inc. 971 lbs
10 Compal USA (indiana) 56 lbs

Cities in Cass (1)

Logansport
Pop: -
10 facilities · 1 water

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the environmental risk level in Cass, Indiana? ▼
Cass, IN has an environmental risk score of 33/100 (Moderate Risk), based on 10 TRI facilities, 0 Superfund sites, and 4 water systems on record. No water systems have current health-based violations. Source: EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL.
Are there Superfund sites in Cass? ▼
No Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites are currently registered in Cass, IN in the EPA database.
How many toxic release facilities are in Cass? ▼
Cass, IN has 10 TRI-reporting facilities on record with the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, with a combined total of 13.4M lbs in reported toxic releases. TRI facilities self-report annual chemical release data to the EPA.
What is the air quality in Cass? ▼
Air quality monitoring data (EPA AQS) is not available for Cass, IN. This may indicate no EPA monitoring stations are located in the county. For regional air quality data, see the state environmental profile or visit EPA's AirNow.gov.
Is the drinking water safe in Cass? ▼
Cass, IN has 4 EPA-regulated water systems. No health-based violations are currently on record. For current water quality, contact your local water utility. Source: EPA SDWIS.
What environmental agencies cover Cass? ▼
Environmental compliance in Cass, Indiana is overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the federal level and the Indiana 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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