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Pope County, Arkansas: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Pope County is 160.6 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2, a statistically significant excess. The strongest disease signals are Lung & bronchus deaths at 1.3 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 489 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Industrial wastewater discharge (157), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (100), Rail grade crossing (62). EPA AirToxScreen estimates a lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics of 30 in a million, driven mainly by formaldehyde.

Rates are age-adjusted per 100,000 people. A cancer signal is marked significant when the lower bound of its 95 percent confidence interval is above the U.S. rate. Facility counts use active federal records located inside the county boundary. Approximate county center: 35.4101, -93.0745.

How this county ranks in Arkansas

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Cancer deaths and new cases versus the United States

Source: NCI and CDC State Cancer Profiles, both sexes, all ages. Sorted by the ratio of the county rate to the U.S. rate.

Cancer rates for Pope County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	40.5	30.2	1.34xSignificant	34.6 to 47.3	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	New cases	69.2	51.8	1.34xSignificant	61.3 to 77.9	2019-2023
Kidney & renal pelvis	Deaths	4.4	3.4	1.29x	2.6 to 7.2	2020-2024
Liver & bile duct	Deaths	8.2	6.6	1.24x	5.6 to 11.6	2020-2024
Stomach	New cases	7.7	6.6	1.17x	5.1 to 11.1	2019-2023
Pancreas	New cases	16	13.9	1.15x	12.3 to 20.6	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	160.6	143.2	1.12xSignificant	148.2 to 173.8	2020-2024
Liver & bile duct	New cases	9.7	8.7	1.11x	6.9 to 13.4	2019-2023
Pancreas	Deaths	12.5	11.3	1.11x	9.3 to 16.6	2020-2024
Bladder	Deaths	4.4	4.1	1.07x	2.6 to 7.1	2020-2024
Leukemia	New cases	15.2	14.5	1.05x	11.4 to 19.9	2019-2023
All cancer	New cases	467.4	453.4	1.03x	445.6 to 490.1	2019-2023
Thyroid	New cases	13.4	13	1.03x	9.7 to 18	2019-2023
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	24.1	23.8	1.01x	19.4 to 29.8	2019-2023
Bladder	New cases	18.5	18.7	0.99x	14.4 to 23.3	2019-2023
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	17.7	17.9	0.99x	13.5 to 22.8	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	17.1	18.5	0.92x	13.2 to 21.9	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	Deaths	4.4	4.8	0.92x	2.6 to 7.2	2020-2024
Brain & nervous system	New cases	5.5	6.2	0.89x	3.3 to 8.7	2019-2023
Leukemia	Deaths	4.9	5.7	0.86x	2.9 to 7.7	2020-2024

Mortality measures versus the U.S. county median

Source: County Health Rankings, built from CDC National Vital Statistics System death records. The comparison value is the median of all U.S. counties.

Mortality measures for Pope County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	9,343.2	9,842.6	-5%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	75.1	75.3	-0%	years
Child mortality	57	59.8	-5%	deaths under age 18 per 100,000
Infant mortality	5	6.2	-20%	deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Injury deaths	70.3	96.9	-28%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	14	28.6	-51%	deaths per 100,000

Air toxics and air quality

EPA AirToxScreen 2020

Lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics: 30 in a million. EPA treats 100 in a million as the upper end of acceptable risk and 1 in a million as the goal.

Formaldehyde22.5 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.92 per million
Acetaldehyde2.32 per million
Benzene0.97 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

No EPA air quality monitor reports daily AQI for this county.

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

489 active records inside the county from EPA ECHO, TRI, Superfund, Brownfields, NPDES, EIA, FAA, FRA and corrections data.

Industrial wastewater discharge157
NPDES wastewater discharge permit100
Rail grade crossing62
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)41
Gas station (mapped facility)37
Air permit holder (minor source)34
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)11
TRI reporting facility10
Small hazardous waste generator9
Major air pollution source6
Scrapyard (mapped facility)6
Large hazardous waste generator3
Dry cleaner (mapped facility)2
Hazardous waste transporter2
Heliport2
Public airport1
Commercial airport1
Brownfield property1
Large greenhouse gas emitter1
Landfill (mapped facility)1
Hydroelectric plant1
Nuclear power plant1

Highest-severity records

The 25 records with the highest Envyrofax severity in the county, with the agency identifier to cite in a records request.

Stella-Jones Corp, Russellville
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000453287 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 8.8
Olin Russellville Cell Technologies Llc, Russellville
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070739773 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 8.6
Stella-Jones Corp, Russellville
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Creosote, Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene, Copper compounds. Reports carcinogens. 31,200 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 72801THMPSRT1BO (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 7.9
Olin Russellville Cell Technologies Llc, Russellville
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Styrene. Reports carcinogens. 17,228 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 72801DWCHMLOCKA (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 7.8
Mahle Engine Components Usa Inc, Russellville
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Methanol, Nickel, Lead, Chromium and 1 more. Reports carcinogens. 2,596 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 72801DNCRP2301E (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 7.1
Conagra Foods Packaged Foods Llc- Russellville, Russellville
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Ammonia, Peracetic acid, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid and 1 more. 132,438 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 72801CNGRFHWY64 (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 6.9
Olin Russellville Cell Technologies Llc, Russellville
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070739773 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6.5
Firestone Tube Co, Russellville
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Zinc compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene. 28,452 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 72801FRSTNHWY64 (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 6.4
Conagra - Russellville, Russellville
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000453223 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6.1
Stella-Jones Corp, Russellville
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000453287 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6
Olin Russellville Cell Technologies Llc, Russellville
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070739773 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6
Olin Russellville Cell Technologies Llc, Russellville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070739773 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6
Firestone Tube Company (Tire), Russellville
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000453214 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.7
Hackney Ladish Inc, Russellville
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Manganese, Lead. Reports carcinogens. 29 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 72802TRNTY708SE (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 5.6
Jbt Cat, Russellville
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Nickel, Chromium. Reports carcinogens. 10 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 7280WCLNGP21SER (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 5.3
Jw Aluminum Russellville Operations, Russellville
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Copper, Lead, Manganese. Reports carcinogens. 9 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 72802JWLMN777TY (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 5.3
Mahle Engine Components Usa, Russellville
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000453232 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.2
London Pollution Control Fac., London
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $3,500.
EPA FRS registry ID 110037258375 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5
Arkansas Nuclear One, Russellville
Nuclear power plant.
Record ID 8055 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Severity 4.8
Atkins Water Works-North Wwtf, Atkins
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $3,200.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009124704 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.8
Russellville Wwtp, Russellville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $16,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110039736113 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.8
Taber Extrusions Llc, Russellville
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Zinc compounds, Copper compounds, Copper And Copper Compounds. 141 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 72801TBRMT915SO (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 4.7
Taber Metals, Russellville
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000453278 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.6
Poco Graphite Inc, Russellville
Major air pollution source. Penalties $5,760.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000453269 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Stella-Jones Corp, Russellville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000453287 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5

Correctional facilities

Prisons, jails and corrections operations with an EPA facility record, and the drinking water and wastewater compliance attached to them.

No correctional facility with an EPA record is located in this county.

Discovery / public records

Records to request for Pope County

Arkansas state cancer registry
Cancer incidence counts by census tract or ZIP code, by cancer type and year (de-identified). Any cancer cluster inquiries or investigations in Pope County, and their findings.
Arkansas vital statistics office
Death certificate counts by cause of death and residence tract or ZIP code, and the years behind the mortality measures above.
Arkansas health department, environmental epidemiology
Health consultations or assessments by ATSDR or the state health department covering the county, and any exposure investigations.
Arkansas environmental agency and the U.S. EPA regional office
Compliance history, inspection reports, notices of violation, penalties and enforcement actions for each facility above, cited by EPA FRS registry ID.
Arkansas drinking water program
Violation notices, sampling results and sanitary surveys for the public water systems serving the county, including any system serving a correctional facility.
Department of corrections or county sheriff
Water testing, grievances and environmental health inspections for the correctional facilities listed above.

Each Envyrofax address report includes a printable records request worksheet with the custodian and the exact request wording per finding.

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