County page
Etowah County
Etowah County currently shows 0 Superfund sites, 171 imported facility profiles, and 1,298,927 lbs in loaded TRI releases.
Overview
What this county page is saying
This live county page is generated from the ingested EPA datasets. It merges ECHO facility compliance rows, TRI release totals, and any Superfund sites attached to Etowah County.
The latest loaded TRI year is 2024, with 1,298,927 lbs in county-level on-site releases tied to the imported facility set.
Focus points
Design and product notes
County pages combine facility compliance history with chemical release totals.
TRI chemistry shows what is being reported, while ECHO shows who keeps drawing enforcement attention.
Superfund records add legacy cleanup context even when live contaminant detail is still sparse.
Superfund layer
Cleanup sites in this county
Facilities
Worst polluters and compliance pressure
Giant Reource Recovery-attalla Inc
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $308,362 in recorded penalties.
Clean Earth of Alabama
Significant noncompliance across 9 of the last 12 quarters, with $54,400 in recorded penalties.
Koch Foods - Gadsden
No Violation Identified with $4,800 in recorded penalties.
Techtrix, Inc
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Charles E. Watts Inc.
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Noble Hill Landfill
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Osborn Transportation
Significant Violation across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Gibbs Salvage
Significant Violation across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Kelley and Spurlock Auto Parts Inc
Significant Violation across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
M & J Auto Parts - Attalla
Significant Violation across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Walnut Grove (town Of)
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Schnitzer Southeast Attalla
No Violation Identified with $1,550,000 in recorded penalties.
Camp Sumatanga
Significant Violation across 6 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Acco Material Handling Solutions
Significant noncompliance across 5 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Clean Earth Specialty Waste Solutions Inc.
No Violation Identified with $8,800 in recorded penalties.
Keystone Foods Llc - Alabama Div
No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2016-12-08.
Hokes Bluff Borrow Pit
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Big Wills Water & Fire Pro Authority
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Rainbow City, Wwb of the Town Of-tp - Rick's Cl2 Booster
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Attalla Lagoon
Significant noncompliance across 3 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
| Chemical | Group | Facilities | Total pounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 1,278,613 lbs |
| Ammonia | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 14,949 lbs |
| Diisocyanates | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 2,363 lbs |
| Hydrogen sulfide | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 1,260 lbs |
| 1, 2, 4-Trimethylbenzene | Volatile organic compound | 1 | 885 lbs |
| Toluene-2, 6-diisocyanate | Volatile organic compound | 1 | 428 lbs |
| Diethanolamine | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 281 lbs |
| Toluene-2, 4-diisocyanate | Volatile organic compound | 1 | 121 lbs |
| Manganese | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 9 lbs |
| Zinc compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 3 | 8 lbs |
| Copper compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 3 | 6 lbs |
| Lead compounds | Metals and metal compounds | 1 | 1 lbs |
| Nickel compounds | Metals and metal compounds | 1 | 1 lbs |
| Lead | Metals and metal compounds | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Manganese compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 0 lbs |
| Peracetic acid | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 0 lbs |
Violation pages
State-level violation context tied to this county
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Clean Air Act violations in Alabama
Alabama facilities in the imported ECHO data show air-program oversight, inspections, or noncompliance signals.
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Clean Water Act violations in Alabama
Alabama facilities in the imported ECHO data show water-permit pressure, inspections, or noncompliance signals.
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RCRA violations in Alabama
Alabama facilities in the imported ECHO data show hazardous-waste or RCRA oversight signals.