Pollution in Shelby County, Alabama

Shelby County contains 489 EPA-regulated facilities, 10 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 1 Superfund sites and 17 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $7.8M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 351.7k lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the Alabama state average of 137 per county.

Superfund1NPL sites
TRI Facilities17reporters
EPA Facilities489regulated
Sig. Violators10current SNC

Superfund sites

SiteCityStatus
Alabama Plating Company IncVincentReady for anticipated reuse

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
L'hoist Na Of Alabama Llc - O'neal PlantCalera158.3kCompliant
Lhoist North America Of Alabama Llc - Montevallo PlantCalera121.1kPenalties
E. C. Gaston Electric Generating PlantWilsonville37.6kSig. violation
Argos Cement Llc - Roberta PlantCalera14.3kCompliant
Research Solutions Group IncPelham13.3kCompliant
Boatright Railroad ProductsMontevallo3.5kCompliant
Avanti Polar Lipids IncAlabaster2.7kPenalties
Carmeuse Lime & Stone, Inc.Saginaw852Penalties
Unimin Corp (Dba Southern Lime Co)Calera36Compliant
Glidewell Specialties Foundry Company, Inc.Calera7Compliant
Vulcan Threaded Products IncPelham2Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Maclean Power, L.l.c.Alabaster$8.8k2023-05-04
Rio Stone Group LlcAlabaster$02020-11-06
E. C. Gaston Electric Generating PlantWilsonville$02025-09-30
Gurnee MineMontevallo$02025-07-07
Kodiak Mine No. 1Montevallo$02021-06-22
Equipmentshare - AlabasterAlabaster$02025-06-12
Triple G Auto Used Parts LlcCalera$02020-03-13
Recycling Unlimited, Inc.Columbiana$02016-05-02
Gholson MineMontevallo$02022-07-21
Lake Purdy Dam - Stabilization Improvements ProjectBirmingham$0