Pollution in Alaska

Alaska hosts 6 Superfund cleanup sites, 49 facilities reporting to EPA's Toxic Release Inventory, and 200 facilities currently in significant noncompliance with federal environmental laws. EPA has assessed $58.6M in lifetime penalties across these facilities, and TRI reporters released roughly 841.1M pounds of regulated chemicals on-site in the latest reporting year. The single largest on-site releaser is Red Dog Mine in Kivalina, reporting 723.9M lb to EPA.

Superfund Sites6NPL
TRI Facilities49active reporters
Significant Violators200current SNC
Total Penalties$58.6Mlifetime

Superfund sites in Alaska

SiteCityStatus
Adak Naval Air StationAdakCleanup underway
Eielson Air Force BaseFairbanksConstruction complete
Elmendorf Air Force BaseAnchorageCleanup underway
Fort Richardson UsarmyAnchorageConstruction complete
Fort WainwrightFort WainwrightConstruction complete
Salt Chuck MineThorne BayListed on NPL

Largest Alaska releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)
Red Dog MineKivalina723.9M
Greens Creek MineAngoon87.6M
Fort Knox MineFairbanks17.6M
Pogo MineDelta Junction8.4M
Coeur Alaska - Kensington Gold MineJuneau2.5M
Eielson Air Force BaseEielson Afb341.5k
Doyon Utilities, Llc / Fort Wainwright (Privatized Emission Units)Fort Wainwright188.6k
Trident Seafoods Corporation-Akutan PlantAkutan169.1k
Usibelli Coal MineHealy167.5k
Apma 9156-Gil Exploration SiteFairbanks100.6k
Tesoro Alaska Petroleum CoKenai45.1k
Joint Base Elmendorf-RichardsonAnchorage26.5k
Trident Seafoods Sand Point FacilitySand Point17.3k
Healy Power PlantHealy12.6k
Petro Star Valdez RefineryValdez7.3k
Flint HilllsAnchorage6.9k
Univar UsaAnchorage3.9k
Unisea Dutch HarborDutch Harbor3.8k
Flint Hills North PoleNorth Pole3.5k
Fort Greely Real Estate - GarrisonFort Greely3.1k
Valdez Petroleum TerminalValdez2.6k
Petro Star North Pole RefineryNorth Pole1.8k
Crowley Fuels Llc Valdez FacilityValdez1.5k
Crowley Marine Services - BethelBethel1.4k
Crowley Palmer FacilityPalmer956

By county

Kenai Peninsula County0 SF · 0 TRI · 17 violatorsMatanuska-Susitna County0 SF · 0 TRI · 6 violatorsAnchorage County0 SF · 0 TRI · 7 violatorsAnchorage Municipality County0 SF · 7 TRI · 2 violatorsFairbanks North Star County1 SF · 0 TRI · 10 violatorsNorth Slope County0 SF · 0 TRI · 6 violatorsBethel County0 SF · 0 TRI · 19 violatorsNome (Ca) County0 SF · 0 TRI · 4 violatorsYukon-Koyukuk (Ca) County0 SF · 0 TRI · 3 violatorsYukon-Koyukuk County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 16 violatorsKetchikan Gateway County0 SF · 0 TRI · 10 violatorsJuneau City And Borough County0 SF · 3 TRI · 1 violatorsValdez-Cordova County0 SF · 0 TRI · 3 violatorsKodiak Island County0 SF · 0 TRI · 4 violatorsNome County0 SF · 0 TRI · 12 violatorsNorthwest Arctic County0 SF · 0 TRI · 13 violatorsSoutheast Fairbanks (Ca) County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsBristol Bay County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsValdez-Cordova (Ca) County0 SF · 0 TRI · 2 violatorsDenali County0 SF · 0 TRI · 3 violatorsPrince-Of-Wales-Hyder County0 SF · 0 TRI · 7 violatorsSitka City And Borough County0 SF · 0 TRI · 2 violatorsJuneau County0 SF · 0 TRI · 2 violatorsSoutheast Fairbanks County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsWade Hampton County0 SF · 0 TRI · 11 violatorsDillingham County0 SF · 0 TRI · 6 violatorsKenai Peninsula Borough County0 SF · 3 TRI · 3 violatorsBethel (Ca) County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsAleutians West County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsPrince Of Wales-Outer Ketchikan(Ca) County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsAleutians West (Ca) County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsLake And Peninsula County0 SF · 0 TRI · 3 violatorsAleutians East County0 SF · 0 TRI · 2 violatorsHoonah-Angoon County0 SF · 0 TRI · 4 violatorsNorth Slope Borough County0 SF · 2 TRI · 0 violatorsHaines County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsPetersburg Census Area County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsSitka County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsMatanuska-Susitna Borough County0 SF · 1 TRI · 0 violatorsKetchikan Gateway Borough County0 SF · 1 TRI · 3 violatorsKodiak Island Borough County0 SF · 2 TRI · 1 violatorsPetersburg County0 SF · 0 TRI · 3 violatorsAleutians West Census Area County0 SF · 0 TRI · 2 violatorsFairbanks North Star Borough County0 SF · 8 TRI · 0 violatorsWrangell-Petersburg (Ca) County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsDillingham (Ca) County0 SF · 0 TRI · 2 violatorsDenali Borough County0 SF · 2 TRI · 0 violatorsBethel Census Area County0 SF · 1 TRI · 0 violatorsDillingham Census Area County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsHoonah-Angoon Census Area County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsWrangell County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsYakutat City And Borough County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsYukon-Koyukuk Census Area County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsJuneau City And County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsNome Census Area County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsSkagway County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsYakutat County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsAleutians East Borough County0 SF · 2 TRI · 1 violatorsNorthwest Arctic Borough County0 SF · 2 TRI · 0 violatorsSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsAleutians East (B) County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsBristol Bay Borough County0 SF · 1 TRI · 0 violatorsHaines Borough County0 SF · 1 TRI · 0 violatorsKenai Peninsula Burough County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsLake And Peninsula Borough County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsPortable Source County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsPrince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsSkagway-Hoonah-Angoon (Ca) County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsValdez-Cordova Census Area County0 SF · 4 TRI · 0 violatorsAlaska North Slope County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsLake & Peninsula County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsPrince Of Wales County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsWade Hampton (Ca) County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsWrangell City And Borough County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsYakutat City And County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsAleutians West Census Are County0 SF · 2 TRI · 0 violatorsFairbanks North Star Boro County0 SF · 3 TRI · 0 violatorsNot Defined County5 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsSoutheast Fairbanks Censu County0 SF · 4 TRI · 0 violators

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