Pollution in Northwest Arctic County, Alaska

Northwest Arctic County contains 44 EPA-regulated facilities, 13 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 0 Superfund sites and 0 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $1.2M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 723.9M lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the Alaska state average of 29 per county.

Superfund0NPL sites
TRI Facilities0reporters
EPA Facilities44regulated
Sig. Violators13current SNC

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Red Dog MineKivalina723.9MSig. violation
Crowley Marine Services-KotzebueKotzebue402Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Red Dog MineKivalina$1.2M2025-12-31
Buckland Sewage LagoonBuckland$02025-02-12
Buckland Water SystemBuckland$0
Kanik Creek QuarryBuckland$02025-02-12
Kiana Sewage LagoonKiana$02023-10-11
Selawik Sewage LagoonSelawik$02025-05-08
Selawik Safewater FacilitySelawik$0
Kotzebue Municipal Water SystemKotzebue$0
Shungnak Sewage LagoonShungnak$0
Noorvik Wastewater FacilityNoorvik$02015-06-23
Deering Sewage LagoonDeering$02010-10-27
Dmts Red Dog Port FacilityKivalina$02024-03-29
Noatak Sewage LagoonsNoatak$02024-06-20