Pollution in Union County, Arkansas

Union County contains 109 EPA-regulated facilities, 35 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 2 Superfund sites and 14 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $5.7M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 7.1M lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the Arkansas state average of 43 per county.

Superfund2NPL sites
TRI Facilities14reporters
EPA Facilities109regulated
Sig. Violators35current SNC

Superfund sites

SiteCityStatus
Macmillan Ring Free OilNorphletListed on NPL
Popile IncEl DoradoReady for anticipated reuse

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Clean Harbors El Dorado LlcEl Dorado4.3MSig. violation
Lanxess Corp - Central PlantEl Dorado911.1kSig. violation
El Dorado Chemical CoEl Dorado786.2kPenalties
El Dorado RefineryEl Dorado513.0kPenalties
Great Lakes Chemical, South PlantEl Dorado407.8kSig. violation
Lycus Ltd.El Dorado32.2kCompliant
Anthony Forest Products Company, Llc -Urbana MillEl Dorado27.0kPenalties
Roseburg Forest Products Co. - El Dorado MdfEl Dorado16.2kPenalties
Dupont El DoradoEl Dorado10.0kPenalties
Anthony Forest Products Company, Llc (Laminating Plant)El Dorado695Compliant
Smackover RefineryEl Dorado149Penalties
Shaw El Dorado, LlcEl Dorado89Compliant
Amercable IncEl Dorado5Penalties

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Great Lakes Chemical, South PlantEl Dorado$502.8k2025-06-26
Lanxess Corp - Central PlantEl Dorado$215.8k2026-02-10
Clean Harbors El Dorado LlcEl Dorado$78.6k2025-08-19
Ei Dorado, City Of-Ouachita River Joint PipelineEl Dorado$02023-09-01
Bethlehem Baptist ChurchStrong$0
Matthew Trosclair ResidenceMount Holly$0
Joshua Prim AtuEl Dorado$0
Chance NashMount Holly$0
Alex King AtuEl Dorado$0
Jason BakerEl Dorado$0
Jenifer And Bill MclellandJunction City$0
Justin Robinson AtuEl Dorado$0
Marcus Hambrick AtuEl Dorado$0
El Dorado City OfEl Dorado$02020-02-19
David SutherlinEl Dorado$0
Miranda HillEl Dorado$0
Tony Jones AtuEl Dorado$0
Jess LockeyEl Dorado$0
Dustin FranklinEl Dorado$0
Mark And Jenny ToombsEl Dorado$0
El Dorado, City Of- South PlantEldorado$02025-04-09
Jerry HumphriesEl Dorado$0
Steve SlaughterEl Dorado$0
Shakenya MaloneJunction City$0
Jaelin JohnsonEl Dorado$0
Galilee Baptist ChurchEl Dorado$0
Ronda RazoEl Dorado$0
Mark NewEl Dorado$0
Howard BradleyEl Dorado$0
Junction City, City OfJunction City$02020-11-10
Jeremy HarrisEl Dorado$0
Smackover Paving AtuSmackover$0
John JamesonEl Dorado$0
Waste Corporation Of Arkansas Llc - Union County Recycling And Disposal Facility - LandfillEl Dorado$02025-01-08
Jason OliveEl Dorado$0