Pollution in Alameda County, California

Alameda County contains 494 EPA-regulated facilities, 17 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 3 Superfund sites and 44 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $22.7M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 263.2k lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the California state average of 108 per county.

Superfund3NPL sites
TRI Facilities44reporters
EPA Facilities494regulated
Sig. Violators17current SNC

Superfund sites

SiteCityStatus
Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab Main Site UsdoeLivermoreReady for anticipated reuse
Amco ChemicalOaklandListed on NPL
Alameda Naval Air StationAlamedaCleanup underway

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Tesla IncFremont227.1kSig. violation
Read-Rite CorporationFremont28.0kCompliant
Google LlcFremont4.4kCompliant
Rohm And Haas - Hayward PlantHayward1.3kCompliant
Tesla, IncFremont1.0kCompliant
Pentagon Technologies IncHayward553Compliant
Royal Chemical Company C/O Univar SolutionsHayward226Compliant
Gillig Llc.Livermore183Compliant
Ekc Technology, Dupont Electronic And ImagingHayward121Compliant
Applied BiosystemsPleasanton65Compliant
Chemical Compounding CompanyOakland44Compliant
United States Pipe & Foundry Co LlcUnion City40Sig. violation
Pcc Structurals - San LeandroSan Leandro36Compliant
Confluent Medical Technologies IncFremont20Compliant
Transene Company OaklandOakland20Compliant
Pacific GalvanizingOakland17Compliant
Evergreen Oil IncNewark16Sig. violation
Mission Valley Rock CoSunol8Sig. violation
Certainteed CorporationFremont4Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Schnitzer Steel Products CoOakland$1.6M2025-11-13
Evergreen Oil IncNewark$346.4k2024-06-13
Ab&i FoundryOakland$287.0k2022-09-08
Tesla IncFremont$275.0k2025-06-17
Dynegy Oakland LlcOakland$238.5k2022-12-05
Altamont Landfill And Resource Recovery FacilityLivermore$55.1k2025-05-21
University Of California, BerkeleyBerkeley$27.0k2023-09-29
Ebmud - Main WwtpOakland$20.0k2025-08-28
Mission Valley Rock CoSunol$17.0k2024-06-07
Sprint United Mgmt Co (Dba Sprint)Livermore$11.8k2024-08-01
Broadway Motors-FordOakland$02004-09-09
Electro Plating SpecialtiesHayward$02024-05-23
United States Pipe & Foundry Co LlcUnion City$02025-11-25
Cheng Chow&chu Aka Hayward ChiropracticHayward$0
Waste Management Of Alameda CountyFremont$02021-06-29
Hayward Chiropractic CollegeHayward$0
Russell City Energy Company, LlcHayward$02022-10-25