Pollution in Fresno County, California

Fresno County contains 310 EPA-regulated facilities, 13 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 5 Superfund sites and 39 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $10.8M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 126.6k lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the California state average of 108 per county.

Superfund5NPL sites
TRI Facilities39reporters
EPA Facilities310regulated
Sig. Violators13current SNC

Superfund sites

SiteCityStatus
Industrial Waste ProcessingFresnoConstruction complete
Fresno Municipal Sanitary LandfillFresnoCleanup underway
Atlas Asbestos MineCoalingaReady for anticipated reuse
Selma Pressure Treating CompanySelmaReady for anticipated reuse
Purity Oil Sales IncMalagaConstruction complete

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Jr SimplotHelm72.1kPenalties
E & J Gallo Winery - FresnoFresno18.4kPenalties
Pom Wonderful LlcDel Rey14.7kCompliant
Wilbur-Ellis Rna-San JoaquinSan Joaquin5.9kCompliant
Modern Welding Company Of CaliforniaFresno4.1kPenalties
Guardian Industries, Inc.Kingsburg4.0kPenalties
Foster Farms, Belgravia PlantFresno3.4kCompliant
Foster Farms Cherry PlantFresno2.1kCompliant
Federal Bureau Of Prisons Fci MendotaMendota931Compliant
Excelsior IncFresno560Compliant
Golden State Vintners Fresno WineryFresno186Penalties
Fresno Valves & Castings, Inc.Selma117Compliant
Actagro LlcKerman68Compliant
Adco ManufacturingSanger34Compliant
General Coatings Manufacturing CorpFresno16Compliant
Valley Chrome Plating IncClovis10Compliant
Producers Dairy Foods, IncFresno10Compliant
Gea Farm Technologies, Inc. Dba Gea Ws WestFresno10Compliant
Knapp MfgFresno10Compliant
San Joaquin Valley ConcentratesFresno4Penalties
Cemex Fresno PlantFresno1Compliant
Henry FresnoFresno1Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Vitro Flat Glass LlcFresno$787.5k2025-01-29
Aera EnergyFresno County$62.0k2025-04-09
Va Medical CenterFresno$44.3k2025-10-15
City Of Fresno, Public WorksFresno$34.5k2025-05-07
Algonquin Power Sanger, LlcSanger$25.0k2025-04-10
Baker Commodities, IncKerman$21.1k2025-04-02
Rio Bravo FresnoFresno$19.1k2025-03-26
Wellhead Power Panoche, LlcFirebaugh$15.8k2025-05-20
Maddox FarmsRiverdale$4.0k2024-05-02
American Avenue LandfillKerman$2.4k2025-05-07
Weir Floway IncFresno$02022-12-13
Ruann DairyRiverdale$02018-08-02
Cold Springs SubdivisionTollhouse$0