Pollution in Imperial County, California

Imperial County contains 140 EPA-regulated facilities, 2 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 1 Superfund sites and 4 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $6.8M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 262.7k lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the California state average of 108 per county.

Superfund1NPL sites
TRI Facilities4reporters
EPA Facilities140regulated
Sig. Violators2current SNC

Superfund sites

SiteCityStatus
Stoker ChemicalImperialProposed for NPL

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range - Airplane TrainingNiland118.6kCompliant
Spreckels Sugar Co IncBrawley113.5kCompliant
Naval Air Facility El CentroEl Centro21.0kCompliant
Santa Fe Pacific Minerals Mesquite MineBrawley9.6kCompliant
United States Gypsum CoOcotillo15Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
El Centro Generating StationEl Centro$118.1k2025-04-23
Rio Bend Rv Golf Resort & Storm Crossing-Treatment PlantEl Centro$0