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Kings County
Kings County currently shows 0 Superfund sites, 63 imported facility profiles, and 6,114,068 lbs in loaded TRI releases.
Overview
What this county page is saying
This live county page is generated from the ingested EPA datasets. It merges ECHO facility compliance rows, TRI release totals, and any Superfund sites attached to Kings County.
The latest loaded TRI year is 2024, with 6,114,068 lbs in county-level on-site releases tied to the imported facility set.
Focus points
Design and product notes
County pages combine facility compliance history with chemical release totals.
TRI chemistry shows what is being reported, while ECHO shows who keeps drawing enforcement attention.
Superfund records add legacy cleanup context even when live contaminant detail is still sparse.
Superfund layer
Cleanup sites in this county
Facilities
Worst polluters and compliance pressure
Calif State Prison - Avenal
Significant noncompliance across 11 of the last 12 quarters, with $2,627,299 in recorded penalties.
Prison Industriy Authority - Corcoran
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $38,336 in recorded penalties.
Central Valley Meat Company
Significant noncompliance across 7 of the last 12 quarters, with $276,712 in recorded penalties.
Naval Air Station Lemoore
Significant noncompliance across 5 of the last 12 quarters, with $7,000 in recorded penalties.
Wm - Kettleman Hills Hazardous Waste Facility
Significant noncompliance across 5 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Avenal Landfill
Significant noncompliance across 6 of the last 12 quarters, with $164,000 in recorded penalties.
Del Monte Foods, Inc. Plant #24
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Tforce Freight - Kettleman City
No Violation Identified with $860,400 in recorded penalties.
Abf Freight System Inc
Under review with $535,000 in recorded penalties.
Lemoore, City of
Violation Identified across 7 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Hanford Lp
No Violation Identified with $15,000 in recorded penalties.
Kings Waste Disposal
Significant noncompliance across 5 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Baker Commodities Inc.
Significant noncompliance across 5 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
J.g. Boswell Company - Gin 3
No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2025-03-12.
Kettleman Compressor Station
No Violation Identified with $10,000 in recorded penalties.
Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc.
Violation Identified across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Del Monte Foods Plant Number 24
No Violation Identified with $4,000 in recorded penalties.
Csatf/ca Substance Abuse Treatment Facil
No Violation Identified across 1 of the last 12 quarters, with $1,000 in recorded penalties.
Avenal, City of
Violation Identified across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Hanford, City of
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
| Chemical | Group | Facilities | Total pounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asbestos (friable) | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 4,860,782 lbs |
| Copper | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 345,726 lbs |
| Zinc (fume or dust) | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 231,426 lbs |
| Lead | Metals and metal compounds | 2 | 150,376 lbs |
| Nickel | Metals and metal compounds | 1 | 136,737 lbs |
| Barium | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 100,843 lbs |
| Manganese compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 82,053 lbs |
| n-Hexane | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 49,627 lbs |
| Chromium | Metals and metal compounds | 1 | 42,197 lbs |
| Vanadium (except when contained in an alloy) | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 28,352 lbs |
| Cobalt | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 26,435 lbs |
| Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms) | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 19,177 lbs |
| Ethylene glycol | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 16,131 lbs |
| Vanadium compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 13,112 lbs |
| Polychlorinated biphenyls | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 3,184 lbs |
| Thiols, C8-20, �-�-perfluoro, telomers with acrylamide | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 2,249 lbs |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 2,034 lbs |
| Ammonia | TRI-listed chemical | 4 | 779 lbs |
| Nitric acid | TRI-listed chemical | 3 | 755 lbs |
| Mercury | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 695 lbs |
Violation pages
State-level violation context tied to this county
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Clean Air Act violations in California
California facilities in the imported ECHO data show air-program oversight, inspections, or noncompliance signals.
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Clean Water Act violations in California
California facilities in the imported ECHO data show water-permit pressure, inspections, or noncompliance signals.
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RCRA violations in California
California facilities in the imported ECHO data show hazardous-waste or RCRA oversight signals.