Pollution in Orange County, California

Orange County contains 635 EPA-regulated facilities, 11 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 3 Superfund sites and 103 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $13.3M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 145.8k lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the California state average of 108 per county.

Superfund3NPL sites
TRI Facilities103reporters
EPA Facilities635regulated
Sig. Violators11current SNC

Superfund sites

SiteCityStatus
MccollFullertonReady for anticipated reuse
Orange County North BasinOrange CountyListed on NPL
El Toro Marine Corps Air StationEl ToroCleanup underway

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Xerxes CorpAnaheim84.8kCompliant
Newport LaminatesSanta Ana21.8kCompliant
Hood Manufacturing IncSanta Ana10.0kCompliant
Knott's Berry FarmPlacentia4.7kCompliant
Ttm Technologies IncSanta Ana2.9kCompliant
Tower SemiconductorNewport Beach2.8kCompliant
Cytec Engineered Materials IncAnaheim2.8kCompliant
Chevron Products CompanyHuntington Beach2.3kCompliant
Cytec Fiberite, Inc.Orange2.2kCompliant
Howmet Global Fastening Systems IncFullerton2.1kCompliant
Oakley CorporationFoothill Ranch1.2kCompliant
Pacific Polymers Intl IncGarden Grove1.1kPenalties
Gkn Aerospace Transparency Systems IncGarden Grove1.0kCompliant
Goodwin CoGarden Grove1.0kCompliant
Vista Paint CorporationFullerton910Compliant
Stepan CompanyAnaheim578Compliant
Kerr/Dental Materials CenterOrange500Compliant
Koia Anaheim Facility LlcAnaheim458Compliant
Future Foam, IncFullerton385Compliant
Hanson-Loran Co IncBuena Park279Compliant
Behr Process CorpSanta Ana265Compliant
Triumph Processing, Embee Div, Inc.Santa Ana260Compliant
Precision Anodizing & Plating, Inc.Anaheim255Compliant
Statek CorpOrange255Compliant
All Metals Processing Of Orange County LlcStanton255Compliant
Applied Medical Resources CorporationIrvine143Compliant
RecoldBrea128Compliant
Arrowhead ProductsLos Alamitos55Compliant
Commercial Metal FormingOrange44Compliant
Ducommun Aero Structures IncOrange40Compliant
Hixson Metal FinishingNewport Beach27Compliant
Marcel ElectronicsOrange21Compliant
Dynacast, Inc.Lake Forest20Compliant
Aluminum Precision Products, IncSanta Ana18Compliant
Kaiser RollmetIrvine17Compliant
Foamex Innovations Operating CoOrange16Compliant
Stremicks Heritage Foods LlcSanta Ana10Compliant
Pioneer CircuitsSanta Ana10Compliant
Laird Coatings CorporationHuntington Beach9Compliant
Laird Coatings CorporationHuntington Beach8Compliant
Aluminum Precision Products IncSanta Ana7Compliant
Anaheim Plant 16Anaheim7Compliant
Irvine Batch PlantIrvine6Compliant
Westpac MaterialsOrange6Compliant
Continuous Coating CorpOrange5Compliant
Miles Chemical Co IncAnaheim5Compliant
Kaga Usa IncSanta Ana5Compliant
Gallade Chemical IncSanta Ana3Penalties
Sdc Technologies IncIrvine3Compliant
Air Industries CorpGarden Grove3Sig. violation

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Coast To Coast Circuits, Inc. (Ca Operations)Huntington Beach$54.9k2023-12-28
Neogenomics Laboratories, Inc.Aliso Viejo$02022-12-15
Uc Irvine Medical CenterOrange$02025-02-21
Air Industries CorpGarden Grove$02025-05-15
Lm Chrome CorporationSanta Ana$02021-07-15
Trend Offset Printing Services IncLos Alamitos$02024-03-06
Jd Processing IncSanta Ana$02023-07-17
City Of Anaheim/Comb Turbine Gen StationAnaheim$02020-01-14
Tyler RefrigerationBrea$0
Antech DiagnosticsFountain Valley$02023-05-23
Omni Metal FinishingFountain Valley$02025-09-18