Pollution in Sacramento County, California

Sacramento County contains 335 EPA-regulated facilities, 5 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 4 Superfund sites and 24 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $12.2M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 117.5k lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the California state average of 108 per county.

Superfund4NPL sites
TRI Facilities24reporters
EPA Facilities335regulated
Sig. Violators5current SNC

Superfund sites

SiteCityStatus
Aerojet General CorpRancho CordovaCleanup underway
Sacramento Army DepotSacramentoReady for anticipated reuse
Mcclellan Air Force Base Ground Water ContaminationMcclellan AfbCleanup underway
Mather Air Force Base Ac W Disposal SiteMatherConstruction complete

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Grafil IncorporatedSacramento62.0kSig. violation
Wilbur Ellis Company Llc Rio LindaRio Linda26.2kCompliant
D & T FiberglassSacramento10.7kCompliant
Agilent Technologies IncFolsom10.6kCompliant
Silgan Can Co - Campbell's SoupSacramento2.4kCompliant
Thatcher Company Of California, Inc.Sacramento2.1kCompliant
Ampac Fine Chemicals LlcRancho Cordova1.9kSig. violation
Procter & GambleSacramento1.1kPenalties
Hp Hood SacramentoSacramento513Compliant
Radiator SpecialtiesSacramento8Compliant
Mcclellan Airtanker BaseMcclellan5Compliant
Pabco Building Products (F#4070)Sacramento2Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc.Rancho Cordova$1.6M2025-01-30
Sacramento County Landfill (Kiefer)Sloughhouse$1.2M2025-10-29
Ampac Fine Chemicals LlcRancho Cordova$139.8k2023-09-27
Schmitt ConstructionSacramento$0
Grafil IncorporatedSacramento$02025-11-06