Pollution in Madison County, Illinois

Madison County contains 199 EPA-regulated facilities, 30 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 3 Superfund sites and 25 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $7.1M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 3.1M lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the Illinois state average of 61 per county.

Superfund3NPL sites
TRI Facilities25reporters
EPA Facilities199regulated
Sig. Violators30current SNC

Superfund sites

SiteCityStatus
Jennison Wright CorporationGranite CityConstruction complete
ChemetcoHartfordListed on NPL
Nl Industries Taracorp Lead SmelterGranite CityConstruction complete

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Phillips 66 CompanyRoxana2.7MSig. violation
Granite City Works Of United States Steel CorpGranite City189.4kSig. violation
Gateway Energy & Coke Co LlcGranite City82.8kCompliant
Wieland Rolled Products Na - East Alton Casting PlantEast Alton53.7kCompliant
Precoat MetalsGranite City50.7kCompliant
Green Plains Madison LlcMadison17.3kCompliant
Olin Winchester LlcEast Alton10.8kPenalties
Phillips 66 CompanyHartford4.3kSig. violation
American Steel Foundries - Granite CityGranite City4.1kCompliant
Alton Steel IncAlton3.1kCompliant
Airgas Specialty Products - Granite CityGranite City1.8kCompliant
Midwest Metal Coatings LlcGranite City1.7kCompliant
Granite City Pickling & Warehousing Inc.Granite City255Compliant
Custom Steel Processing, Inc.Madison215Compliant
Heidtman Steel Products IncGranite City67Compliant
Custom Steel Processing, Inc.Granite City60Compliant
Trouw Nutrition Usa Premix PlantHighland13Compliant
Mayco Mfg LlcGranite City9Compliant
The Premcor Refining Group, Inc. - Valero Terminaling And Distribution CompanyHartford8Sig. violation
Cooper B-Line IncHighland5Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Phillips 66 CompanyRoxana$125.9k2023-09-20
Lewis & Clark Community CollegeGodfrey$10.0k2024-03-14
Midwest Sanitary Service IncWood River$02019-11-15
Fort Russell TownshipMoro$02021-11-24
ChemetcoHartford$02024-07-18
Granite City Works Of United States Steel CorpGranite City$02024-09-18
Holiday Shores Sanitary District StpEdwardsville$02020-11-19
Marine, Village OfMarine$02024-10-16
Waynes Professional DrycleanEdwardsville$02017-04-13
Roxana Landfill Compost SiteRoxana$02025-02-06
Dynegy Wood River Power StationAlton$02025-09-04
Wood River, City OfWood River$02020-07-29
Maryville WtpMaryville$02022-12-15
Godfrey, Village OfGodfrey$02022-03-29
Roxana, Village OfRoxana$02023-03-23
Nameoki TownshipPontoon Beach$02021-12-14
New Douglas StwNew Douglas$02025-01-24
Collinsville TownshipCollinsville$02019-10-30
Glen Carbon, Village OfGlen Carbon$02022-02-25
Phillips 66 CompanyHartford$02023-08-01
Shafer-Metro-East AirportSaint Jacob$02024-12-13
Omaha Track IncGranite City$02025-06-17
Wood River TownshipEast Alton$02021-07-30
Spectrulite Consortium IncorporatedMadison$02025-05-19
The Premcor Refining Group, Inc. - Valero Terminaling And Distribution CompanyHartford$02023-09-07
Hartford, Village OfHartford$02022-05-19
VeniceVenice$02025-08-13
Village Of East AltonEast Alton$02022-02-23
Fresh IncVenice$02020-05-07
Marine, Township OfMarine$02018-01-18