County page
Barton County
Barton County currently shows 1 Superfund site, 50 imported facility profiles, and 29,040 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 Barton County.
The latest loaded TRI year is 2024, with 29,040 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
Plating Inc
Plating Inc is in EPA's Superfund layer for Great Bend, KS. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Facilities
Worst polluters and compliance pressure
Mcdonald Tank & Equipment
Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Doonan Specialized Trailer Llc
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Great Bend Industries
Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Barton Hills Addition
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Claflin, City of
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Sundowner, Inc.-tp001
Significant Violation across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Claflin, City of (wwtp)
Significant Violation across 9 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Odin Store
Significant Violation across 9 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
United Parcel Service Inc
No Violation Identified with $5,300,000 in recorded penalties.
Fuller Industries
No Violation Identified with $144,924 in recorded penalties.
Barton Co Rwd 2-tp001
Significant noncompliance across 7 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Ellinwood, City of
Violation Identified across 6 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Albert, City of
Violation Identified across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Pawnee Rock, City Of-tp001
No Violation Identified across 3 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Kansas Brick & Tile
Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Great Bend Compressor Station 104
No Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Midwest Energy - Great Bend
Violation across 2 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Alfalfa Pellets - Great Bend
Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Olmitz, City Of-tp001
Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Redbarn Pet Products
No Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
| Chemical | Group | Facilities | Total pounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Styrene | Volatile organic compound | 1 | 28,690 lbs |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | Metals and metal compounds | 1 | 88 lbs |
| Nickel compounds | Metals and metal compounds | 1 | 75 lbs |
| Zinc compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 71 lbs |
| Manganese compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 56 lbs |
| Cobalt compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 51 lbs |
| Copper compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 7 lbs |
| Certain glycol ethers | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 2 lbs |
| Antimony compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Copper | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Nickel | Metals and metal compounds | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Chromium | Metals and metal compounds | 1 | 0 lbs |
Violation pages
State-level violation context tied to this county
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Clean Air Act violations in Kansas
Kansas facilities in the imported ECHO data show air-program oversight, inspections, or noncompliance signals.
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Clean Water Act violations in Kansas
Kansas facilities in the imported ECHO data show water-permit pressure, inspections, or noncompliance signals.
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RCRA violations in Kansas
Kansas facilities in the imported ECHO data show hazardous-waste or RCRA oversight signals.