County page
Butler County
Butler County currently shows 1 Superfund site, 86 imported facility profiles, and 298,731 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 Butler County.
The latest loaded TRI year is 2024, with 298,731 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
Pester Refinery Co
Pester Refinery Co is in EPA's Superfund layer for El Dorado, KS. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Facilities
Worst polluters and compliance pressure
Hollyfrontier El Dorado Refining
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters, with $7,262,758 in recorded penalties.
Butler Co Rwd 2
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Latham, City of
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Potwin, City of
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Simmons Subdivision Sanitation System-tp001
Significant Violation across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Andover, City of (wwtp)
Violation Identified across 10 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Benton, City of
Significant noncompliance across 9 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Andover, City of (ms4)
Significant noncompliance across 7 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Sherwin-williams - Andover
Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Augusta Wwtp
Significant noncompliance across 6 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Butler Co Rwd 1
Significant noncompliance across 6 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Augusta, City of
No Violation Identified with $8,340 in recorded penalties.
Butler Co Rwd 3
Violation Identified across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Elbing, City of
Violation Identified across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Whitewater, City of
Violation Identified across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Barton Solvents
No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2026-03-09.
Pray Aviation
Under review with $2,381 in recorded penalties.
Valmont Newmark Industries
No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2026-03-05.
Dj Engineering
Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Butler Co Rwd 7-tp002 Booster
No Violation Identified across 3 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
| Chemical | Group | Facilities | Total pounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydrogen cyanide | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 100,000 lbs |
| Ammonia | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 51,140 lbs |
| Toluene | Volatile organic compound | 3 | 33,339 lbs |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | Volatile organic compound | 3 | 22,058 lbs |
| n-Hexane | TRI-listed chemical | 3 | 21,757 lbs |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 20,001 lbs |
| Benzene | Volatile organic compound | 2 | 13,704 lbs |
| Ethylbenzene | Volatile organic compound | 3 | 7,179 lbs |
| Methyl isobutyl ketone | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 5,206 lbs |
| Methanol | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 3,730 lbs |
| Cyclohexane | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 3,353 lbs |
| Ethylene | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 2,880 lbs |
| Propylene | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 2,700 lbs |
| Hydrogen sulfide | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 2,284 lbs |
| Zinc compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 1,313 lbs |
| Carbon disulfide | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 1,100 lbs |
| n-Butyl alcohol | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 866 lbs |
| Manganese | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 778 lbs |
| 1, 2, 4-Trimethylbenzene | Volatile organic compound | 4 | 722 lbs |
| Phenol | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 721 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.