County page
Cherokee County
Cherokee County currently shows 2 Superfund sites, 40 imported facility profiles, and 30,335 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 Cherokee County.
The latest loaded TRI year is 2024, with 30,335 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
Cherokee County
Cherokee County is in EPA's Superfund layer for Cherokee County, KS. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Cherokee Zinc Weir Smelter
Cherokee Zinc Weir Smelter is in EPA's Superfund layer for Weir, KS. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Facilities
Worst polluters and compliance pressure
Jayhawk Fine Chemicals Corp.
Violation Identified across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Hyz Inc Hai Ying
Significant Violation across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Public Wholesale Wsd 19
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Cherokee Co Rwd 9
Violation Identified across 8 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Cherokee County Rwd No. 3
Significant noncompliance across 5 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Baxter Springs Wwtp
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Galena Sewer Treatment Plant C/o City Hall
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Baxter Springs, City of
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Cherokee Co Rwd 3-tp001, Ds1
Violation Identified across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Roseland, City of
No Violation Identified across 3 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Atec Steel Fabrication & Construction, Llc
No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2024-06-25.
Public Wholesale Water Dist #19
No Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Weir, City of (wwtp)
No Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
West Mineral City of Waste Water Treatment Plant
Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Riverton School
No Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Weir, City of
No Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
West Mineral, City of
Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Mccabe Industrial Minerals
Violation Identified across 1 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Cherokee Co. S.d. #1 (wwtp)
No Violation Identified across 1 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Columbus Sewer Treatment Plant C/o City Hall
No Violation Identified across 1 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
| Chemical | Group | Facilities | Total pounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| n-Hexane | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 8,913 lbs |
| Methyl tert-butyl ether | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 7,324 lbs |
| Ammonia | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 3,400 lbs |
| n-Butyl alcohol | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 3,302 lbs |
| Toluene | Volatile organic compound | 1 | 2,985 lbs |
| Methanol | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 2,281 lbs |
| o-Xylene | Volatile organic compound | 1 | 805 lbs |
| Cyclohexane | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 656 lbs |
| Triethylamine | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 454 lbs |
| Nitric acid | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 157 lbs |
| Chromium | Metals and metal compounds | 1 | 17 lbs |
| Copper | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 15 lbs |
| Manganese | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 14 lbs |
| Nickel | Metals and metal compounds | 1 | 6 lbs |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | Metals and metal compounds | 1 | 5 lbs |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Methyl chlorocarbonate | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Phenol | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Propylene | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 0 lbs |
| 2, 4-d | TRI-listed chemical | 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.