County page
Carter County
Carter County currently shows 0 Superfund sites, 55 imported facility profiles, and 173,479 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 Carter County.
The latest loaded TRI year is 2024, with 173,479 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
Facilities
Worst polluters and compliance pressure
Olive Hill Wtp
Significant Violation across 7 of the last 12 quarters, with $2,000 in recorded penalties.
Tygart Creek Elementary School
Significant noncompliance across 5 of the last 12 quarters, with $17,500 in recorded penalties.
Carter Elementary School
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters, with $17,500 in recorded penalties.
Counts Crossroads Vocational School
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters, with $17,500 in recorded penalties.
Heritage Elementary School
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters, with $17,500 in recorded penalties.
Star Elementary School
Significant noncompliance across 3 of the last 12 quarters, with $17,500 in recorded penalties.
Carl Burge Clay Co
Significant Violation across 8 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Buffalo Valley Resources Llc [022-9415]
No Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters, with $14,000 in recorded penalties.
Smithfield Farmland Corp
No Violation Identified across 1 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Eugene Rayburn Lumber Co., Inc.
Significant noncompliance across 6 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Carter County Landfill
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Fast Lane No 8
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Heidelberg Materials Midwest Aggregates Inc - Aa Limestone Quarry
Violation Identified across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Ky Dop Grayson Lake State Park
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Mountain Materials Inc - Valley Stone #1
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Porter Tire Center Inc
No Violation Identified across 3 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Rattlesnake Ridge Wtp
Violation Identified across 3 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Camp Robert C Webb-camp Robert C Webb Wtp
No Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Grayson, City of
No Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Mountain Materials Inc - Brushy Creek Stone
No Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
| Chemical | Group | Facilities | Total pounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 173,379 lbs |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 98 lbs |
| Lead compounds | Metals and metal compounds | 1 | 2 lbs |
| Mercury compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Benzo[g, h, i]perylene | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Sodium nitrite | 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 Kentucky
Kentucky facilities in the imported ECHO data show air-program oversight, inspections, or noncompliance signals.
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Clean Water Act violations in Kentucky
Kentucky facilities in the imported ECHO data show water-permit pressure, inspections, or noncompliance signals.
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RCRA violations in Kentucky
Kentucky facilities in the imported ECHO data show hazardous-waste or RCRA oversight signals.