Pollution in Daviess County, Kentucky

Daviess County contains 182 EPA-regulated facilities, 3 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 1 Superfund sites and 16 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $5.4M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 1.0M lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the Kentucky state average of 66 per county.

Superfund1NPL sites
TRI Facilities16reporters
EPA Facilities182regulated
Sig. Violators3current SNC

Superfund sites

SiteCityStatus
Green River Disposal IncMaceoReady for anticipated reuse

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Owensboro Grain Co LlcOwensboro386.6kCompliant
Kimberly-Clark CorporationOwensboro370.5kCompliant
Daramic LlcOwensboro158.2kCompliant
Dart Polymers IncOwensboro51.7kCompliant
Cargill Edible Oils, Inc.Owensboro19.0kCompliant
Valor Llc - Valor Oil Alsop LnOwensboro17.2kCompliant
Owensboro Specialty PolymersOwensboro10.3kCompliant
Modern Welding Co Of Owensboro IncOwensboro6.0kCompliant
Hines Precisions IncPhilpot4.5kCompliant
Hunter DouglasOwensboro3.8kCompliant
Specialty Foods Group, LlcOwensboro305Compliant
Toyotetsu Mid-America LlcOwensboro83Compliant
Hausner Hard-Chrome Of KentuckyOwensboro17Compliant
Pinkerton Tobacco Co. LpOwensboro7Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Kentuckiana Girl Scout CouncilUtica$6.5k2021-03-31
Graywolf Integrated Construction CoOwensboro$0
Horse Fork Creek ParkOwensboro$02018-09-11