County page
Jefferson County
Jefferson County currently shows 1 Superfund site, 796 imported facility profiles, and 2,777,010 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 Jefferson County.
The latest loaded TRI year is 2024, with 2,777,010 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
Distler Farm
Distler Farm is in EPA's Superfund layer for West Point, KY. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Facilities
Worst polluters and compliance pressure
American Synthetic Rubber
Significant Violation across 10 of the last 12 quarters, with $78,750 in recorded penalties.
Chemours Company
Violation Identified across 6 of the last 12 quarters, with $4,500 in recorded penalties.
Carbide Industries Llc
Significant Violation across 8 of the last 12 quarters, with $40,500 in recorded penalties.
Eckart Effect Pigments
Significant Violation across 6 of the last 12 quarters, with $6,000 in recorded penalties.
Mill Creek
No Violation Identified across 1 of the last 12 quarters, with $750,000 in recorded penalties.
Ford Motor Company - Ford Louisville Assembly Plant
Violation Identified across 9 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
United Parcel Service, Worldport
Significant noncompliance across 5 of the last 12 quarters, with $5,314,750 in recorded penalties.
Sud-chemie Chemical Plant
Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters, with $483,750 in recorded penalties.
Clariant Corporation, Louisville South Plant
No Violation Identified with $481,500 in recorded penalties.
River Road Terminal Inc
Significant Violation across 8 of the last 12 quarters, with $4,250 in recorded penalties.
Nhk Spring Precision of America
Significant Violation across 5 of the last 12 quarters, with $4,500 in recorded penalties.
Dafco Inc
Significant noncompliance across 7 of the last 12 quarters, with $4,500 in recorded penalties.
Zschimmer & Schwarz Interpolymer
Significant Violation across 8 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Brandeis Machinery & Supply Co
Violation Identified across 6 of the last 12 quarters, with $7,500 in recorded penalties.
Safety-kleen Systems
Significant noncompliance across 10 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Con-way Freight Xlu
Violation Identified across 4 of the last 12 quarters, with $35,000 in recorded penalties.
Msd, Morris Forman Plant
Significant Violation across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Swift & Co
No Violation Identified with $44,250 in recorded penalties.
Bcsd Hillview #2
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Derby Welding and Machine Co., Inc.
Significant Violation across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
| Chemical | Group | Facilities | Total pounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22) | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 300,611 lbs |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 255,357 lbs |
| Ammonia | TRI-listed chemical | 10 | 202,855 lbs |
| Zinc compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 12 | 201,790 lbs |
| Certain glycol ethers | TRI-listed chemical | 9 | 193,138 lbs |
| Toluene | Volatile organic compound | 11 | 175,411 lbs |
| n-Butyl alcohol | TRI-listed chemical | 6 | 173,689 lbs |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 167,360 lbs |
| Vanadium compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 163,669 lbs |
| 1, 2, 4-Trimethylbenzene | Volatile organic compound | 11 | 123,781 lbs |
| Cyclohexane | TRI-listed chemical | 4 | 108,441 lbs |
| Manganese compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 102,537 lbs |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | Metals and metal compounds | 6 | 87,069 lbs |
| 2, 2-Dichloro-1, 1, 1-trifluoroethane (HCFC-123) | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 52,657 lbs |
| Nickel compounds | Metals and metal compounds | 6 | 52,651 lbs |
| Methanol | TRI-listed chemical | 7 | 42,564 lbs |
| Copper compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 4 | 39,048 lbs |
| Lead compounds | Metals and metal compounds | 5 | 33,664 lbs |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | Volatile organic compound | 10 | 27,289 lbs |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | TRI-listed chemical | 5 | 24,830 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.