Pollution in Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Norfolk County contains 220 EPA-regulated facilities, 14 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 4 Superfund sites and 40 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $9.1M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 34.1k lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the Massachusetts state average of 60 per county.

Superfund4NPL sites
TRI Facilities40reporters
EPA Facilities220regulated
Sig. Violators14current SNC

Superfund sites

SiteCityStatus
Baird McguireHolbrookReady for anticipated reuse
Blackburn Union PrivilegesWalpoleReady for anticipated reuse
Bjat LlcFranklinListed on NPL
South Weymouth Naval Air StationWeymouthCleanup underway

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Fore River Energy StationWeymouth21.0kCompliant
Citgo Petroleum CorporationBraintree5.8kCompliant
Sika Corp Sika Sarnafil DivCanton3.2kCompliant
Camger Coatings SystemsNorfolk1.8kCompliant
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics IncWalpole1.4kCompliant
Epco (E Parrella Co)Medway469Compliant
DynasolCanton135Compliant
Callahan CompanyWalpole109Compliant
Wollaston Alloys IncBraintree72Compliant
Bird Incorporated GranularNorwood, Town Of32Penalties
Capstan AtlanticWrentham29Sig. violation
Cyn Oil CorpStoughton20Compliant
Clean Harbors Storage & Treatment FacilityBraintree18Compliant
Olympic AdhesivesNorwood, Town Of18Compliant
Dauphinais Concrete IncBellingham15Compliant
Aggregate IndustriesWrentham11Compliant
Garelick Farms Milk Production FacilityFranklin5Sig. violation

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Capstan AtlanticWrentham$2.8k2021-07-28
Wrentham Developmental CenterWrentham$0
Great Pond Pond WtpWeymouth$02016-05-11
Everett Street Redevleopment ProjectWestwood$0
Xpo Logistics Freight, Inc - XeeBraintree$01996-05-15
Boston Executive HelicoptersNorwood$0
Charles River Wastewater Treatment FacilityMedway$02021-12-31
Regency Transportation IncorpFranklin$02019-09-25
Sprague Energy Quincy TerminalQuincy$02012-04-25
Medfield Wastewater Treatment FacilityMedfield$02022-07-18
Foxboro Sewer Collection SystemFoxborough$02025-03-04
Garelick Farms Milk Production FacilityFranklin$02024-09-20
Quincy Shipyard LlcQuincy$0
R-3 ProjectQuincy$0