Pollution in Worcester County, Massachusetts

Worcester County contains 494 EPA-regulated facilities, 41 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 1 Superfund sites and 71 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $14.3M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 56.4k lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the Massachusetts state average of 60 per county.

Superfund1NPL sites
TRI Facilities71reporters
EPA Facilities494regulated
Sig. Violators41current SNC

Superfund sites

SiteCityStatus
Hocomonco PondWestboroughReady for anticipated reuse

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Advance Coatings CompanyWestminster15.5kCompliant
Saint Gobain AbrasivesWorcester11.7kSig. violation
Flexcon Company IncSpencer11.2kCompliant
Highline Warren LlcLeominster5.2kPenalties
Lewcott CorporationMillbury2.6kCompliant
Gentex OpticsDudley2.5kCompliant
Photofabrication Engineering Photochemical Machining PlantMilford2.3kCompliant
St Gobain Performance PlasticsWorcester1.1kCompliant
Shield PackagingDudley900Penalties
Nitto Denko AveciaMilford712Compliant
Ge OsmonicsWestborough524Compliant
United County Ind Dba County Heat TreatMillbury520Compliant
Wyman Gordon PlantNorth Grafton479Sig. violation
Newark America Paperboard MillFitchburg262Compliant
CytivaWestborough, Town Of150Compliant
Benjamin Moore PaintMilford124Penalties
Omnova Solutions IncFitchburg, City Of124Compliant
Mexichem Specialty Compounds IncLeominster104Sig. violation
Teknor Apex ThermoplasticLeominster66Compliant
Aurora Plastics Ma - Suite 100Lunenburg60Compliant
Riverdale MillsNorthbridge60Compliant
Prematech Advanced CeramicsWorcester52Compliant
Steris CorporationNorthborough45Compliant
Supercon IncorporatedShrewsbury44Compliant
NoveonLeominster20Compliant
Kt Acquisition Llc, Dba Komtek ForgeWorcester20Compliant
Ne Peptide Llc Aka VivitideGardner15Compliant
Quabaug Rubber CoNorth Brookfield12Compliant
Dauphinais Concrete, Inc.Douglas11Compliant
Metso Automation Usa IncShrewsbury, Town Of6Compliant
Inner Tite CorporationHolden6Compliant
Clariant Plastics & Coatings Usa- HoldenHolden5Compliant
Hudson Color ConcentratesLeominster5Compliant
Ls Starrett Precision ToolsAthol3Sig. violation
Cleanpart EastSouthbridge3Compliant
Seaman Paper MillTempleton (Baldwinville)1Compliant
Wyman-Gordon CoWorcester1Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Cambium CorporationAthol$4.8k2020-03-12
Lkq New EnglandWebster$02024-04-30
Unilock New York, Inc. Boston DivisionUxbridge$0
Fitchburg East Wastewater Treatment FacilityFitchburg$02022-07-20
48forty Solutions Westborough, MaWestborough$0
Westminster Department Of Public WorksWestminster$0
Modern DispersionLeominster$02020-02-07
Clinton Town OfClinton$02025-03-07
Lunenburg Department Of Public WorksLunenburg$02025-03-12
American Reclamation CorpCharlton$02005-11-16
Worcester Sand & GravelShrewsbury$02018-09-06
Douglas W W T PEast Douglas$0
Upper Blackstone Wastewater Treatment PlantMillbury$02025-09-19
Auburn Water Dist - Well #4&5 Walsh Avenue W T FAuburn$02016-11-30
Charlton W W T PCharlton$0
First Student #20680Charlton City$0
Concrete Block Insulating SystemsWest Brookfield$02020-01-03
Lancaster-Mwra Sewer Collection SystemSouth Lancaster$0
Athol Wastewater Treatment FacilityAthol$02024-09-24
River Terrace HealthcareLancaster$02018-05-21
Royalston Wastewater Treatment PlantRoyalston$02015-09-14
Ecc CorporationHolden (Jefferson)$02006-11-09
Polar BeveragesWorcester$02017-03-29
Oxford Transfer StationNorth Oxford$0
R.j. Paquette ConcreteHolden$0
Southbridge Municipal AirportSouthbridge$02024-05-22
Mar050000Worcester$0
Westborough Water Purification PlantWestborough$02017-09-19
Rand-Whitney Container, LlcBoylston$0
Ls Starrett Precision ToolsAthol$02024-09-25
Wyman Gordon PlantNorth Grafton$02024-10-30
Spencer Wastewater Treatment PlantSpencer$02023-04-06
Fitchburg Westminster Sanitary LandfillWestminster$0
Saint Gobain AbrasivesWorcester$02022-07-12
Templeton W W T PTempleton$0
Auburn Transfer Station & RecAuburn$0
Barre Wastewater Treatment FacilityBarre$02023-03-30
Southbridge Street CourtAuburn$02013-06-03
Southbridge Recycling & Disposal ParkSouthbridge$02024-09-20
Mexichem Specialty Compounds IncLeominster$02017-08-10
Mwra Clinton Wastewater Treatment PlantClinton$02021-10-07