Pollution in Grant County, New Mexico

Grant County contains 39 EPA-regulated facilities, 8 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 0 Superfund sites and 1 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $3.8M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 2.4M lb of on-site releases. That facility count is near the New Mexico state average of 50 per county.

Superfund0NPL sites
TRI Facilities1reporters
EPA Facilities39regulated
Sig. Violators8current SNC

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Chino Mines Co Mine Concentrator-Sxew PlantsVanadium2.0MCompliant
Freeport-Mcmoran Tyrone MineTyrone307.0kCompliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Grant County Sanitation Vintage Car Iron & MetalSilver City$02024-07-13
Casas Adobes MdwcaMimbres$0
Dri Metals RecyclingSilver City$02011-07-13
Cliff School$02013-09-26
Silver City PlantSilver City$0
Grant County/Silver City AirportHurley$0
Souhwest New Mexico Regional LandfillSilver City$02018-01-17
Wastewater Treatment PlantSilver City$02017-01-19