Pollution in Mckenzie County, North Dakota

Mckenzie County contains 124 EPA-regulated facilities, 9 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 0 Superfund sites and 10 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $68.5M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 12.2M lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the North Dakota state average of 29 per county.

Superfund0NPL sites
TRI Facilities10reporters
EPA Facilities124regulated
Sig. Violators9current SNC

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Oneok Rockies Midstream Llc - Grasslands Gas PlantAlexander12.2MCompliant
Watford City PlantAlexander15.4kCompliant
Little Missouri Gas PlantWatford City14.4kCompliant
Red Wing Creek Gas Plant IiArnegard8.1kCompliant
Wild Basin Gas Processing And Crude Handling FacilityWatford City7.9kCompliant
Garden Creek Gas PlantWatford City5.5kCompliant
Demicks Lake Gas PlantWatford City4.0kCompliant
Lonesome Creek Gas PlantAlexander3.2kCompliant
Bear Den Gas PlantWatford City2.2kCompliant
Roosevelt Gas PlantWatford City1.2kCompliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Biobridge WastewaterWatford City$125.0k2026-01-15
Bullrock, Llc- Alfred Brown SwdKeene$0
Aries Residence SuitesWatford City$02026-01-15
Badlands Aggregate Inc. - Jacobson Scoria PitWatford City$0
Ihd Solids ManagementWilliston$02024-06-26
Hess Corporation - Stony CreekUnknown$0
Rolfsrud County Road 10 Scoria PitWatford City$0
Bullrock Llc, Hob #1Keene$0
Wolla Oilfield Services - Watford CityWatford City$02025-08-05