South Dakota hosts 2 Superfund cleanup sites, 117 facilities reporting to EPA's Toxic Release Inventory, and 15 facilities currently in significant noncompliance with federal environmental laws. EPA has assessed $53.7M in lifetime penalties across these facilities, and TRI reporters released roughly 6.1M pounds of regulated chemicals on-site in the latest reporting year. The single largest on-site releaser is Wharf Resources (U S A ) Inc in Lead, reporting 2.7M lb to EPA.
| Site | City | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ellsworth Air Force Base | Ellsworth Afb | Construction complete |
| Gilt Edge Mine | Lead | Cleanup underway |
| Facility | City | On-site (lb) |
|---|---|---|
| Wharf Resources (U S A ) Inc | Lead | 2.7M |
| Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. - Sioux Falls, Sd | Sioux Falls | 964.9k |
| Novita Aurora, Llc | Aurora | 459.0k |
| South Dakota Soybean Processors | Volga | 442.6k |
| Otter Tail Power Co - Big Stone Power Plant | Big Stone | 382.6k |
| Ag Processing, Inc.- Aberdeen Soybean Processing Plant | Aberdeen | 326.2k |
| Design Tanks Inc | Sioux Falls | 61.7k |
| Showplace Wood Products | Harrisburg | 59.4k |
| Starmark Cabinetry | Sioux Falls | 59.0k |
| Lnc | Lake Norden | 47.8k |
| 3m Company | Brookings | 39.5k |
| Gcc Dacotah | Rapid City | 36.2k |
| Dakota Ethanol | Wentworth | 33.4k |
| Glacial Lakes Energy Llc | Watertown | 33.0k |
| Pete Lien & Sons, Inc. | Rapid City | 30.5k |
| Woodland Cabinetry | Sisseton | 28.3k |
| Hydro Extrusions Llc | Yankton | 28.2k |
| Aberdeen Energy Llc | Mina | 27.9k |
| Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc. | Milbank | 24.5k |
| Marmen Energy Company | Brandon | 24.4k |
| New Angus, Llc | Aberdeen | 23.8k |
| Valero Renewable Fuels Company | Aurora | 23.8k |
| Ringneck Energy | Onida | 23.2k |
| Redfield Energy, Llc | Redfield | 21.5k |
| Abe South Dakota Llc | Aberdeen | 21.4k |