Pollution in Claiborne County, Tennessee

Claiborne County contains 87 EPA-regulated facilities, 7 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 0 Superfund sites and 5 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $20.2k in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 28.0k lb of on-site releases. That facility count is near the Tennessee state average of 80 per county.

Superfund0NPL sites
TRI Facilities5reporters
EPA Facilities87regulated
Sig. Violators7current SNC

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Sumiriko Tennessee, Inc. - TazewellTazewell26.3kPenalties
Royal Sterilization SysNew Tazewell1.7kCompliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Kopper Glo Mining, Llc Dba Marion TippleClairfield$8.5k2025-10-28
Tackett Creek Surface Mine 2Clairfield$4.2k2022-12-13
Straight Creek Surface MineClairfield$02025-08-26
Kopper Glo Mining Llc - Double Mountain MineClairfield$02025-05-13
Cooper Ridge Surface Mine Phase IiClairfield$02023-06-22
Kopper Glo Mining Llc - Cooper Ridge Surface MineClairfield$02025-05-13
Kopper Glo Mining Llc - Ben's Branch MineClairfield$02025-06-17