County page
Brazoria County
Brazoria County currently shows 1 Superfund site, 364 imported facility profiles, and 16,981,953 lbs in loaded TRI releases.
Overview
What this county page is saying
This live county page is generated from the ingested EPA datasets. It merges ECHO facility compliance rows, TRI release totals, and any Superfund sites attached to Brazoria County.
The latest loaded TRI year is 2024, with 16,981,953 lbs in county-level on-site releases tied to the imported facility set.
Focus points
Design and product notes
County pages combine facility compliance history with chemical release totals.
TRI chemistry shows what is being reported, while ECHO shows who keeps drawing enforcement attention.
Superfund records add legacy cleanup context even when live contaminant detail is still sparse.
Superfund layer
Cleanup sites in this county
Gulfco Marine Maintenance
Gulfco Marine Maintenance is in EPA's Superfund layer for Freeport, TX. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Facilities
Worst polluters and compliance pressure
The Dow Chemical Company Texas Operations
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $5,004,875 in recorded penalties.
Ascend Performance Materials Chocolate Bayou Plant
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $66,064 in recorded penalties.
Phillips 66 Co - Sweeny Refinery
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $554,804 in recorded penalties.
Basf Corp - Freeport Site
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $134,688 in recorded penalties.
Olin Blue Cube
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $257,995 in recorded penalties.
Ineos Usa Llc - Chocolate Bayou Plant
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $72,768 in recorded penalties.
Chevron Phillips Chemical Sweeny Old Ocean Facilities
Violation Identified across 6 of the last 12 quarters, with $473,515 in recorded penalties.
Texas Barge & Boat
Violation Identified across 7 of the last 12 quarters, with $37,000 in recorded penalties.
City of Sweeny Wwtp
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $15,975 in recorded penalties.
Gladieux Metals Recycling
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Oak Crest Mhp Wwtp
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters, with $16,875 in recorded penalties.
Solvche - Pearland Facility
Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Freeport Plant
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Nalco Champion
Significant noncompliance across 5 of the last 12 quarters, with $2,000 in recorded penalties.
City of Pearland- Longwood Wwtp
Violation Identified across 9 of the last 12 quarters, with $23,438 in recorded penalties.
City of West Columbia
Violation Identified across 8 of the last 12 quarters, with $56,250 in recorded penalties.
Tdcj Clemens Unit
Violation Identified across 8 of the last 12 quarters, with $36,750 in recorded penalties.
Cedar Grove Mhp
Violation Identified across 9 of the last 12 quarters, with $10,875 in recorded penalties.
Village Trace Wwtp
Violation Identified across 8 of the last 12 quarters, with $45,500 in recorded penalties.
Roche Vitamins Inc., Freeport, Texas
Significant noncompliance across 3 of the last 12 quarters, with $4,875 in recorded penalties.
| Chemical | Group | Facilities | Total pounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | TRI-listed chemical | 17 | 5,688,498 lbs |
| Acrylonitrile | TRI-listed chemical | 4 | 2,784,751 lbs |
| Acrylamide | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 1,843,875 lbs |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | TRI-listed chemical | 6 | 1,437,268 lbs |
| Ethylene | TRI-listed chemical | 14 | 937,445 lbs |
| Cyanide compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 712,799 lbs |
| Propylene | TRI-listed chemical | 11 | 578,997 lbs |
| Hydrogen cyanide | TRI-listed chemical | 3 | 561,505 lbs |
| Cyclohexanol | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 500,625 lbs |
| Acetonitrile | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 314,454 lbs |
| 1, 3-Butadiene | TRI-listed chemical | 5 | 152,849 lbs |
| Acetamide | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 118,332 lbs |
| Benzene | Volatile organic compound | 14 | 83,549 lbs |
| n-Hexane | TRI-listed chemical | 15 | 75,889 lbs |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | TRI-listed chemical | 5 | 72,823 lbs |
| Antimony compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 71,186 lbs |
| Dichloromethane | TRI-listed chemical | 3 | 70,049 lbs |
| Phenol | TRI-listed chemical | 5 | 68,729 lbs |
| Sulfuryl fluoride | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 66,888 lbs |
| Cyclohexane | TRI-listed chemical | 9 | 60,018 lbs |
Violation pages
State-level violation context tied to this county
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Clean Air Act violations in Texas
Texas facilities in the imported ECHO data show air-program oversight, inspections, or noncompliance signals.
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Clean Water Act violations in Texas
Texas facilities in the imported ECHO data show water-permit pressure, inspections, or noncompliance signals.
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RCRA violations in Texas
Texas facilities in the imported ECHO data show hazardous-waste or RCRA oversight signals.