Pollution in Brazoria County, Texas

Brazoria County contains 364 EPA-regulated facilities, 22 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 1 Superfund sites and 52 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $13.4M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 23.8M lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the Texas state average of 49 per county.

Superfund1NPL sites
TRI Facilities52reporters
EPA Facilities364regulated
Sig. Violators22current SNC

Superfund sites

SiteCityStatus
Gulfco Marine MaintenanceFreeportReady for anticipated reuse

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Ascend Performance Materials Chocolate Bayou PlantAlvin18.6MSig. violation
Basf Corp - Freeport SiteFreeport1.3MSig. violation
Phillips 66 Co - Sweeny RefineryOld Ocean920.0kPenalties
The Dow Chemical Company Texas OperationsFreeport854.3kSig. violation
Ineos Usa Llc - Chocolate Bayou PlantAlvin836.4kSig. violation
Chevron Phillips Chemical Sweeny Old Ocean FacilitiesSweeny399.2kPenalties
Olin Blue CubeFreeport281.9kSig. violation
Riviana FoodsFreeport86.0kCompliant
Braskem AmericaFreeport81.1kPenalties
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co Lp Clemens TerminalBrazoria62.3kPenalties
Linde-SweenySweeny41.7kCompliant
Shintech IncFreeport33.1kCompliant
Meglobal Oyster CreekFreeport31.4kCompliant
Txi - Portable Freeport LqfFreeport24.0kCompliant
Texas Barge & BoatFreeport22.0kPenalties
Ineos Oligomers Chocolate BayouAlvin21.0kCompliant
Nalco ChampionFreeport19.7kPenalties
Adhesive Polymers PlantFreeport19.4kCompliant
Conocophillips FreeportFreeport18.4kPenalties
Roche Vitamins Inc., Freeport, TexasFreeport17.1kPenalties
Gladieux Metals RecyclingFreeport14.3kSig. violation
Freeport Lng Pretreatment FacilityFreeport12.3kPenalties
Lyondell Chemical Co - Chocolate Bayou Chemicals PlantAlvin12.2kPenalties
Freeport PlantFreeport11.5kCompliant
Huntsman EthyleneaminesFreeport9.7kCompliant
Conocophillips San Bernard TerminalSweeny8.8kCompliant
Corteva Freeport OperationsFreeport7.4kCompliant
Ineos Usa Llc - Stratton Ridge FacilityClute6.3kCompliant
Solvche - Pearland FacilityPearland5.7kCompliant
Si Group Inc Tx OperationsFreeport4.4kPenalties
Airgas Alvin PlantAlvin4.1kCompliant
Air Liquide Freeport Hpu PlantFreeport3.1kCompliant
Diphenyl Oxide Dpo UnitAlvin3.0kCompliant
Freeport TerminalFreeport2.8kCompliant
Yara Freeport LlcClute2.6kCompliant
Third Coast TerminalsPearland1.8kCompliant
Basf Corp - Harbor TerminalFreeport1.0kPenalties
Mcip Industrial EnterprisesPearland1.0kCompliant
Shinetsu Silicones Of America - Freeport PlantFreeport957Compliant
Allegheny Petroleum Products Co.Angleton615Compliant
Keeshan And Bost Chemical Co., Inc.Manvel584Compliant
Schlumberger Reservoir CompletionsRosharon58Penalties
Texas Honing Inc - PearlandPearland18Compliant
Jv Industrial FreeportFreeport11Compliant
Davis LynchPearland5Compliant
Allied Plant 5 - ManvelManvel1Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
The Dow Chemical Company Texas OperationsFreeport$5.0M2025-06-20
Olin Blue CubeFreeport$258.0k2025-10-28
Basf Corp - Freeport SiteFreeport$134.7k2025-10-23
Ineos Usa Llc - Chocolate Bayou PlantAlvin$72.8k2025-10-29
Ascend Performance Materials Chocolate Bayou PlantAlvin$66.1k2025-09-04
Ineos Oligomers Chocolate BayouAlvin$2.4k2026-02-04
City Of Brazoria WwtpBrazoria$02015-02-11
Manvel CbpManvel$0
Southdown WwtpPearland$02024-09-13
Autumn Shadows Mobile Home Park-Plant - Hwy 35 / Fm 1459Sugar Land$0
2021 C 99Alvin$0
Stoneridge Lake SubdivisionRosharon$0
Air Liquide - Freeport Hyco PlantFreeport$02022-08-12
Reflection Bay Water Reclamation FacilityPearland$02023-12-21
Oak Manor WwtpAlvin$02025-03-31
Gladieux Metals RecyclingFreeport$02025-05-27
Pine Colony Mobile Home Park$0
Taco Jalisco Mexican Grill-Plant - 6805 Hwy 36Jones Creek$0
Autumn Shadows MhpSweeny$02021-09-28
Freeport CbpFreeport$0
Marlin Marina Water System-Plant - Griffin DrFreeport$0
Demi John Place Water System-Plant 2 - 4402 Avenue CCypress$0