Pollution in Calhoun County, Texas

Calhoun County contains 51 EPA-regulated facilities, 3 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 1 Superfund sites and 8 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $3.8M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 17.8M lb of on-site releases. That facility count is near the Texas state average of 49 per county.

Superfund1NPL sites
TRI Facilities8reporters
EPA Facilities51regulated
Sig. Violators3current SNC

Superfund sites

SiteCityStatus
Alcoa Point Comfort Lavaca BayPoint ComfortReady for anticipated reuse

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Ineos Usa Green Lake FacilityPort Lavaca14.8MPenalties
Formosa Plastics Corporation, TexasPoint Comfort1.7MSig. violation
Braskem America Seadrift OperationsSeadrift1.3MPenalties
Seadrift Coke LpPort Lavaca8.3kPenalties
Gulfmark Energy IncPort Lavaca274Compliant
Calhoun Chemicals, LlcPort Lavaca10Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Formosa Plastics Corporation, TexasPoint Comfort$3.7M2025-09-18
Lynn's Bayou WwtpPort Lavaca$02024-12-17
Gbra Calhoun County Rural Water System-Gbra Gst & PsCypress$0