County page
Cherokee County
Cherokee County currently shows 0 Superfund sites, 66 imported facility profiles, and 22,181 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 Cherokee County.
The latest loaded TRI year is 2024, with 22,181 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
Facilities
Worst polluters and compliance pressure
Double Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $56,575 in recorded penalties.
City of New Summerfield Wwtp
Violation Identified across 7 of the last 12 quarters, with $5,250 in recorded penalties.
Luvata Electrofin Texas
Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
City of Troup Wwtp
Violation Identified across 5 of the last 12 quarters, with $18,750 in recorded penalties.
City of Alto Wwtp
Significant Violation across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
City of Cuney Wwtp
Significant Violation across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Alto Rural Wsc Central High Plant
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Alto Rural Wsc Coldsprings Plant
Significant noncompliance across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
City of Alto
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
City of New Summerfield
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
City of Rusk-plant 1 - E Copeland St Golf Course
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Cuney Rural Water Supply
Significant Violation across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Forest Wsc-plant 1 - Fm 1911
Significant Violation across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Maydelle Wsc
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
City of Alto Wwtp
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters, with $15,000 in recorded penalties.
Rusk Wastewater Treatment Plant
Significant noncompliance across 6 of the last 12 quarters, with $400 in recorded penalties.
Alto Rural Wsc Bradford Mt Plant
Significant noncompliance across 10 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Stryker Lake Wsc-plant 1 - Cr 4504 E of Fm 2274
Significant noncompliance across 10 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
City of Wells
Violation Identified across 8 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Stryker Creek Steam Electric Station
Significant noncompliance across 7 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
| Chemical | Group | Facilities | Total pounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Certain glycol ethers | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 8,369 lbs |
| Styrene | Volatile organic compound | 1 | 7,738 lbs |
| sec-Butyl alcohol | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 4,091 lbs |
| 1, 2, 4-Trimethylbenzene | Volatile organic compound | 1 | 940 lbs |
| Zinc compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 430 lbs |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | Volatile organic compound | 1 | 344 lbs |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | Metals and metal compounds | 2 | 231 lbs |
| Chromium | Metals and metal compounds | 1 | 24 lbs |
| Nickel | Metals and metal compounds | 1 | 11 lbs |
| Antimony compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 3 lbs |
| Nonylphenol Ethoxylates | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Benzo[g, h, i]perylene | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Dibutyl phthalate | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Creosote | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Lead compounds | Metals and metal compounds | 2 | 0 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.