County page
Howard County
Howard County currently shows 0 Superfund sites, 24 imported facility profiles, and 541,437 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 Howard County.
The latest loaded TRI year is 2024, with 541,437 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
Big Spring Carbon Black Plant
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $36,001 in recorded penalties.
Alon Usa Refinery
Violation Identified across 7 of the last 12 quarters, with $19,425 in recorded penalties.
Permian Lodging Big Spring
Significant noncompliance across 6 of the last 12 quarters, with $67,054 in recorded penalties.
City of Coahoma
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
City of Forsan
Significant Violation across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
George H Obrien Jr Va Medical Center
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
City of Big Spring
Significant Violation across 9 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
East Vealmoor Gas Plant
No Violation Identified with $3,125,000 in recorded penalties.
Fiber Composite Bethel Lane
No Violation Identified across 1 of the last 12 quarters, with $4,875 in recorded penalties.
Big Springs Wwtp
Violation Identified across 5 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
City of Big Spring Water Reclamation Plant
Violation Identified across 5 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Endurance Lift Solutions
No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2021-07-20.
R2r & D Llc Dba Superod
No violation identified
Champion Technologies - Big Spring, Texas
No violation identified
Big Spring Water Reclamation Plant
Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
City of Big Spring - Roy C Hester Water Treatment Plant
No Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Howard County Wcid 1
Inactive across 2 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Big Spring Plant
No Violation Identified across 1 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Fryar Treating Facility
No Violation Identified across 1 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Charles R Wing Cogeneration Plant
No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2025-11-14.
| Chemical | Group | Facilities | Total pounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benzene | Volatile organic compound | 1 | 95,076 lbs |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 81,884 lbs |
| Methanol | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 70,981 lbs |
| Hydrogen cyanide | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 52,485 lbs |
| Hydrogen sulfide | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 35,883 lbs |
| Propylene | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 34,767 lbs |
| Carbon disulfide | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 32,193 lbs |
| Styrene | Volatile organic compound | 3 | 24,922 lbs |
| Phenol | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 24,760 lbs |
| Toluene | Volatile organic compound | 2 | 20,550 lbs |
| Ammonia | TRI-listed chemical | 3 | 16,827 lbs |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | Volatile organic compound | 2 | 11,027 lbs |
| Ethylene | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 8,215 lbs |
| Carbonyl sulfide | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 7,578 lbs |
| Ethylbenzene | Volatile organic compound | 1 | 7,225 lbs |
| Formaldehyde | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 4,466 lbs |
| Cyclohexane | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 4,185 lbs |
| n-Hexane | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 3,720 lbs |
| 1, 2, 4-Trimethylbenzene | Volatile organic compound | 2 | 3,266 lbs |
| Hydrogen fluoride | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 646 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.