County page
Jefferson County
Jefferson County currently shows 1 Superfund site, 219 imported facility profiles, and 7,129,500 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 Jefferson County.
The latest loaded TRI year is 2024, with 7,129,500 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
Star Lake Canal
Star Lake Canal is in EPA's Superfund layer for Port Neches, TX. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Facilities
Worst polluters and compliance pressure
Indorama Ventures Oxides - Port Neches Operations
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $12,208,954 in recorded penalties.
Port Arthur Plant
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $3,533,621 in recorded penalties.
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Beaumont Chemical Plant
Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $115,449 in recorded penalties.
Exxonmobil Beaumont Chemical Plant (bmcp)
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $89,126 in recorded penalties.
Lion Elastomers Llc
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $119,126 in recorded penalties.
Port Arthur Refinery
Violation Identified across 9 of the last 12 quarters, with $221,488 in recorded penalties.
Totalenergies Petrochemicals & Refining Inc - Port Arthur Refinery
Violation Identified across 7 of the last 12 quarters, with $1,335,919 in recorded penalties.
Beaumont Gas To Gasoline Plant
Violation Identified across 10 of the last 12 quarters, with $227,543 in recorded penalties.
Veolia Es Technical Solutions
Violation Identified across 10 of the last 12 quarters, with $93,319 in recorded penalties.
Port Arthur Chemicals
Violation Identified across 7 of the last 12 quarters, with $192,313 in recorded penalties.
Total Port Arthur Refinery
Violation Identified across 5 of the last 12 quarters, with $861,921 in recorded penalties.
Tforce Freight- Beaumont
Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $3,800,000 in recorded penalties.
Sabine Pass Wwtf
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $56,250 in recorded penalties.
Applied Standards Inpection Inc
Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $22,312 in recorded penalties.
City of China Wwtf
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $18,037 in recorded penalties.
Exxonmobil Beaumont Refinery
Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters, with $1,664,031 in recorded penalties.
Kmtex - Port Arthur Facility
Violation Identified across 5 of the last 12 quarters, with $32,475 in recorded penalties.
Bayport Polymers Llc Ethane Cracker
Violation Identified across 4 of the last 12 quarters, with $16,461 in recorded penalties.
Motiva - Port Arthur Terminal
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Renewable Bio Fuels
Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
| Chemical | Group | Facilities | Total pounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| n-Hexane | TRI-listed chemical | 21 | 1,347,191 lbs |
| Ethylene | TRI-listed chemical | 13 | 1,250,125 lbs |
| Hydrogen cyanide | TRI-listed chemical | 4 | 920,869 lbs |
| Ammonia | TRI-listed chemical | 17 | 566,459 lbs |
| Methanol | TRI-listed chemical | 20 | 498,713 lbs |
| Propylene | TRI-listed chemical | 13 | 404,733 lbs |
| Chlorophenols | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 299,216 lbs |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | TRI-listed chemical | 8 | 228,263 lbs |
| Toluene | Volatile organic compound | 19 | 164,555 lbs |
| Benzene | Volatile organic compound | 19 | 153,985 lbs |
| Styrene | Volatile organic compound | 16 | 139,546 lbs |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | TRI-listed chemical | 4 | 102,917 lbs |
| Hydrogen sulfide | TRI-listed chemical | 12 | 102,295 lbs |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | Volatile organic compound | 18 | 100,229 lbs |
| 2, 4-Dinitrophenol | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 96,968 lbs |
| Ethylbenzene | Volatile organic compound | 21 | 79,347 lbs |
| 1, 3-Butadiene | TRI-listed chemical | 12 | 78,891 lbs |
| Isoprene | TRI-listed chemical | 7 | 78,250 lbs |
| Methyl tert-butyl ether | TRI-listed chemical | 7 | 59,091 lbs |
| 1, 2, 4-Trichlorobenzene | Volatile organic compound | 2 | 54,005 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.