County page
Nueces County
Nueces County currently shows 1 Superfund site, 153 imported facility profiles, and 12,668,700 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 Nueces County.
The latest loaded TRI year is 2024, with 12,668,700 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
Brine Service Company
Brine Service Company is in EPA's Superfund layer for Corpus Christi, TX. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Facilities
Worst polluters and compliance pressure
Us Ecology
Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $99,683 in recorded penalties.
Valero Corpus Christi Refineries - West Plant
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $103,230 in recorded penalties.
Citgo Corpus Christi Refinery East Plant
Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $68,089 in recorded penalties.
Equistar Chemicals
Violation Identified across 10 of the last 12 quarters, with $3,486,475 in recorded penalties.
Corpus Christi East Refinery
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $110,668 in recorded penalties.
Fhr Corpus Christi West Refinery
Violation Identified across 9 of the last 12 quarters, with $427,563 in recorded penalties.
West Plant Facility
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters, with $95,475 in recorded penalties.
Potac, Llc
Violation Identified across 5 of the last 12 quarters, with $8,700 in recorded penalties.
Elementis Chromium Corpus Christ Tx Facility
Significant noncompliance across 5 of the last 12 quarters, with $28,545 in recorded penalties.
Deep Sea Terminal
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Robstown Wwtf
Significant Violation across 10 of the last 12 quarters, with $22,050 in recorded penalties.
Driscoll Wwtp
Significant noncompliance across 9 of the last 12 quarters, with $59,412 in recorded penalties.
Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi East Plant
No Violation Identified across 3 of the last 12 quarters, with $60,500 in recorded penalties.
Epic Consolidated Operations
Violation across 9 of the last 12 quarters, with $20,000 in recorded penalties.
Valley Solvent
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters, with $15,000 in recorded penalties.
Buckeye Texas Processing
Significant Violation across 7 of the last 12 quarters, with $169,405 in recorded penalties.
Adm Growmark Facility
Violation across 9 of the last 12 quarters, with $1,250 in recorded penalties.
Corpus Christi Terminal
Violation Identified across 4 of the last 12 quarters, with $592,103 in recorded penalties.
Naval Air Station Corpus Christi
Significant noncompliance across 6 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Quality Ready Mix
Violation Identified across 6 of the last 12 quarters, with $21,700 in recorded penalties.
| Chemical | Group | Facilities | Total pounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms) | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 1,929,747 lbs |
| Asbestos (friable) | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 1,920,353 lbs |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | TRI-listed chemical | 8 | 1,833,108 lbs |
| Hydrogen cyanide | TRI-listed chemical | 4 | 930,002 lbs |
| Zinc compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 701,753 lbs |
| Lead compounds | Metals and metal compounds | 8 | 436,613 lbs |
| Diisocyanates | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 386,370 lbs |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | Metals and metal compounds | 2 | 379,345 lbs |
| n-Hexane | TRI-listed chemical | 15 | 243,519 lbs |
| Ethylene glycol | TRI-listed chemical | 8 | 234,382 lbs |
| Manganese compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 228,028 lbs |
| Maleic anhydride | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 214,692 lbs |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 207,151 lbs |
| Nickel compounds | Metals and metal compounds | 8 | 194,481 lbs |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | TRI-listed chemical | 5 | 187,925 lbs |
| Diethanolamine | TRI-listed chemical | 7 | 183,738 lbs |
| Ethylene | TRI-listed chemical | 9 | 166,282 lbs |
| Certain glycol ethers | TRI-listed chemical | 3 | 165,597 lbs |
| Toluene | Volatile organic compound | 14 | 157,535 lbs |
| Ammonia | TRI-listed chemical | 11 | 152,829 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.