Nueces County contains 153 EPA-regulated facilities, 10 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 1 Superfund sites and 28 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $11.4M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 12.7M lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the Texas state average of 49 per county.
| Site | City | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Brine Service Company | Corpus Christi | Cleanup underway |
| Facility | City | On-site (lb) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Us Ecology | Robstown | 8.4M | Penalties |
| Citgo Corpus Christi Refinery East Plant | Corpus Christi | 1.1M | Penalties |
| Valero Corpus Christi Refineries - West Plant | Corpus Christi | 878.7k | Penalties |
| Fhr Corpus Christi West Refinery | Corpus Christi | 822.9k | Penalties |
| Celanese Engineered Resins Inc. | Bishop | 262.0k | Compliant |
| Corpus Christi East Refinery | Corpus Christi | 250.8k | Sig. violation |
| Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi East Plant | Corpus Christi | 245.5k | Penalties |
| Equistar Chemicals | Corpus Christi | 219.4k | Penalties |
| West Plant Facility | Corpus Christi | 165.4k | Penalties |
| Naval Air Station Corpus Christi | Corpus Christi | 85.0k | Compliant |
| Basf Corporation | Bishop | 70.5k | Compliant |
| Javelina Gas Processing Facility | Corpus Christi | 30.3k | Penalties |
| Potac, Llc | Corpus Christi | 28.2k | Penalties |
| Magellan Terminals Holdings, Lp | Corpus Christi | 22.5k | Compliant |
| Majek Boat Plant | Corpus Christi | 18.9k | Compliant |
| Oq Chemicals Bishop Llc | Bishop | 6.7k | Compliant |
| Shoup Gas Processing And Fractionation Plant | Corpus Christi | 5.6k | Compliant |
| Elementis Chromium Corpus Christ Tx Facility | Corpus Christi | 5.5k | Penalties |
| Valley Solvent | Corpus Christi | 2.1k | Penalties |
| Deep Sea Terminal | Corpus Christi | 1.7k | Sig. violation |
| Hep Javelina Smr, Llc | Corpus Christi | 442 | Compliant |
| Tdc Llc-Corpus Christi Plant | Corpus Christi | 54 | Compliant |
| Corpus Christi Asphalt Terminal | Corpus Christi | 49 | Compliant |
| Halliburton Corpus Christi Grinding Plant | Corpus Christi | 1 | Compliant |
| Facility | City | Penalties | Last Inspected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Texas Processing | Corpus Christi | $169.4k | 2024-05-09 |
| Corpus Christi East Refinery | Corpus Christi | $110.7k | 2025-05-15 |
| Hep Javelina, Llc | Corpus Christi | $35.2k | 2024-02-21 |
| Robstown Wwtf | Robstown | $22.1k | 2025-01-30 |
| City Of Bishop Wwtf | Bishop | $0 | 2025-02-12 |
| Bishop Cisd Wwtp | Petronila | $0 | 2025-11-13 |
| Driscoll Wwtp | Driscoll | $0 | |
| Mustang Island St 903s Platform A | Corpus Christi | $0 | |
| Eog Resources, Inc. | Corpus Christi | $0 | |
| Deep Sea Terminal | Corpus Christi | $0 | 2024-01-22 |