Pollution in Salt Lake County, Utah

Salt Lake County contains 493 EPA-regulated facilities, 1 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 6 Superfund sites and 66 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $18.6M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 209.8M lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the Utah state average of 52 per county.

Superfund6NPL sites
TRI Facilities66reporters
EPA Facilities493regulated
Sig. Violators1current SNC

Superfund sites

SiteCityStatus
Portland Cement Kiln Dust 2 3Salt Lake CityReady for anticipated reuse
Utah Power Light American Barrel CoSalt Lake CityConstruction complete
Wasatch Chemical Co Lot 6Salt Lake CityConstruction complete
Kennecott North ZoneMagnaProposed for NPL
700 South 1600 East Pce PlumeSalt Lake CityListed on NPL
Murray SmelterMurray CityProposed for NPL

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Kennecott Utah Copper Mine Concentrators & Power PlantCopperton192.7MCompliant
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp. Smelter And RefineryMagna16.6MPenalties
Hexcel Corporation: Salt Lake OperationsWest Valley City375.3kCompliant
Marathon Petroleum – Salt Lake City RefinerySalt Lake City83.4kCompliant
U.s. Army National Guard Camp Williams RangesRiverton24.2kCompliant
Weir Mineral North America Salt Lake CitySalt Lake City22.2kPenalties
Dadi BathwareSalt Lake City9.2kCompliant
Varian Medical Systems Incorporated X Ray Tube ProductsSalt Lake City5.7kCompliant
Reladyne WestMidvale4.5kCompliant
Pioneer Metal Finishing, LlcSalt Lake City4.4kCompliant
Thatcher CompanySalt Lake City3.6kCompliant
Northrop Grumman Systems CorporationMagna2.8kCompliant
Abbott Critical Care SystemsSalt Lake City2.0kCompliant
Osi Industries Llc - West Jordan UtahWest Jordan2.0kCompliant
Jordan River Galvanizing, Inc.West Jordan1.4kCompliant
Interstate Brick Company: Brick Manufacturing PlantWest Jordan1.2kPenalties
Asahi Refining Usa IncSalt Lake City764Compliant
Tubing Manufacturing FacilitySalt Lake City616Compliant
Cytozyme IncSalt Lake City575Compliant
Brody ChemicalSalt Lake City505Compliant
American Welding & Tank LlcWest Jordan472Compliant
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing FacilitySalt Lake City451Compliant
West Jordan Batch PlantWest Jordan427Compliant
Draper FacilityDraper372Compliant
BiomerieuxSalt Lake City258Compliant
Bd MedicalSandy183Compliant
Sterigenics Us LlcSalt Lake City171Compliant
Kilgore Companies Office And ShopSalt Lake City169Compliant
North Salt Lake Batch PlantSalt Lake City162Compliant
Honeywell Electonic Materials - Salt Lake CitySalt Lake City135Penalties
Parker Hannifin Corp Eps DivWest Valley City126Compliant
BiomerieuxSalt Lake City123Compliant
Airgas Pioneer RoadSalt Lake City79Compliant
Univar Solutions Usa Inc.Salt Lake City58Compliant
The Dannon Company Inc.- West Jordan PlantWest Jordan16Compliant
Blanchard Metals ProcessingSalt Lake City5Compliant
HenkelSalt Lake City5Compliant
West ValleyWest Valley City5Compliant
Unlimited Designs IncSalt Lake City4Compliant
Meadow Gold DairiesSalt Lake City4Compliant
Edo Corp Western DivisionSouth Salt Lake3Compliant
Asphalt Materials, IncorporatedWest Jordan3Compliant
Quikrete - Salt Lake City, Ut PlantSalt Lake City1Compliant
Geneva Rock Products- Point Of The Mountain (Hansen-Lehi) FacilityDraper1Compliant
Staker & Parson California Ready-Mix ConcreteSalt Lake City1Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Silos Park LaneSalt Lake City$02025-09-25