Pollution in Tooele County, Utah

Tooele County contains 197 EPA-regulated facilities, 2 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 3 Superfund sites and 13 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $1.7M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 17.6M lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the Utah state average of 52 per county.

Superfund3NPL sites
TRI Facilities13reporters
EPA Facilities197regulated
Sig. Violators2current SNC

Superfund sites

SiteCityStatus
Jacobs SmelterStocktonCleanup underway
Us MagnesiumTooele CountyListed on NPL
Tooele Army Depot North AreaTooeleCleanup underway

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Clean Harbors Grassy Mountain LlcGreenhaven11.3MCompliant
Clean Harbors Aragonite LlcGrantsville3.5MPenalties
Energysolutions LlcDugway2.7MCompliant
U.s. Magnesium PlantTooele71.5kSig. violation
Us Army Dugway Proving GroundDugway2.6kCompliant
Us Tooele Army Depot SouthStockton2.0kPenalties
Timpie Salt Processing PlantGrantsville22Compliant
Hunter Panels LlcTooele10Compliant
Clean Harbors Clive, LlcClive3Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
U.s. Magnesium PlantTooele$1.2M2025-09-24
Morton Salt IncGrantsville$02025-03-27