Pollution in Chesterfield County, Virginia

Chesterfield County contains 160 EPA-regulated facilities, 6 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 1 Superfund sites and 22 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $6.4M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 653.5k lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the Virginia state average of 39 per county.

Superfund1NPL sites
TRI Facilities22reporters
EPA Facilities160regulated
Sig. Violators6current SNC

Superfund sites

SiteCityStatus
Defense General Supply Center DlaChesterfield CountyCleanup underway

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Philip Morris Usa Inc - Park 500Chester180.2kCompliant
Honeywell International Incorporated-Technical CtrColonial Heights165.9kPenalties
Dupont Spruance PlantRichmond130.8kSig. violation
Dupont Teijin Films SpruanceRichmond115.3kCompliant
Church & Dwight Co IncColonial Heights27.3kCompliant
Wako Chemicals Usa IncRichmond10.3kPenalties
Veolia James River PlantChesterfield8.4kCompliant
Reynolds Consumer Products LlcRichmond7.1kCompliant
Us Defense Logistics Agency Defense Supply Center RichmondRichmond4.5kCompliant
Upaco Adhesives - Division Of Worthen IndustriesRichmond3.2kCompliant
Univar Solutions Usa LlcChester451Compliant
Mechanicsville Concrete Llc - Chesterfield PlantMidlothian33Compliant
Sun Chemical Corp.Colonial Heights7Compliant
Safety-Kleen Systems Inc - Chester FacilityChester2Compliant
Dominion Energy - Chesterfield Power StationChester1Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Dupont Spruance PlantRichmond$52.8k2025-07-24
Airgas Merchant Gases - Chester Asu PlantChester$02022-12-12
Shoosmith Sanitary LandfillChester$02024-03-29
Fedex Freight RchSouth Chesterfield$02025-10-14
Midlothian QuarryMidlothian$02023-09-14
Srm Concrete - ChesterChesterfield$02021-10-08