County page
Whatcom County
Whatcom County currently shows 1 Superfund site, 363 imported facility profiles, and 651,719 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 Whatcom County.
The latest loaded TRI year is 2024, with 651,719 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
Oeser Co
Oeser Co is in EPA's Superfund layer for Bellingham, WA. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Facilities
Worst polluters and compliance pressure
Conocophillips Co Ferndale Refinery
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $60,548 in recorded penalties.
Bp Cherry Point Refinery
Violation Identified across 8 of the last 12 quarters, with $522,130 in recorded penalties.
Maax Us Corp
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $1,500 in recorded penalties.
Intalco Aluminum Corp Ferndale
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $5,349,000 in recorded penalties.
Chevron Ferndale Storage Terminal
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $4,000,000 in recorded penalties.
Ups Bellingham
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $5,300,000 in recorded penalties.
Darigold Lynden Plant
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $198,000 in recorded penalties.
Wa Wwu Main Campus
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $36,604 in recorded penalties.
Chemco Inc
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Pse Encogen Nw Generating Facility
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Praxair Inc Ferndale Co2 Plant
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Western Pacific Lumber
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $4,000 in recorded penalties.
Bellingham Cold Storage Roeder
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $2,000 in recorded penalties.
Bellingham Cold Storage Co Orchard
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $1,200 in recorded penalties.
Wa Wwu Physical Plant
Significant noncompliance across 7 of the last 12 quarters, with $36,604 in recorded penalties.
Bornstein Sea Foods Inc
Significant noncompliance across 7 of the last 12 quarters, with $5,000 in recorded penalties.
Iko Pacific Inc Sumas
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Lister Chain and Forge Inc
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Georgia Pacific West Bellingham
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Lehigh Northwest Cement Co Bellingham
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
| Chemical | Group | Facilities | Total pounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | TRI-listed chemical | 3 | 142,438 lbs |
| Ammonia | TRI-listed chemical | 5 | 106,957 lbs |
| Methanol | TRI-listed chemical | 3 | 62,914 lbs |
| Cyclohexane | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 42,960 lbs |
| Hydrogen sulfide | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 39,159 lbs |
| Toluene | Volatile organic compound | 2 | 36,993 lbs |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 32,414 lbs |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | Volatile organic compound | 2 | 28,687 lbs |
| n-Hexane | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 26,555 lbs |
| Styrene | Volatile organic compound | 1 | 24,220 lbs |
| Ethylene | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 22,777 lbs |
| Propylene | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 22,174 lbs |
| Benzene | Volatile organic compound | 2 | 13,167 lbs |
| 1, 2, 4-Trimethylbenzene | Volatile organic compound | 2 | 10,962 lbs |
| Manganese compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 7,241 lbs |
| Nickel compounds | Metals and metal compounds | 1 | 6,957 lbs |
| Ethylbenzene | Volatile organic compound | 2 | 6,292 lbs |
| Lead compounds | Metals and metal compounds | 3 | 3,256 lbs |
| Naphthalene | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 2,564 lbs |
| Zinc compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 2,057 lbs |
Violation pages
State-level violation context tied to this county
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Clean Air Act violations in Washington
Washington facilities in the imported ECHO data show air-program oversight, inspections, or noncompliance signals.
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Clean Water Act violations in Washington
Washington facilities in the imported ECHO data show water-permit pressure, inspections, or noncompliance signals.
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RCRA violations in Washington
Washington facilities in the imported ECHO data show hazardous-waste or RCRA oversight signals.