Pollution in Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Sweetwater County contains 164 EPA-regulated facilities, 5 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 0 Superfund sites and 9 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $6.3M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 2.8M lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the Wyoming state average of 68 per county.

Superfund0NPL sites
TRI Facilities9reporters
EPA Facilities164regulated
Sig. Violators5current SNC

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Simplot Phosphates - Phosphate Fertilizer PlantRock Springs2.4MCompliant
Jim Bridger PlantSweetwater422.1kSig. violation
Vermillion Gas PlantRock Springs25.0kCompliant
Blacks Fork Gas PlantGranger1.0kCompliant
Green River Sodium Products Plant (Church & Dwight Inc)Sweetwater County92Compliant
P4 Production LlcRock Springs30Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
General ChemicalGreen River$845.0k2025-07-17
Big Island Mine & Refinery (Sisecam Wyoming Llc)Sweetwater County$34.0k2025-07-30
Jim Bridger PlantSweetwater$12.5k2025-08-06
Superior, Town OfSuperior$0
Fmc GrangerGranger$02025-08-20