St. Clair, AL
Transparent derived index from EPA TRI / SDWIS / Superfund extracts: not an official EPA rating. Fixed caps: facilities ≤25 pts (50+ = max), log10 releases ≤25 pts, Superfund ≤25 pts (5/site), health-violation systems ≤15 pts (3/system), high-chemical facilities ≤10 pts. Bands: High ≥60, Moderate ≥30. See methodology.
Environmental data for St. Clair in Alabama · Population: 92,903
TRI sites such as Valmont - Birmingham Galvanizing Inc.; Meyer Utility Structures LLC Plt No 1662; Real Alloy Specification LLC; SDWIS systems such as ODENVILLE UTILITIES BOARD; PELL CITY, CITY OF; NEW LONDON WATER & FP AUTHORITY anchor St. Clair, AL's EPA extract. Derived burden score 40/100 (Moderate Risk) uses fixed national caps on density, log release volume, Superfund count, and health-flagged systems - not an official EPA rating.
Health-flagged SDWIS rows in St. Clair include STEELE WATER WORKS BOARD, while Valmont - Birmingham Galvanizing Inc. leads reported TRI pounds among local Form R filers. No AQS county monitors report here.
Burden score 40/100 (Moderate Risk) is the only weighted composite on this page. The tables below list every TRI facility, SDWIS system, and Superfund site EPA has on record for St. Clair -- not just the names called out above -- reproducing the disclosure history as filed, not a current-safety verdict. Extract current as of 2026-08-25.
Release-over-release change
What changed for St. Clair, AL: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+6.2%
13 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-1.9%
118.2 thousand lb → 115.9 thousand lb, every facility that filed
These two measures point in opposite directions. Releases from the facilities present in both years rose, while the inventory-wide total fell. The difference is which facilities filed, not a different estimate of the same plants.
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 3 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- St. Clair, AL's total reported releases rose from 109.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 115.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- St. Clair, AL's air releases rose from 19.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 40.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- St. Clair, AL's water releases fell from 189 lb in 2022 to 51 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- St. Clair, AL's off-site transfers fell from 89.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 75.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Water Systems (15)
| System | System pop (SDWIS) | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| ODENVILLE UTILITIES BOARD | 26,022 | 0 |
| PELL CITY, CITY OF | 17,586 | 0 |
| NEW LONDON WATER & FP AUTHORITY | 6,843 | 0 |
| SPRINGVILLE WATER WORKS | 6,468 | 0 |
| MARGARET WATER WORKS | 6,336 | 0 |
| COOK SPRINGS WATER AUTHORITY | 4,569 | 0 |
| ASHVILLE WATER AND SEWER | 4,107 | 0 |
| RIVERSIDE, CITY OF | 3,864 | 0 |
| RAGLAND, THE WWB OF THE TOWN OF | 3,243 | 0 |
| NORTHWEST ST CLAIR WATER SYSTEM | 3,039 | 0 |
| STEELE WATER WORKS BOARD | 1,722 | 1 |
| WOLF CREEK WATER AUTHORITY | 1,044 | 0 |
| PINEDALE SHORES WSFPA | 990 | 0 |
| CHANDLER MTN/GREASY COVE WATER AUTHORITY | 960 | 0 |
| COOSA VALLEY WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT | 25 | 0 |
TRI Facilities (18)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valmont - Birmingham Galvanizing Inc. | 282.8K lbs |
| 2 | Meyer Utility Structures LLC Plt No 1662 | 81.5K lbs |
| 3 | Real Alloy Specification LLC | 60.7K lbs |
| 4 | National Cement Co. of Alabama Inc. | 47.5K lbs |
| 5 | Benjamin Moore & Co Pell City | 43.3K lbs |
| 6 | Acme Brick Tile & Stone Birmingham Plant | 37.3K lbs |
| 7 | Vulcan Industries | 28.3K lbs |
| 8 | Trans-Cycle Industries Inc | 21.6K lbs |
| 9 | Valtir LLC Plt 1577 | 17.1K lbs |
| 10 | Grooms Aluminum Recycling | 9.1K lbs |
| 11 | Afco Architectural Products | 6.0K lbs |
| 12 | Ford Meter Box Co Inc | 4.2K lbs |
| 13 | Wkw N.a. | 956 lbs |
| 14 | Precision Husky Corp | 834 lbs |
| 15 | Douglas Manufacturing | 155 lbs |
| 16 | Providential Metals | 33 lbs |
| 17 | Allied Mineral Products Inc | 12 lbs |
| 18 | Cmc Impact Metals | 0 lbs |
Cities in St. Clair (10)
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This county environmental profile rolls up EPA Toxics Release Inventory facility reports, Safe Drinking Water Information System public-water-system filings, and Superfund National Priorities List sites for the county boundary defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Facility counts reflect facilities with a reporting address inside the county, not where downstream environmental effects may be observed. Population figures are from the most recent Census ACS 5-year estimate. The county detail page is updated whenever the upstream EPA programs publish revised data; see the methodology page for the documented ingest cadence and the editorial choices governing how aggregations are computed.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.