TRI Facilities
428
Very high
AR · EPA TRI · SDWIS · Superfund
Arkansas environmental disclosure record
According to EPA's 2023 Toxics Release Inventory, Safe Drinking Water Information System, and Superfund National Priorities List extracts, this is Arkansas's full public registry profile, toxic releases, drinking-water systems, and Superfund sites in one place.
- TRI facilities
- 428
- Reported releases
- 173.2M lbs
- #27 of 56
- Water systems
- 662
- Superfund NPL sites
- 17
Arkansas vs. every U.S. state
Cumulative TRI-reported release pounds, with this state marked in the national distribution
173M lbs Top 48% higher than 52% of 56 states with TRI reporters
Each bar is a $1M-wide band; taller bars hold more states with TRI reporters. The dashed line and filled bar mark this facility. Hover, focus, or tap a bar for its full count, share, and position.
Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
AR regulatory profile by statute
Violation/site counts mapped to the EPA statutes this portal tracks
- CWA · NPDES
- RCRA · Subtitle C 17
What this shows Counts are mapped to statute as a structural proxy and reflect reported activity, not toxicity-weighted or population-adjusted risk. Clean Air Act (Title V) permit data is not currently ingested by this portal, so air-permit compliance is not shown here.
How Arkansas compares across two EPA disclosure measures
The highlighted point is Arkansas. The vertical axis is the share of tracked water systems with at least one health-based SDWIS record; the horizontal axis is TRI-reported pounds per facility on a logarithmic scale so the full state distribution stays readable. The crosshairs use the portal’s published national benchmark medians.
This matrix compares disclosure rates, not toxicity, exposure, current compliance, or drinking-water safety. A lower position on either axis is not a safety rating; use the underlying facility and water-system records for context.
According to EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL extracts, Arkansas (AR) lists 428 TRI-reporting facilities disclosing 173.2M lbs of toxic releases. The same extracts list 17 Superfund sites and 662 EPA-regulated water systems, of which 377 carry health-based SDWIS violation rows. PlainEnviro's composite environmental health score for Arkansas is 39/100 (grade F), benchmarked against all U.S. states on chemical release intensity, drinking-water health violations, Superfund site burden, and water violation rate. This is a percentile-derived composite from federal disclosure counts, not a clinical health-risk assessment.
F 39
Arkansas Environmental Health Score
A percentile-benchmarked 0–100 composite from 4 EPA federal datasets, with weight redistribution for any unavailable dimension
Chemical Release Intensity F 57
405K (lbs per facility) Drinking Water Health Violations F 29
56.9% (% of systems) Superfund Site Burden F 35
4.0 (sites per 100 facilities) Water Violation Rate F 29
9.0 (violations per system) Benchmarks derived from EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL extracts across all 56 U.S. states and territories
Water Systems
662
Moderate
Superfund Sites
17
Moderate
Total Releases
173.2M lbs
Very high
Compliance Snapshot - AR
Sites with no recorded health violations 65.4%
Sites with at least one open violation 34.6%
Arkansas's profile joins three independently maintained EPA programs into one statewide record: the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI, EPCRA Section 313 industrial disclosures), the Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS, Safe Drinking Water Act compliance), and the Superfund National Priorities List. Each program uses its own reporting cadence and facility-identification scheme; PlainEnviro joins them by matched facility and system location rather than a shared federal ID, so a site absent from one program is never assumed absent from another. The counts below reflect the portal's rebuild as of August 2026.
Activity clusters in counties such as Pulaski, Union, Benton, which account for the highest combined facility, water-system, and Superfund presence. Monitoring and reporting violations are not included in the SDWIS counts shown here.
Every figure reflects the public regulatory record as filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and is not weighted for toxicity, geographic footprint, or population exposure. A state can rank high in any individual metric because of industrial history, naturally occurring contaminants in source water, or simply the number of reporting facilities, not because current residents face unsafe conditions. Drill into any county or water system below for the full disclosure record.
What does this state's environmental record show?
TRI Facilities
428
Water Systems
662
Superfund Sites
17
Health-Based Violation Records
5,952
Total Releases
173.2M lbs
cumulative, all reported years
Systems with Records
377
water systems
Release-over-release change
What changed for Arkansas: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-0.6%
342 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-0.6%
35.4 million lb → 35.2 million lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 17 facilities filed for the first time and 10 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Arkansas's total reported releases fell from 35.4 million lb in 2022 to 35.2 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Arkansas's off-site transfers fell from 3.9 million lb in 2022 to 3.6 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Arkansas's land releases rose from 11.5 million lb in 2022 to 12.2 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Arkansas's water releases fell from 5.6 million lb in 2022 to 5.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Largest Polluters
View all →| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clean Harbors el Dorado LLC | 16.6M lbs |
| 2 | Suzano Packaging | 15.3M lbs |
| 3 | Domtar A.w. LLC Ashdown Mill | 11.3M lbs |
| 4 | Viskase Cos Inc | 8.6M lbs |
| 5 | Plum Point Energy Station | 7.5M lbs |
| 6 | Clearwater Paper Corp | 6.0M lbs |
| 7 | US Vanadium LLC | 5.4M lbs |
| 8 | Nucor Steel-Arkansas | 5.4M lbs |
| 9 | Green Bay Packaging Inc. Arkansas Kraft Div | 5.3M lbs |
| 10 | Tyson Chicken Inc. - Hope Processing Plant | 4.6M lbs |
| 11 | American Kraft Paper Industries LLC | 4.4M lbs |
| 12 | Lsb Chemical L.l.c | 4.2M lbs |
| 13 | American Electric Power John W. Turk Jr Plant | 4.0M lbs |
| 14 | Georgia-Pacific Crossett Paper Operations | 3.7M lbs |
| 15 | Independence Steam Electric Station | 3.5M lbs |
| 16 | Lanxess - Central | 3.4M lbs |
| 17 | Elemental Environmental Solutions LLC | 3.2M lbs |
| 18 | Tyson Poultry Inc. - Nashville Processing Plant | 2.8M lbs |
| 19 | Riceland Foods Inc. - Soy Div | 2.8M lbs |
| 20 | Ok Foods-Ft Smith | 2.6M lbs |
Water Quality
Systems with Health Violations
| Water System | Population | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| LEE COUNTY WATER ASSOCIATION | 3,770 | 205 |
| MORO WATERWORKS | 219 | 161 |
| MILLTOWN-WASHBURN WATER USERS | 4,325 | 125 |
| MOUNT IDA WATERWORKS | 3,218 | 116 |
| ODEN-PENCIL BLUFF WATER ASSN | 393 | 108 |
| HOSANNA HEIGHTS WATER | 52 | 98 |
| MONTGOMERY CO REGIONAL PWA | 0 | 95 |
| LEISURE HILLS MOBILE HOME PARK | 113 | 90 |
| DANVILLE WATERWORKS | 2,810 | 85 |
| BODCAW RURAL WATER SYSTEM | 1,430 | 83 |
| LAKESIDE WATER ASSOCIATION | 1,876 | 78 |
| NEW LONDON WATER ASSOCIATION | 850 | 76 |
| HUMPHREY WATERWORKS | 602 | 73 |
| PICKENS WATERWORKS | 49 | 73 |
| MORNING STAR PUBLIC WATER AUTHORITY | 1,543 | 71 |
| PANGBURN WATERWORKS | 2,936 | 69 |
| NASHVILLE RURAL WATER AUTHORITY | 7,291 | 68 |
| CAVE SPRINGS WATERWORKS | 5,365 | 65 |
| GUION WATER DEPARTMENT | 249 | 64 |
| COMPTON WATERWORKS | 990 | 63 |
Cities with Water Issues
El Dorado
14 water systems
Batesville
9 water systems
Eureka Springs
7 water systems
Blytheville
6 water systems
Rogers
6 water systems
Mountain Home
6 water systems
Monticello
6 water systems
Camden
6 water systems
Hope
5 water systems
Malvern
5 water systems
Harrison
5 water systems
Junction City
5 water systems
Alma
5 water systems
Mc Dougal
5 water systems
Proctor
5 water systems
Little Rock
4 water systems
Fayetteville
4 water systems
Van Buren
4 water systems
Benton
4 water systems
Hot Springs
4 water systems
Superfund Sites (17)
| Site Name | Status | HRS Score |
|---|---|---|
| Arkwood, Inc. | NPL Site | 28.95 |
| Cecil Lindsey | Deleted NPL Site | 35.60 |
| Cedar Chemical Corporation | NPL Site | 0.00 |
| Frit Industries | Deleted NPL Site | 39.47 |
| Gurley Pit | Deleted NPL Site | 40.13 |
| Industrial Waste Control | Deleted NPL Site | 30.31 |
| Jacksonville Municipal Landfill | Deleted NPL Site | 29.64 |
| MacMillan Ring Free Oil | NPL Site | 50.00 |
| Mid-South Wood Products | NPL Site | 45.87 |
| Midland Products | NPL Site | 30.77 |
| Monroe Auto Equipment Co. (Paragould Pit) | Deleted NPL Site | 46.01 |
| Mountain Pine Pressure Treating | NPL Site | 41.93 |
| Ouachita Nevada Wood Treater | NPL Site | 50.00 |
| Popile, Inc. | NPL Site | 50.03 |
| Rogers Road Municipal Landfill | Deleted NPL Site | 29.64 |
| South 8th Street Landfill | Deleted NPL Site | 50.27 |
| Vertac, Inc. | NPL Site | 65.46 |
Counties (75 total)
| County | Facilities |
|---|---|
| Pulaski | 45 |
| Union | 17 |
| Benton | 22 |
| Mississippi | 25 |
| Sebastian | 26 |
| Washington | 25 |
| Craighead | 17 |
| Baxter | 7 |
| Crittenden | 8 |
| Jefferson | 17 |
| Independence | 9 |
| Arkansas | 8 |
| Boone | 6 |
| Columbia | 11 |
| Crawford | 6 |
| Jackson | 5 |
| Clark | 8 |
| Hempstead | 12 |
| Logan | 2 |
| White | 4 |
Showing top 20 counties by environmental activity. Arkansas has 75 counties total.
Cities with Environmental Records
Fort Smith
24 facilities · 2 water systems
Little Rock
23 facilities · 4 water systems
Springdale
17 facilities · 2 water systems
Jonesboro
17 facilities · 1 water systems
El Dorado
15 facilities · 14 water systems
Blytheville
13 facilities · 6 water systems
Russellville
11 facilities · 2 water systems
North Little Rock
11 facilities · 1 water systems
Hope
10 facilities · 5 water systems
Pine Bluff
10 facilities · 5 water systems
Osceola
10 facilities · 3 water systems
Fayetteville
9 facilities · 4 water systems
Rogers
8 facilities · 6 water systems
Magnolia
8 facilities · 3 water systems
Conway
8 facilities · 2 water systems
Paragould
8 facilities · 2 water systems
Jacksonville
7 facilities · 2 water systems
Nashville
7 facilities · 2 water systems
West Memphis
7 facilities · 1 water systems
Batesville
6 facilities · 9 water systems
Frequently Asked Questions
How many TRI facilities are in Arkansas? ▼
Arkansas has 428 facilities that report to the EPA Toxic Release Inventory (TRI). These facilities have collectively reported 173.2M lbs in total toxic chemical releases. TRI data is self-reported annually by facilities that manufacture, process, or use listed toxic chemicals above threshold amounts.
Does Arkansas have Superfund sites? ▼
Yes, Arkansas has 17 sites on the EPA Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). Superfund sites are contaminated locations identified for long-term cleanup under the EPA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).
What does EPA SDWIS list for drinking water in Arkansas? ▼
Arkansas has 662 EPA-regulated water systems in the Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) extract used here. 377 water systems have a health-based violation row (MCL exceedance) in this historical extract. A past registry row is not a current drinkability verdict. For current utility conditions, contact the local water utility or the Arkansas drinking water program. Source: EPA SDWIS.
What environmental data is available for Arkansas? ▼
PlainEnviro provides three categories of EPA environmental data for Arkansas: Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) data covering 428 industrial facilities, Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) data for 662 water systems, and Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) data for 17 contaminated sites.
How does Arkansas compare to other states on EPA disclosure counts? ▼
Arkansas has 428 TRI facilities with 173.2M lbs in total releases, 17 Superfund sites, and 5,952 water system violations on record. These are federal disclosure counts; they are not toxicity-weighted or population-adjusted risk scores. Source: EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL databases.
What is Arkansas's environmental health score? ▼
PlainEnviro's composite environmental health score for Arkansas is 39/100 (grade F). This score combines four percentile-benchmarked dimensions from EPA federal extracts: chemical release intensity per TRI facility, drinking-water health violation rate from SDWIS, Superfund site burden relative to industrial activity, and overall water violation rate. Scores are benchmarked against all 56 U.S. states and territories. When a dimension lacks data, its weight redistributes to the remaining dimensions so the score never deflates from missing inputs. This is a registry-count composite, not a clinical exposure or health-outcome assessment.
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About This Data
This page aggregates environmental data from three EPA programs for Arkansas: the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) for industrial chemical releases, the Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) for water quality, and the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) for hazardous waste cleanup sites.
PlainEnviro presents this data without advocacy framing. Numbers reflect reported data and may not capture all environmental activity. For specific health or environmental concerns, contact your state environmental agency.
What to do with Arkansas's data
Use this state profile as a starting point, then drill into the specific dataset that matters to you.
- Check the 428 TRI facilities reporting in Arkansas for the largest reported releases near a specific county. View facilities
- 377 water systems in the state have a recorded health-based violation, check if yours is one of them. Check water systems
- See how Arkansas compares to other states on releases, water violations, and Superfund sites. State rankings
Reported data reflects what facilities and agencies disclose to the EPA; it is not a complete measure of environmental risk or a substitute for local guidance.
Use and verify this record
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State environmental figures are computed directly from EPA data. The methodology records the joins, definitions, and refresh cadence for each program.
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