Oregon Environmental Profile

Comprehensive environmental data from EPA sources for Oregon (OR)

Overview

TRI Facilities
282
Water Systems
938
Superfund Sites
21
Total Violations
2,578
Total Releases
21.4M lbs
Health Violations
390
water systems

Largest Polluters

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# Facility Total Releases
1 DYNO NOBEL- ST.HELENS PLANT 6.2M lbs
2 CHEMICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT OF THE NORTHWEST INC. 4.1M lbs
3 PACIFIC CAST TECHNOLOGIES INC 1.2M lbs
4 W.R. GRACE & CO. 984.1K lbs
5 CASCADE STEEL ROLLING MILLS INC 960.1K lbs
6 GEORGIA-PACIFIC TOLEDO LLC 904.8K lbs
7 CASCADE PACIFIC PULP HALSEY PULP MILL 878.8K lbs
8 ATI SPECIALTY ALLOYS & COMPONENTS LLC 671.0K lbs
9 PCC STRUCTURALS LPC TITANIUM BUSINESS OPS 660.4K lbs
10 INTERNATIONAL PAPER 517.8K lbs
11 GEORGIA-PACIFIC WAUNA LLC 491.2K lbs
12 LAMB WESTON INC. 426.3K lbs
13 SILTRONIC CORP 392.3K lbs
14 COLLINS PRODUCTS LLC 324.3K lbs
15 ONSEMI 128.9K lbs
16 OREGON TOOL INC. 127.3K lbs
17 PGE BEAVER PLANT & PORT WESTWARD PLANT 119.8K lbs
18 ROSEBURG FOREST PRODUCTS DILLARD COMPLEX 104.1K lbs
19 J.R. SIMPLOT CO 92.2K lbs
20 ROSEBURG FOREST PRODUCTS CO. - RIDDLE PLYWOOD #4 91.4K lbs

Water Quality

Systems with Health Violations

Water System Population Violations
WEISS ESTATES WATER SYSTEM 36 134
LONDON WATER CO-OP 63 126
MANZANITA HILLS SUBDIVISION 30 110
MONROE, CITY OF 723 101
SKYVIEW ACRES WATER COMPANY 200 94
VALE, CITY OF 1,837 82
GALICE SUBDIVISION WATER CO 33 79
SWISSHOME VILLAGE 24 52
CASCADE GORGE PROPERTIES 33 51
SANDY, CITY OF 12,991 44
WARM SPRINGS WATER TREATMENT PLANT 3,800 43
SAGINAW PARK WATER SYSTEM 60 43
ADRIAN, CITY OF 159 42
DEXTER OAKS CO-OP 75 36
SIMNASHO SCHOOLIE 350 32
LAWSON ACRES WATER ASSOCIATION 75 32
CSWA CHEHALEM SPRINGS 130 28
GARDEN VALLEY WATER ASSOCIATION 84 27
NYSSA, CITY OF 3,285 27
MILO ACADEMY 124 26

Cities with Water Issues

Superfund Sites (21)

Site Name Status HRS Score
Allied Plating, Inc. Deleted NPL Site 39.25
Astoria Marine Construction Company Proposed NPL Site 50.00
Black Butte Mine NPL Site 50.00
Bradford Island NPL Site 50.00
Formosa Mine NPL Site 50.00
Fremont National Forest/White King and Lucky Lass Uranium Mines (USDA) NPL Site 50.00
Gould, Inc. Deleted NPL Site 32.12
Harbor Oil Deleted NPL Site 48.00
J. H. Baxter NPL Site 31.70
Joseph Forest Products Deleted NPL Site 32.60
Martin-Marietta Aluminum Co. Deleted NPL Site 43.70
McCormick & Baxter Creosoting Co. (Portland Plant) NPL Site 50.00
North Ridge Estates NPL Site 0.00
Northwest Pipe & Casing/Hall Process Co NPL Site 51.09
Portland Harbor NPL Site 50.00
Reynolds Metals Company NPL Site 70.71
Taylor Lumber and Treating NPL Site 71.78
Teledyne Wah Chang NPL Site 54.27
Umatilla Army Depot (Lagoons) NPL Site 31.31
Union Pacific Railroad Co. Tie-Treating Plant NPL Site 37.93
United Chrome Products, Inc. NPL Site 31.07

Counties (32 total)

County Population Facilities
Multnomah 60
Washington 38
Clackamas 28
Lane 23
Jackson 16
Linn 15
Douglas 13
Marion 14
Yamhill 10
Umatilla 8
Deschutes 7
Klamath 6
Benton 5
Columbia 5
Coos 5
Morrow 4
Wasco 3
Clatsop 2
Tillamook 3
Curry 2

Showing top 20 counties by environmental activity. Oregon has 32 counties total.

Largest Cities

Aurora
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2 facilities · 6 water systems
Beaverton
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4 facilities · 8 water systems
Aloha
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1 facilities · 1 water systems
Damascus
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1 facilities · 1 water systems
Hillsboro
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14 facilities · 7 water systems
Canby
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3 facilities · 4 water systems
Clackamas
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6 facilities · 6 water systems
Clatskanie
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3 facilities · 7 water systems
Eagle Creek
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1 facilities · 4 water systems
Gervais
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1 facilities · 1 water systems
Gresham
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3 facilities · 3 water systems
Molalla
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2 facilities · 9 water systems
Hood River
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2 facilities · 5 water systems
Mulino
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1 facilities · 3 water systems
Oregon City
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2 facilities · 3 water systems
Rainier
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2 facilities · 6 water systems
Deer Island
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1 facilities · 0 water systems
The Dalles
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3 facilities · 7 water systems
Fairview
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1 facilities · 3 water systems
Troutdale
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3 facilities · 1 water systems

About This Data

This page aggregates environmental data from three EPA programs for Oregon: 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.