Eddy County, NM
The federal environmental record for Eddy County (population 60,275): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
14
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
17
TRI facilities
52
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Eddy reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
17 facilities in Eddy filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 12.8M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAGGER DRAW GAS PLANT | ARTESIA | Hydrogen sulfide, Benzene | 12.2M lb |
| HOLLYFRONTIER NAVAJO REFINING LLC - ARTESIA REFINERY | ARTESIA | Ammonia, n-Hexane | 255k lb |
| U.S. DHS FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER ARTESIA | ARTESIA | Copper, Lead And Lead Compounds | 183k lb |
| SOUTH EDDY GAS PLANT | MALAGA | n-Hexane, Cyclohexane | 42k lb |
| ROADRUNNER GAS PLANT | LOVING | n-Hexane, Cyclohexane | 41k lb |
| BLACK RIVER PROCESSING PLANT | LOVING | n-Hexane, Toluene | 31k lb |
| ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS - CHAPARRAL GAS PLANT | LOCO HILLS | n-Hexane, Cyclohexane | 23k lb |
| US DOE WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT | CARLSBAD | Lead And Lead Compounds, Polychlorinated biphenyls | 10k lb |
| COWBOY CDP | MALAGA | n-Hexane, Toluene | 8k lb |
| MARLAN GAS PLANT | CARLSBAD | Benzene, n-Hexane | 7k lb |
| COASTAL CHEMICAL CO. LLC- LOVING | LOVING | Methanol | 7k lb |
| ARTESIA GAS PLANT | ARTESIA | n-Hexane, Methanol | 6k lb |
| SENDERO CARLSBAD PLANT | LOVING | n-Hexane, Cyclohexane | 3k lb |
| COASTAL CHEMICAL CO. LLC | ARTESIA | Methanol, Ethylene glycol | 240 lb |
| HF SINCLAIR ASPHALT CO LLC - ARTESIA | ARTESIA | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 4 lb |
| SENERGY PETROLEUM - CARLSBAD BULK PLANT | CARLSBAD | - | 0 lb |
| PILOT THOMAS LOGISTICS LLC -ARTESIA | ARTESIA | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 287 tank facilities in Eddy: 145 tanks in service and 670 closed. 120 fuel releases are on record, of which 52 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Eddy as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 4 pCi/L average). Radon and air quality are covered in depth on lung.com.
The record for one specific address
County figures blur what matters: distance. The Address Environmental Report runs these same federal datasets against one address and reports every site, tank, polluter and water result around it, with distances, in about a minute.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Eddy, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BLM-AMAX CHEMICAL COMPANYARTESIA
- BLM-ARTESIA LANDFILLARTESIA
- BLM-CARLSBAD LANDFILLCARLSBAD
- BLM-DUVAL COMPANYCARLSBAD
- BLM-EDDY POTASH INC.CARLSBAD
- BLM-I & W HOT OIL SERVICELOCO HILLS
- BLM-INTERNATIONAL MINERALS & CHEMICALSCARLSBAD
- BLM-LOCO HILLS LANDFILLLOCO HILLS
- BLM-WESTERN AG-MINERALS COMPANYCARLSBAD
- GNOME - COACHCARLSBAD
- HORIZON POTASH MINECARLSBAD
- NATIONAL POTASH COCARLSBAD
- NORTH FREEMAN AVEARTESIA
- US DOE WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANTCARLSBAD