Jefferson County, TX
The federal environmental record for Jefferson County (population 251,496): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
3
Superfund NPL sites
17
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
56
TRI facilities
25
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmer Barge Line | Port Arthur | deleted | 07/27/2000 |
| Star Lake Canal | Port Neches | on the NPL | 07/27/2000 |
| State Marine of Port Arthur | Jefferson County | deleted | 07/28/1998 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Jefferson with at least one PFAS detection under UCMR5. The federal limit for PFOA and PFOS is 4 ng/L; EPA proposed in May 2026 to rescind the limits for the other compounds, which are shown for information.
| System | Highest results | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| JEFFERSON COUNTY WCID 10 TX1230003 | PFBA: 5.3 ng/L | detected |
| CITY OF PORT ARTHUR TX1230009 | PFBA: 5.5 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
56 facilities in Jefferson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 9.7M lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO | BEAUMONT | n-Hexane, Isoprene | 1.2M lb |
| OCI BEAUMONT LLC | NEDERLAND | Methanol, Ammonia | 1.1M lb |
| EXXONMOBIL OIL BEAUMONT REFINERY (PART) | BEAUMONT | Ammonia, n-Hexane | 717k lb |
| BASF CORP - BEAUMONT | BEAUMONT | Methanol, Chlorophenols | 704k lb |
| HUNTSMAN PETROCHEMICAL LLC PORT NECHES FACILITY | PORT NECHES | Nonylphenol, Ethylene glycol | 689k lb |
| PREMCOR REFINING GROUP INC PORT ARTHUR | PORT ARTHUR | Hydrogen cyanide, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 646k lb |
| MOBIL CHEMICAL CO BEAUMONT POLYETHYLENE PLANT | BEAUMONT | Ethylene, n-Hexane | 600k lb |
| TOTALENERGIES PETROCHEMICALS & REFINING USA INC-PORT ARTHUR | PORT ARTHUR | Hydrogen cyanide, n-Hexane | 505k lb |
| MOTIVA-PORT ARTHUR REFINERY | PORT ARTHUR | Hydrogen cyanide, Ammonia | 492k lb |
| BASF TOTALENERGIES PETROCHEMICALS LLC | PORT ARTHUR | Ethylene, Propylene | 403k lb |
| SASOL CHEMICALS (USA) LLC | WINNIE | m-Cresol, p-Cresol | 385k lb |
| EXXONMOBIL OIL CORP CHEMICAL PLANT (PART) | BEAUMONT | Ethylene, Propylene | 366k lb |
| VEOLIA ES TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS LLC PORT ARTHUR FACILITY | BEAUMONT | Copper compounds, Manganese compounds | 320k lb |
| CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL CO | PORT ARTHUR | Ethylene, Propylene | 236k lb |
| LNVA-NORTH REGIONAL TREATMENT PLANT | BEAUMONT | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Hydrogen sulfide | 183k lb |
| BEAUMONT GAS-TO GASOLINE PLANT | BEAUMONT | Copper And Copper Compounds, Methanol | 172k lb |
| MOTIVA - PORT ARTHUR CHEMICALS | PORT ARTHUR | Ethylene, Propylene | 158k lb |
| AIR PRODUCTS LLC | PORT ARTHUR | Ammonia, n-Hexane | 140k lb |
| LION ELASTOMERS LLC | PORT NECHES | Styrene, 1,3-Butadiene | 130k lb |
| THE DOW CHEMICAL CO - BEAUMONT ANILINE | NEDERLAND | 2,4-Dinitrophenol, Aniline | 104k lb |
| BAYPORT POLYMERS LLC | PORT ARTHUR | Ammonia, Ethylene | 71k lb |
| MONUMENT CHEMICAL PORT ARTHUR LLC | PORT ARTHUR | Ethylene glycol, Benzene | 70k lb |
| MARTIN OPERATING PTNR-NECHES | BEAUMONT | Ammonia | 58k lb |
| LINDE PORT ARTHUR 2 | PORT ARTHUR | Ammonia | 49k lb |
| OXBOW CALCINING LLC | PORT ARTHUR | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Vanadium compounds | 46k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 1,113 tank facilities in Jefferson: 640 tanks in service and 2,406 closed. 590 fuel releases are on record, of which 25 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Jefferson as Zone 3, the lowest predicted indoor radon (under 2 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 Jefferson, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BASF CORP. PORT ARTHURPORT ARTHUR
- BIG HILL FACILITYWINNIE
- CHEMICAL RECOVERY TECHNOLOGIES LLCPORT ARTHUR
- CHEMSTROY/VEOLIA CHEMICALPORT ARTHUR
- CHEVRON ETHYLENE FIREPORT ARTHUR
- EXXONMOBIL BEAUMONT REFINERYBEAUMONT
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION - BEAUMONT PT AIRPORTBEAUMONT
- FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS-BEAUMONT MEDIUM PRISONBEAUMONT
- HAMSHIRE ETHANOL TANKER SPILLHAMSHIRE
- HUNTSMAN PETROCHEMICAL CORP - C4 PLANTPORT NECHES
- MOTIVA PORT ARTHUR CHEMICALSPORT ARTHUR
- NEDERLAND AIR NATIONAL GUARD STATIONNEDERLAND
- PALMER BARGE LINEPORT ARTHUR
- PORT ARTHUR HYDROGEN SULFIDE RELEASEPORT ARTHUR
- PORT ARTHUR REFINERYPORT ARTHUR
- STAR LAKE CANALPORT NECHES
- STATE MARINE OF PORT ARTHURJEFFERSON COUNTY