Orange County, TX
The federal environmental record for Orange County (population 85,722): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
19
TRI facilities
13
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey Waste Disposal | Bridge City | deleted | 06/10/1986 |
| Triangle Chemical Co. | Bridge City | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Orange 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ORANGE COUNTY WCID 1 TX1810005 | PFBA: 5.3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
19 facilities in Orange filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.8M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOW SABINE RIVER OPERATIONS | ORANGE | Ethylene, Vinyl acetate | 806k lb |
| ARLANXEO | ORANGE | Cyclohexane, n-Hexane | 379k lb |
| LION ELASTOMERS ORANGE LLC | ORANGE | n-Hexane, Cyclohexane | 118k lb |
| INV NYLON CHEMICALS AMERICAS ORANGE SITE | ORANGE | Ammonia, Cyclohexane | 115k lb |
| HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC | ORANGE | Ethylene, Vinyl acetate | 99k lb |
| CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL CO LP-ORANGE | ORANGE | Ethylene, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 87k lb |
| OPTIMUS STEEL LLC | VIDOR | Manganese compounds, Zinc compounds | 51k lb |
| ORION ENGINEERED CARBONS ORANGE PLANT | ORANGE | Hydrogen sulfide, Hydrogen cyanide | 46k lb |
| SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA LLC | ORANGE | Ethylene, Freon 113 (CFC-113) | 34k lb |
| CHEM32 LLC | ORANGE | Molybdenum trioxide, Copper | 32k lb |
| VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS INC. - ORANGE | ORANGE | Certain glycol ethers, Sodium nitrite | 11k lb |
| JEFFERSON RAILPORT TERMINAL | VIDOR | n-Hexane, Cyclohexane | 3k lb |
| ARCWOOD ENVIRONMENTAL - ORANGE LLC | ORANGE | Phenol, Nickel | 1k lb |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER - LANDFILL | ORANGE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 181 lb |
| CONRAD ORANGE SHIPYARD INC. | ORANGE | Manganese, Nickel | 56 lb |
| TMS INTERNATIONAL LLC | ROSE CITY | Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds | 7 lb |
| WEBCO INDUSTRIES INC. TX DIST. DIV. | ORANGE | Copper, Chromium | 4 lb |
| MM - ORANGE READY MIX | ORANGE | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| USG PAPER LLC | ORANGE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 296 tank facilities in Orange: 232 tanks in service and 626 closed. 175 fuel releases are on record, of which 13 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Orange 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 Orange, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BAILEY WASTE DISPOSALBRIDGE CITY
- TRIANGLE CHEMICAL CO.BRIDGE CITY
- VIDOR DUMPINGVIDOR
- WEAVER SHIPYARDORANGE