Pollution in New Castle County, Delaware

New Castle County contains 238 EPA-regulated facilities, 10 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 12 Superfund sites and 28 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $12.7M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 4.4M lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the Delaware state average of 63 per county.

Superfund12NPL sites
TRI Facilities28reporters
EPA Facilities238regulated
Sig. Violators10current SNC

Superfund sites

SiteCityStatus
E I Du Pont De Nemours Co Inc Newport Pigment Plant LandfillNewportConstruction complete
Halby Chemical CoNew CastleReady for anticipated reuse
Army Creek LandfillNew CastleReady for anticipated reuse
Koppers Co Inc Newport PlantNewportRemedy selected
Harvey Knott Drum IncKirkwoodReady for anticipated reuse
Delaware Sand Gravel LandfillNew CastleConstruction complete
Newark South Ground Water PlumeNewarkListed on NPL
Standard Chlorine Of Delaware IncNew CastleCleanup underway
Tybouts Corner LandfillNew CastleReady for anticipated reuse
Delaware City Pvc PlantNew CastleConstruction complete
Hockessin GroundwaterHockessinListed on NPL
East Basin Road GroundwaterNew CastleListed on NPL

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Delaware City Refining Company LlcDelaware City4.3MSig. violation
Sun ChemicalNewport29.7kCompliant
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. H2 Smr Plant At Delaware City Refining CompanyDelaware City25.8kCompliant
Hay Road Energy CenterWilmington18.2kCompliant
Veolia - Red Lion PlantNew Castle8.2kCompliant
Croda, Inc. Atlas Point Plant SiteNew Castle6.2kSig. violation
Medal L.p., Air LiquideNewport3.7kCompliant
Prince Minerals LlcNew Castle3.4kPenalties
Agilent Techs Inc Newport SiteNewport2.1kCompliant
Rogers Corporation - BearBear1.6kSig. violation
V & S Delaware Galvanizing LlcNew Castle729Compliant
Us Army National Guard River Road Training Site Range, DeNew Castle600Compliant
NoramcoWilmington293Compliant
Dupont Electronic Materials Cmp, LlcNewark243Compliant
Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials Cmp IncNewark219Compliant
Owen Steel CompanyWilmington20Compliant
Kuehne Chemical Company IncNew Castle9Compliant
Aearo Technologies LlcNewark5Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Delaware City Refining Company LlcDelaware City$820.0k2025-07-24
Rogers Corporation - BearBear$11.2k2024-05-15
Delaware Auto SalvageNew Castle$10.0k2022-12-15
Divi EnterpriseNew Castle$10.0k2023-11-03
Croda, Inc. Atlas Point Plant SiteNew Castle$7.5k2025-12-09
Greenville Country ClubWilmington$02025-09-23
Iko Production Wilmington Inc.Wilmington$02025-07-08
Industraplate CorpWilmington$02024-04-23
Clean Loop Group LlcNew Castle$02024-07-30
Diamond State Port Corporation - R/R Flood ControlsWilmington$02024-09-27