Lake County contains 363 EPA-regulated facilities, 23 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 5 Superfund sites and 41 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $1.6M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 45.9k lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the Illinois state average of 61 per county.
| Site | City | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Outboard Marine Corp | Waukegan | Construction complete |
| Yeoman Creek Landfill | Waukegan | Construction complete |
| H O D Landfill | Antioch | Construction complete |
| Wauconda Sand Gravel | Wauconda | Ready for anticipated reuse |
| Johns Manville Corp | Waukegan | Construction complete |
| Facility | City | On-site (lb) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emco Chemical Distributors Inc | North Chicago | 13.4k | Compliant |
| Jessup Manufacturing Co | Lake Bluff | 11.0k | Compliant |
| Akzonobel Aerospace Coating | Waukegan | 8.7k | Compliant |
| Abbott Laboratories - N. Chicago Fac. | North Chicago | 4.3k | Compliant |
| Honeywell Analytics Inc | Lincolnshire | 3.9k | Compliant |
| The Imagine Group, Llc | Grayslake | 2.3k | Compliant |
| Gilette Chemical Company | North Chicago | 865 | Compliant |
| Pfanstiehl Inc | Waukegan | 726 | Compliant |
| Harger Lightning Protection | Grayslake | 325 | Compliant |
| Vantage Specialties Inc. | Gurnee | 92 | Penalties |
| Medline Industries Inc Northpoint Services Div | Waukegan | 72 | Compliant |
| Abf Bridge | Waukegan | 36 | Compliant |
| Geremarie Corporation | Lake Zurich | 28 | Compliant |
| Roquette America Inc | Gurnee | 24 | Compliant |
| Visual Pak American Blending | Waukegan | 12 | Compliant |
| Abf Labs, Inc. | Waukegan | 9 | Compliant |
| Midwest Printed Circuit Services Inc | Round Lake | 6 | Compliant |
| Carter Hoffmann Llc | Mundelein | 5 | Compliant |
| Maclean-Fogg Component Systems | Mundelein | 2 | Compliant |
| Plexus Mfg Solutions - Chicago | Buffalo Grove | 2 | Compliant |