County page
Lake County
Lake County currently shows 5 Superfund sites, 363 imported facility profiles, and 47,035 lbs in loaded TRI releases.
Overview
What this county page is saying
This live county page is generated from the ingested EPA datasets. It merges ECHO facility compliance rows, TRI release totals, and any Superfund sites attached to Lake County.
The latest loaded TRI year is 2024, with 47,035 lbs in county-level on-site releases tied to the imported facility set.
Focus points
Design and product notes
County pages combine facility compliance history with chemical release totals.
TRI chemistry shows what is being reported, while ECHO shows who keeps drawing enforcement attention.
Superfund records add legacy cleanup context even when live contaminant detail is still sparse.
Superfund layer
Cleanup sites in this county
H O D Landfill
H O D Landfill is in EPA's Superfund layer for Antioch, IL. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Johns Manville Corp
Johns Manville Corp is in EPA's Superfund layer for Waukegan, IL. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Outboard Marine Corp
Outboard Marine Corp is in EPA's Superfund layer for Waukegan, IL. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Wauconda Sand Gravel
Wauconda Sand Gravel is in EPA's Superfund layer for Wauconda, IL. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Yeoman Creek Landfill
Yeoman Creek Landfill is in EPA's Superfund layer for Waukegan, IL. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Facilities
Worst polluters and compliance pressure
Vantage Specialties Inc.
Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $67,500 in recorded penalties.
Emco Chemical Distributors Inc
Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Vcna Prairie Illinois Inc Yard 1024
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Village of Wauconda - Wastewater Plant
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Antioch Ferric Chloride Spill
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Barrington Wwtf
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Fansteel Inc
Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Fluorecycle Inc
Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Lavin & Sons
Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Medline Inc.
Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
North Shore Water Reclamation Dist
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Round Lake Heights, Village of
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Barrington Hills Village of
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Camp Hickory Stp
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Conway Central Express Xmd
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Fox Lake Nw Regional Wrf, Village of
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Highwood, City of
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Inland Harbor Marina
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Intermediate Sorting Center
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Lake Villa Township Office Daycare-treatment Plant
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
| Chemical | Group | Facilities | Total pounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toluene | Volatile organic compound | 4 | 16,021 lbs |
| Methanol | TRI-listed chemical | 4 | 10,271 lbs |
| Certain glycol ethers | TRI-listed chemical | 8 | 4,125 lbs |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | Volatile organic compound | 2 | 3,697 lbs |
| Methyl isobutyl ketone | TRI-listed chemical | 3 | 2,634 lbs |
| n-Hexane | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 2,182 lbs |
| Chloroform | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 1,340 lbs |
| Ethylbenzene | Volatile organic compound | 2 | 1,281 lbs |
| Methyl tert-butyl ether | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 854 lbs |
| n-Butyl alcohol | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 659 lbs |
| 1, 2, 4-Trimethylbenzene | Volatile organic compound | 1 | 500 lbs |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | Metals and metal compounds | 1 | 370 lbs |
| Copper compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 326 lbs |
| Dichloromethane | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 272 lbs |
| Diisocyanates | TRI-listed chemical | 3 | 265 lbs |
| Formaldehyde | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 255 lbs |
| Naphthalene | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 250 lbs |
| Ethylene oxide | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 122 lbs |
| Aluminum (fume or dust) | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 117 lbs |
| N, N-Dimethylformamide | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 92 lbs |
Violation pages
State-level violation context tied to this county
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Clean Air Act violations in Illinois
Illinois facilities in the imported ECHO data show air-program oversight, inspections, or noncompliance signals.
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Clean Water Act violations in Illinois
Illinois facilities in the imported ECHO data show water-permit pressure, inspections, or noncompliance signals.
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RCRA violations in Illinois
Illinois facilities in the imported ECHO data show hazardous-waste or RCRA oversight signals.