County page
Lake County
Lake County currently shows 8 Superfund sites, 291 imported facility profiles, and 23,252,928 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 23,252,928 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
American Chemical Service Inc
American Chemical Service Inc is in EPA's Superfund layer for Griffith, IN. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Federated Metals Corp Whiting
Federated Metals Corp Whiting is in EPA's Superfund layer for Hammond, IN. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Gary Development Landfill
Gary Development Landfill is in EPA's Superfund layer for Gary, IN. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Lake Sandy Jo M M Landfill
Lake Sandy Jo M M Landfill is in EPA's Superfund layer for Gary, IN. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Midco I
Midco I is in EPA's Superfund layer for Gary, IN. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Midco Ii
Midco Ii is in EPA's Superfund layer for Gary, IN. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Ninth Avenue Dump
Ninth Avenue Dump is in EPA's Superfund layer for Gary, IN. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
U S Smelter and Lead Refinery Inc
U S Smelter and Lead Refinery Inc is in EPA's Superfund layer for East Chicago, IN. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Facilities
Worst polluters and compliance pressure
Bp Products North America, Inc.
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $32,525,570 in recorded penalties.
Oil Technology, Inc./u.s. Steel Gary
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $495,300 in recorded penalties.
Cleveland-cliffs Llc
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $300,300 in recorded penalties.
Carmeuse Lime Buffington
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $142,450 in recorded penalties.
Arcelormittal Steel, Inc-west Facility
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $167,700 in recorded penalties.
Cargill Texturizing Solutions
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $42,038 in recorded penalties.
Tradebe Treatment & Recyclingof Tn, Llc
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $106,382 in recorded penalties.
Safety-kleen Systems, Inc.
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $240,000 in recorded penalties.
Resco Products Inc
Significant noncompliance across 11 of the last 12 quarters, with $9,500 in recorded penalties.
Summit Auto Shredder Residue Fire
Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $700,954 in recorded penalties.
Kemira Water Solutions, Inc.
Violation across 10 of the last 12 quarters, with $12,000 in recorded penalties.
Tradebe Receiving Warehouse
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $79,363 in recorded penalties.
Linde - Whiting, In 5&6
Violation Identified across 6 of the last 12 quarters, with $4,400 in recorded penalties.
Industrial Steel Construction Incorporated
Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $10,200 in recorded penalties.
Professional Locomotive Services
Significant Violation across 11 of the last 12 quarters, with $6,250 in recorded penalties.
Wolf Lake Terminals, Inc.
Violation Identified across 9 of the last 12 quarters, with $7,300 in recorded penalties.
Dover Chemical Hammond Works
Significant Violation across 10 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
United Transportation Group
Unknown across 5 of the last 12 quarters, with $738,500 in recorded penalties.
Asphalt Cutbacks Inc
Significant noncompliance across 8 of the last 12 quarters, with $9,800 in recorded penalties.
W.r. Grace
Violation Identified across 6 of the last 12 quarters, with $20,133 in recorded penalties.
| Chemical | Group | Facilities | Total pounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manganese compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 7 | 11,036,134 lbs |
| Zinc compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 13 | 5,704,642 lbs |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | TRI-listed chemical | 7 | 2,089,850 lbs |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | Metals and metal compounds | 5 | 822,496 lbs |
| Vanadium compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 4 | 581,990 lbs |
| Ethylene | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 563,000 lbs |
| Ammonia | TRI-listed chemical | 5 | 460,250 lbs |
| n-Hexane | TRI-listed chemical | 7 | 434,385 lbs |
| Lead compounds | Metals and metal compounds | 18 | 294,813 lbs |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | TRI-listed chemical | 6 | 273,084 lbs |
| Hydrogen sulfide | TRI-listed chemical | 4 | 267,953 lbs |
| Propylene | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 141,700 lbs |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | TRI-listed chemical | 3 | 92,890 lbs |
| Copper compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 5 | 71,667 lbs |
| Molybdenum trioxide | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 44,416 lbs |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | TRI-listed chemical | 4 | 44,396 lbs |
| Diethanolamine | TRI-listed chemical | 6 | 30,854 lbs |
| Cyclohexane | TRI-listed chemical | 4 | 30,090 lbs |
| Nonylphenol Ethoxylates | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 30,000 lbs |
| Carbonyl sulfide | TRI-listed chemical | 3 | 28,661 lbs |
Violation pages
State-level violation context tied to this county
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Clean Air Act violations in Indiana
Indiana facilities in the imported ECHO data show air-program oversight, inspections, or noncompliance signals.
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Clean Water Act violations in Indiana
Indiana facilities in the imported ECHO data show water-permit pressure, inspections, or noncompliance signals.
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RCRA violations in Indiana
Indiana facilities in the imported ECHO data show hazardous-waste or RCRA oversight signals.