Pollution in Porter County, Indiana

Porter County contains 140 EPA-regulated facilities, 7 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 0 Superfund sites and 24 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $7.8M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 8.8M lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the Indiana state average of 63 per county.

Superfund0NPL sites
TRI Facilities24reporters
EPA Facilities140regulated
Sig. Violators7current SNC

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor LlcBurns Harbor8.6MSig. violation
Precoat MetalsPortage73.8kPenalties
Cathay Pigments Usa IncValparaiso38.0kCompliant
Pvs Steel Services IncPortage32.6kSig. violation
Nlmk IndianaPortage24.4kSig. violation
Aoc Trusted SolutionsValparaiso12.4kCompliant
Pratt Paper (In) LlcValparaiso6.4kCompliant
Pvs Steel Services IncBurns Harbor3.1kPenalties
Worthington SteelPorter659Compliant
In Dunes Natl Lakeshore-Bailly Comfort-Treatment PlantPorter357Compliant
Am Stabilizers CorpValparaiso39Compliant
Lake Cable Of Indiana, LlcValparaiso5Compliant
Chrome Deposit CorpPortage1Compliant
Urschel Laboratories IncChesterton1Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor LlcBurns Harbor$3.6M2026-03-17
Pvs Steel Services IncPortage$639.0k2025-06-24
Nlmk IndianaPortage$45.7k2025-06-19
O-N Minerals (Portage) Company Llc Dba Carmeuse Lime & StonePortage$5002022-10-06
Frampton Wright Ydc Bldg - Well #7-Treatment Plant #1Valparaiso$02018-05-15
Westside Properties Llc$02009-08-07
Reworld Solutions, LlcPortage$02026-02-26