County page
Porter County
Porter County currently shows 0 Superfund sites, 140 imported facility profiles, and 8,757,258 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 Porter County.
The latest loaded TRI year is 2024, with 8,757,258 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
Facilities
Worst polluters and compliance pressure
Cleveland-cliffs Burns Harbor Llc
Significant Violation across 11 of the last 12 quarters, with $3,556,596 in recorded penalties.
Pvs Steel Services Inc
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $638,963 in recorded penalties.
Nlmk Indiana
Significant Violation across 5 of the last 12 quarters, with $45,700 in recorded penalties.
Us Steel - Midwest Plant
Violation Identified across 8 of the last 12 quarters, with $3,201,242 in recorded penalties.
Precoat Metals Division Sequa Coatings
Significant noncompliance across 11 of the last 12 quarters, with $14,800 in recorded penalties.
Precoat Metals
Violation Identified across 1 of the last 12 quarters, with $9,900 in recorded penalties.
Liberty Farms Mobile Home Park - #1
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Gariup Construction Hebron
Significant noncompliance across 5 of the last 12 quarters, with $4,500 in recorded penalties.
Citgo - Valparaiso
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Inactive across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Frampton Wright Ydc Bldg - Well #7-treatment Plant #1
Significant Violation across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Shults-lewis Childrens Home - Well #1-treatment Plant
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Victory Christian Academy
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Westside Properties Llc
Significant Violation across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Lake Eliza Area Conservancy District
Violation Identified across 10 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Odyssey Specialized Logistics
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters, with $4,400 in recorded penalties.
Church of Jesus Christ/latter Day Saints
Significant noncompliance across 10 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Lake of the Woods Club House
Violation Identified across 10 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Opportunity Enterprises (lakeside)
Significant noncompliance across 10 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Pvs Steel Services Inc
No Violation Identified with $7,000 in recorded penalties.
| Chemical | Group | Facilities | Total pounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manganese compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 4,008,628 lbs |
| Zinc compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 4 | 2,638,168 lbs |
| Phenol | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 546,533 lbs |
| Ammonia | TRI-listed chemical | 3 | 356,207 lbs |
| Cresol (mixed isomers) | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 209,155 lbs |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | Metals and metal compounds | 4 | 192,563 lbs |
| Copper compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 108,590 lbs |
| Vanadium compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 100,785 lbs |
| Nickel compounds | Metals and metal compounds | 2 | 98,367 lbs |
| Lead compounds | Metals and metal compounds | 6 | 70,120 lbs |
| Cyanide compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 65,299 lbs |
| Methanol | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 45,266 lbs |
| Certain glycol ethers | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 34,703 lbs |
| Benzene | Volatile organic compound | 1 | 33,779 lbs |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | TRI-listed chemical | 3 | 31,386 lbs |
| Hydrogen sulfide | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 27,114 lbs |
| Zinc (fume or dust) | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 21,199 lbs |
| Naphthalene | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 19,658 lbs |
| n-Butyl alcohol | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 16,440 lbs |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | TRI-listed chemical | 5 | 16,144 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.