Pollution in Monroe County, Michigan

Monroe County contains 110 EPA-regulated facilities, 9 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 0 Superfund sites and 17 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $5.4M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 1.0M lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the Michigan state average of 57 per county.

Superfund0NPL sites
TRI Facilities17reporters
EPA Facilities110regulated
Sig. Violators9current SNC

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
MonroeMonroe968.3kSig. violation
North Star Steel CoMonroe18.2kSig. violation
Guardian Industries Corporation-Carleton FacilityCarleton15.0kCompliant
Advanced Heat Treat CorpMonroe11.4kCompliant
Dte Electric Company - Fermi Energy CenterNewport3.6kCompliant
National Galvanizing Hs Processing LpMonroe2.5kPenalties
B.o.p. Federal Correctional InstituteMilan1.1kCompliant
Autolign Mfg GroupMilan655Compliant
Pioneer Metal Finishing-MonroeMonroe58Compliant
R J Marshall CoErie20Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
North Star Steel CoMonroe$36.2k2025-08-19
Shm Toledo Beach LlcLa Salle$02020-09-24
Luna Pier Truck DepotLuna Pier$0
Erie Twp Ms4-MonroeErie$02026-03-12
MonroeMonroe$02024-09-16
Orchards MhpCarleton$02022-05-10
Bedford Twp Ms4-MonroeTemperance$02022-08-31
Mason Consolidated Schools WwtpErie$02024-05-07
South Rockwood Ms4-MonroeSouth Rockwood$0