Pollution in Salem County, New Jersey

Salem County contains 178 EPA-regulated facilities, 8 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 1 Superfund sites and 10 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $900.3k in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 478.2k lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the New Jersey state average of 122 per county.

Superfund1NPL sites
TRI Facilities10reporters
EPA Facilities178regulated
Sig. Violators8current SNC

Superfund sites

SiteCityStatus
Nl IndustriesPedricktown (Oldmans TownCleanup underway

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Chemours-Chambers WorksPenns Grove446.7kSig. violation
Mexichem - Specialty Resins Inc.Pedricktown17.8kCompliant
Siegfried Usa, LlcPennsville7.6kPenalties
Oxy Vinyls Pedricktown FacilityOldmans Twp4.7kPenalties
Lubrizol CorpPedricktown1.5kPenalties
Oldcastle Lawn And Garden ElmerElmer5Compliant
Mannington Mills IncSalem4Penalties

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Chemours-Chambers WorksPenns Grove$47.8k2026-01-07
Woodstown Boro Water DeptWoodstown$6.8k2025-09-11
South Jersey Agricultural RpoductsUpper Pittsgrove Twp$0
Sunoco #2315-Treamtment PlantPilesgrove$0
Village IPittsgrove Twp.-1710$0
Larchmont Farms Inc$0
John Fenwick Service Area 1n - TurnpikeOldmans Twp$02025-07-29
Garden State LogisticsPennsville Twp$02025-03-28