Pollution in Somerset County, New Jersey

Somerset County contains 379 EPA-regulated facilities, 11 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 5 Superfund sites and 25 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $7.3M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 15.6k lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the New Jersey state average of 122 per county.

Superfund5NPL sites
TRI Facilities25reporters
EPA Facilities379regulated
Sig. Violators11current SNC

Superfund sites

SiteCityStatus
Higgins DisposalKingstonReady for anticipated reuse
Rocky Hill Municipal WellRocky Hill BoroughReady for anticipated reuse
Montgomery Township Housing DevelopmentMontgomery TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Brook Industrial ParkBound BrookReady for anticipated reuse
Higgins FarmFranklin TownshipReady for anticipated reuse

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Veeco Instruments, Inc.Somerset9.4kCompliant
Rust-Oleum CorporationSomerset2.0kCompliant
Fancyheat CorpSomerset1.9kCompliant
Zeus Industrial Products IncBranchburg Twp1.1kCompliant
Thermo Fisher Scientific CompanyBridgewater561Compliant
Az Electronic Materials Usa CorpBranchburg248Compliant
Roche Molecular Systems IncBranchburg234Compliant
Reckitt BenckiserHillsborough84Penalties
Komline-Sanderson_engineering CorpPeapack6Compliant
Air Liquide Advanced Materials, Inc.Branchburg Twp5Compliant
Symrise IncBranchburg5Penalties
Silvi Concrete Of KingstonPrinceton4Compliant
Industrial Tube CorpSomerville2Sig. violation
Weldon Asphalt Co Plant #4Watchung1Penalties

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Stage Ii Treatment PlantMontgomery$1.0k2025-03-06
Garden State Sikh Temple$0
Warren Twp Sewer Auth Stage 4 WwtpWarren$02024-12-19
Griggstown Volunteer Fire Company$02010-01-26
Industrial Tube CorpSomerville$02025-03-05
Bridgewater TwpBridgewater$02023-04-26
Franklin Township Dept Of Public Works$02007-10-24
Bl England Generating StationBridgewater Twp$0
Specialty Cosmetics @ Denholtz PropertiesBridgewater$02024-06-25
St John On The Mountain-Treatment PlantBernardsville$0
So Bound Brook Little League$0