Pollution in Lorain County, Ohio

Lorain County contains 183 EPA-regulated facilities, 12 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 0 Superfund sites and 39 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $1.9M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 70.5k lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the Ohio state average of 71 per county.

Superfund0NPL sites
TRI Facilities39reporters
EPA Facilities183regulated
Sig. Violators12current SNC

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Basf CorpElyria30.8kCompliant
Ford Motor Company - Ford Ohio Assembly PlantAvon Lake18.4kCompliant
Advanced Polymer Coatings LtdAvon8.1kCompliant
National Bronze And MetalsLorain4.4kCompliant
Elyria Foundry (0247040014)Elyria2.0kCompliant
Forest City Technologies, Plant 8 (0247171014)Wellington2.0kCompliant
Crane Co Lear Romec DivElyria1.6kSig. violation
Degussa Initiators IncElyria1.2kPenalties
Riddell Sports Group, Inc.North Ridgeville910Compliant
Lubrizol Advanced Materials (0247030004)Avon Lake830Compliant
Ross Incineration Services (Grafton, Oh)Grafton72Penalties
Chemtron CorpAvon59Penalties
Nelson Stud Welding IncElyria26Compliant
Materion Brush Inc.Lorain24Compliant
Vestolit Specialty Resins IncAvon Lake13Compliant
Western Enterprises - Avon Lake (0247030559)Avon Lake11Compliant
Sectional Stamping IncWellington10Compliant
Watteredge LlcAvon Lake4Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Country SkatelandOberlin$1.0k2019-04-25
Crane Co Lear Romec DivElyria$02023-06-20
Hynolds, LlcElyria$0
French Creek WwtpNorth Ridgeville$02024-06-26
The LodgeColumbia Station$02017-07-10
Timber Ridge CampgroundAmherst$02021-11-01
Applied Specialties Innovations LlcAvon Lake$0
The Activity CenterColumbia Station$02018-10-03
Ohio Screw Products, Inc. (0247040393)Elyria$02019-01-03
Ode Development, Llc Dba Columbia Hills Golf AndColumbia Station$02023-05-04
Hooke CarpentryColumbia Station$0
Lagrange WpcpLagrange$02022-10-11