Pollution in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania hosts 92 Superfund cleanup sites, 1,116 facilities reporting to EPA's Toxic Release Inventory, and 1,005 facilities currently in significant noncompliance with federal environmental laws. EPA has assessed $347.6M in lifetime penalties across these facilities, and TRI reporters released roughly 21.6M pounds of regulated chemicals on-site in the latest reporting year. The single largest on-site releaser is U.s. Steel Mon Valley Works - Clairton Plant in Clairton, reporting 3.2M lb to EPA.

Superfund Sites92NPL
TRI Facilities1,116active reporters
Significant Violators1,005current SNC
Total Penalties$347.6Mlifetime

Superfund sites in Pennsylvania

SiteCityStatus
A I W Frank Mid County MustangExtonReady for anticipated reuse
Avco Lycoming Williamsport DivisionWilliamsportConstruction complete
Baghurst DriveHarleysvilleCleanup underway
Bally Ground Water ContaminationBallyReady for anticipated reuse
Bell LandfillTerry TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Bendix Flight Systems DivisionSouth MontroseReady for anticipated reuse
Berks Sand PitLongswamp TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Blosenski LandfillWest Caln TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Boarhead FarmsBridgeton TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Borit AsbestosAmblerReady for anticipated reuse
Breslube Penn IncCoraopolisCleanup underway
Brown S Battery BreakingHamburgReady for anticipated reuse
Butz LandfillStroudsburgReady for anticipated reuse
Centre County KeponeState CollegeReady for anticipated reuse
Chem FabDoylestownCleanup underway
Commodore Semiconductor GroupLower Providence TownshipConstruction complete
Crater Resources Inc Keystone Coke Co Alan Wood Steel CoUpper Merion TownshipCleanup underway
Crossley FarmHereford TownshipCleanup underway
Croydon TceCroydon TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Cryochem IncWormanReady for anticipated reuse
Delta Quarries Disposal Inc Stotler LandfillAntis/Logan TwpsReady for anticipated reuse
Douglassville DisposalDouglassvilleReady for anticipated reuse
Drake ChemicalLock HavenReady for anticipated reuse
Dublin Tce SiteDublin BoroughCleanup underway
East Mount ZionSpringettsbury TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Eastern Diversified MetalsHometownReady for anticipated reuse
Elizabethtown LandfillElizabethtownReady for anticipated reuse
Fischer Porter CoWarminsterConstruction complete
Foote Mineral CoEast Whiteland TownshipConstruction complete
Former Exide Technologies LaureldaleLaureldaleListed on NPL
Foster Wheeler Energy Corp Church Road TceMountain TopCleanup underway
Franklin Slag Pile MdcPhiladelphiaRemedy selected
Havertown PcpHaverfordReady for anticipated reuse
Heleva LandfillNorth Whitehall TwpReady for anticipated reuse
Hellertown Manufacturing CoHellertownReady for anticipated reuse
Henderson RoadUpper Merion TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Hunterstown RoadStraban TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Industrial LaneWilliams TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Jacks Creek Sitkin Smelting Refining IncMaitlandReady for anticipated reuse
Jackson Ceramix IncFalls CreekCleanup underway
Keystone Sanitation LandfillUnion TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
KimbertonEast Pikeland TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Letterkenny Army Depot Pdo AreaFranklin CountyCleanup underway
Letterkenny Army Depot Se AreaChambersburgCleanup underway
Lindane DumpHarrison TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Lord Shope LandfillGirard TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Lower Darby Creek AreaDarby TownshipCleanup underway
Malvern TceMalvernConstruction complete
Metal BankPhiladelphiaReady for anticipated reuse
Metro Container CorporationTrainerListed on NPL
Mill Creek DumpErieReady for anticipated reuse
Modern Sanitation LandfillLower Windsor TwpReady for anticipated reuse
Mw ManufacturingValley TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Naval Air Development Center 8 Waste AreasWarminster TownshipConstruction complete
Navy Ships Parts Control CenterMechanicsburgCleanup underway
North Penn Area 1SoudertonReady for anticipated reuse
North Penn Area 12WorcesterReady for anticipated reuse
North Penn Area 2HatfieldReady for anticipated reuse
North Penn Area 5Montgomery TownshipCleanup underway
North Penn Area 6LansdaleCleanup underway
North Penn Area 7North WalesCleanup underway
Novak Sanitary LandfillSouth Whitehall TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Occidental Chemical Corp Firestone Tire Rubber CoLower Pottsgrove TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Ohio River ParkNeville IslandReady for anticipated reuse
Old City Of York LandfillSeven ValleysReady for anticipated reuse
Old Wilmington Road Gw ContaminationWest Caln TownshipCleanup underway
Osborne LandfillGrove CityReady for anticipated reuse
Palmerton Zinc PilePalmertonCleanup underway
Paoli Rail YardPaoliReady for anticipated reuse
Price Battery Lead SmelterHamburgCleanup underway
RaymarkHatboroReady for anticipated reuse
Revere Chemical CoNockamixon TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Rodale Manufacturing Co IncEmmaus BoroughReady for anticipated reuse
Ryeland Road Arsenic SiteHeidelberg TwpCleanup underway
Saegertown Industrial AreaSaegertownReady for anticipated reuse
Safety Light CorporationBloomsburgCleanup underway
Salford QuarryLower Salford TownshipCleanup underway
Sharon Steel Corp Farrell Works Disposal AreaHermitageCleanup underway
Shriver S CornerStraban TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Stanley KesslerKing Of PrussiaReady for anticipated reuse
Tobyhanna Army DepotTobyhannaReady for anticipated reuse
Tonolli CorpNesquehoningConstruction complete
Tysons DumpUpper Merion TwpReady for anticipated reuse
Ugi Columbia Gas PlantColumbiaReady for anticipated reuse
Valmont Tce Site Former Valmont Industrial ParkWest HazletonConstruction complete
Walsh LandfillHoneybrook TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Watson Johnson LandfillRichland TownshipConstruction complete
Westinghouse Electric Corp Sharon PlantSharonReady for anticipated reuse
Westinghouse Elevator Co PlantGettysburgReady for anticipated reuse
Whitmoyer LaboratoriesJackson TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
William Dick LagoonsWest Caln TownshipCleanup underway
Willow Grove Naval Air And Air Reserve StationHorshamCleanup underway

Largest Pennsylvania releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)
U.s. Steel Mon Valley Works - Clairton PlantClairton3.2M
Cleveland Cliffs Steel Corp/ Butler WorksButler1.8M
Keystone Conemaugh Proj Llc/Conemaugh StationNew Florence1.4M
Max Env Tech - Yukon FacYukon1.1M
Vs RubberLebanon1.1M
Saint Nicholas Cogeneration ProjectShenandoah886.6k
Carpenter Technology CorpReading863.1k
Jbs Souderton Inc/Franconia TwpSouderton841.1k
Jeld Wen Inc/Fiber Div PaTowanda680.3k
Pixelle Specialty SolutionsSpring Grove516.4k
International Waxes, Inc. - Farmers Valley PlantSmethport466.7k
Allegheny Ludlum CorpVandergrift378.0k
Bainbridge Soy Crush PlantMarietta366.7k
Weyerhaeuser - Johnsonburg MillJohnsonburg326.2k
Inter Power Ahlcon Lp/Colver Power ProjColver312.7k
Shell Chemical Appalachia LlcMonaca291.6k
Monroe Energy, Llc - Trainer RefineryTrainer246.1k
Panther Creek Energy FacilityNesquehoning238.7k
Montour Steam Electric StationWashingtonville198.9k
Clarion BathwareMarble195.1k
Global Advanced Metals Usa/BoyertownBoyertown193.3k
Superior Tube Collegeville FacCollegeville190.0k
Lafarge North AmericaWhitehall175.8k
American Refining Group IncBradford163.0k
Global Tungsten And PowdersTowanda162.4k

By county

Allegheny County County3 SF · 60 TRI · 28 violatorsLancaster County County2 SF · 67 TRI · 42 violatorsErie County County2 SF · 44 TRI · 21 violatorsYork County County3 SF · 50 TRI · 21 violatorsBucks County County8 SF · 52 TRI · 40 violatorsBerks County County9 SF · 46 TRI · 42 violatorsMontgomery County County17 SF · 50 TRI · 22 violatorsChester County County9 SF · 36 TRI · 27 violatorsCumberland County County1 SF · 20 TRI · 8 violatorsButler County County0 SF · 37 TRI · 11 violatorsMercer County County3 SF · 33 TRI · 15 violatorsWestmoreland County County0 SF · 39 TRI · 36 violatorsWashington County County0 SF · 25 TRI · 29 violatorsLuzerne County County2 SF · 35 TRI · 35 violatorsCrawford County County1 SF · 17 TRI · 13 violatorsDauphin County County0 SF · 16 TRI · 7 violatorsNorthampton County County2 SF · 30 TRI · 14 violatorsDelaware County County3 SF · 20 TRI · 7 violatorsLycoming County County1 SF · 18 TRI · 29 violatorsMonroe County County2 SF · 9 TRI · 53 violatorsBeaver County County0 SF · 33 TRI · 27 violatorsPhiladelphia County County2 SF · 30 TRI · 11 violatorsSchuylkill County County1 SF · 18 TRI · 34 violatorsSomerset County County0 SF · 5 TRI · 39 violatorsClearfield County County0 SF · 12 TRI · 21 violatorsWarren County County0 SF · 8 TRI · 5 violatorsBradford County County1 SF · 5 TRI · 10 violatorsFranklin County County2 SF · 15 TRI · 14 violatorsLehigh County County3 SF · 22 TRI · 8 violatorsCentre County County1 SF · 8 TRI · 12 violatorsLebanon County County1 SF · 23 TRI · 7 violatorsBlair County County1 SF · 12 TRI · 9 violatorsFayette County County0 SF · 4 TRI · 21 violatorsCambria County County0 SF · 9 TRI · 13 violatorsLawrence County County0 SF · 17 TRI · 10 violatorsSusquehanna County County1 SF · 1 TRI · 24 violatorsLackawanna County County0 SF · 12 TRI · 20 violatorsNorthumberland County County0 SF · 13 TRI · 9 violatorsBedford County County0 SF · 9 TRI · 6 violatorsColumbia County County1 SF · 6 TRI · 14 violatorsTioga County County0 SF · 6 TRI · 6 violatorsAdams County County4 SF · 11 TRI · 10 violatorsIndiana County County0 SF · 9 TRI · 12 violatorsWayne County County0 SF · 1 TRI · 19 violatorsArmstrong County County0 SF · 7 TRI · 14 violatorsMckean County County0 SF · 12 TRI · 3 violatorsClarion County County0 SF · 5 TRI · 11 violatorsJefferson County County1 SF · 16 TRI · 9 violatorsVenango County County0 SF · 15 TRI · 7 violatorsPike County County0 SF · 1 TRI · 16 violatorsGreene County County0 SF · 2 TRI · 4 violatorsHuntingdon County County0 SF · 2 TRI · 1 violatorsCarbon County County2 SF · 7 TRI · 16 violatorsWyoming County County0 SF · 1 TRI · 10 violatorsPerry County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 10 violatorsElk County County0 SF · 25 TRI · 7 violatorsSnyder County County0 SF · 3 TRI · 3 violatorsPotter County County0 SF · 3 TRI · 0 violatorsUnion County County0 SF · 6 TRI · 3 violatorsMifflin County County1 SF · 4 TRI · 4 violatorsClinton County County1 SF · 3 TRI · 6 violatorsForest County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 3 violatorsJuniata County County0 SF · 3 TRI · 4 violatorsMontour County County1 SF · 3 TRI · 4 violatorsFulton County County0 SF · 2 TRI · 4 violatorsSullivan County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 2 violatorsCameron County County0 SF · 3 TRI · 1 violatorsMc Kean County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsCecil County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsChautauqua County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsBurlington County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsFairfield County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsSteuben County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsSussex County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsAllegany County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsBergen County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsCaroline County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsCarroll County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsGloucester County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsHarris County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsKing County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsNew York County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsQueen Anne's County0 SF · 0 TRI · 2 violatorsBaltimore County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsBay County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsBroome County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsCamden County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsCharlottesville City County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsDoor County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsHillsborough County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsHunterdon County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsJackson County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsLake County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsMahoning County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsMarion County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsMiddlesex County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsNew Castle County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsOrange County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsOswego County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsPolk County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsPortable Source County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsSan Diego County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsShiawassee County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsSt. Lawrence County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsSummit County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsUndetermined County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsUtah County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsVal Verde County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violators

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