County page
Berks County
Berks County currently shows 9 Superfund sites, 869 imported facility profiles, and 1,006,602 lbs in loaded TRI releases.
Overview
What this county page is saying
This live county page is generated from the ingested EPA datasets. It merges ECHO facility compliance rows, TRI release totals, and any Superfund sites attached to Berks County.
The latest loaded TRI year is 2024, with 1,006,602 lbs in county-level on-site releases tied to the imported facility set.
Focus points
Design and product notes
County pages combine facility compliance history with chemical release totals.
TRI chemistry shows what is being reported, while ECHO shows who keeps drawing enforcement attention.
Superfund records add legacy cleanup context even when live contaminant detail is still sparse.
Superfund layer
Cleanup sites in this county
Bally Ground Water Contamination
Bally Ground Water Contamination is in EPA's Superfund layer for Bally, PA. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Berks Sand Pit
Berks Sand Pit is in EPA's Superfund layer for Longswamp Township, PA. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Brown S Battery Breaking
Brown S Battery Breaking is in EPA's Superfund layer for Hamburg, PA. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Crossley Farm
Crossley Farm is in EPA's Superfund layer for Hereford Township, PA. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Cryochem Inc
Cryochem Inc is in EPA's Superfund layer for Worman, PA. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Douglassville Disposal
Douglassville Disposal is in EPA's Superfund layer for Douglassville, PA. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Former Exide Technologies Laureldale
Former Exide Technologies Laureldale is in EPA's Superfund layer for Laureldale, PA. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Price Battery Lead Smelter
Price Battery Lead Smelter is in EPA's Superfund layer for Hamburg, PA. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Ryeland Road Arsenic Site
Ryeland Road Arsenic Site is in EPA's Superfund layer for Heidelberg Twp, PA. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Facilities
Worst polluters and compliance pressure
Heidelberg Materials/evansville Cement Plt & Quarry
Significant Violation across 10 of the last 12 quarters, with $221,517 in recorded penalties.
Carpenter Technology Corp
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters, with $54,400 in recorded penalties.
Giorgio Foods Inc
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $55,714 in recorded penalties.
Wm Western Berks Comm Ldfl & Recycling Ctr
Significant Violation across 11 of the last 12 quarters, with $30,510 in recorded penalties.
Cambridge Lee Plants 2, 3, 4
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Reading Truck Body, Llc
Significant noncompliance across 3 of the last 12 quarters, with $45,147 in recorded penalties.
Materion Brush Inc
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Campbell Manufacturing Llc
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Untied Parcel Serv Inc/reading
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters, with $5,300,000 in recorded penalties.
Fleetwood Boro Stp
Significant noncompliance across 8 of the last 12 quarters, with $15,000 in recorded penalties.
Yuasa Battery Inc/laureldale
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters, with $9,925 in recorded penalties.
Chiyoda America Inc
Significant noncompliance across 7 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Mountain Breeze Poultry Farm
Violation Identified across 8 of the last 12 quarters, with $1,500 in recorded penalties.
Fairmount Foundry Inc - Hamburg
Significant Violation across 7 of the last 12 quarters, with $2,850 in recorded penalties.
Amity Twp Wwtp
Significant noncompliance across 6 of the last 12 quarters, with $9,270 in recorded penalties.
Reading Bakery Sys Plt
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
East Penn Mfg Co Inc/smelter Plt
Significant Violation across 6 of the last 12 quarters, with $6,558 in recorded penalties.
Birdsboro Muni Water Auth
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
County of Berks Wwtp
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Hamburg Muni Water&sewer Auth
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
| Chemical | Group | Facilities | Total pounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | TRI-listed chemical | 4 | 832,010 lbs |
| Ammonia | TRI-listed chemical | 3 | 71,996 lbs |
| Certain glycol ethers | TRI-listed chemical | 3 | 36,352 lbs |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 12,799 lbs |
| Toluene | Volatile organic compound | 1 | 11,353 lbs |
| Copper | TRI-listed chemical | 9 | 7,629 lbs |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | Metals and metal compounds | 6 | 6,356 lbs |
| Nickel compounds | Metals and metal compounds | 3 | 5,406 lbs |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | Volatile organic compound | 2 | 5,372 lbs |
| Hydrogen fluoride | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 3,365 lbs |
| Lead | Metals and metal compounds | 6 | 3,282 lbs |
| Nitric acid | TRI-listed chemical | 4 | 2,505 lbs |
| n-Butyl alcohol | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 1,346 lbs |
| Ethylbenzene | Volatile organic compound | 2 | 1,298 lbs |
| Manganese compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 3 | 1,263 lbs |
| Zinc compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 5 | 1,017 lbs |
| Molybdenum trioxide | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 993 lbs |
| Naphthalene | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 527 lbs |
| Aluminum (fume or dust) | TRI-listed chemical | 3 | 439 lbs |
| Copper compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 294 lbs |
Violation pages
State-level violation context tied to this county
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Clean Air Act violations in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania facilities in the imported ECHO data show air-program oversight, inspections, or noncompliance signals.
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Clean Water Act violations in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania facilities in the imported ECHO data show water-permit pressure, inspections, or noncompliance signals.
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RCRA violations in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania facilities in the imported ECHO data show hazardous-waste or RCRA oversight signals.