Pollution in Berks County, Pennsylvania

Berks County contains 869 EPA-regulated facilities, 42 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 9 Superfund sites and 46 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $6.8M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 1.0M lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the Pennsylvania state average of 222 per county.

Superfund9NPL sites
TRI Facilities46reporters
EPA Facilities869regulated
Sig. Violators42current SNC

Superfund sites

SiteCityStatus
Cryochem IncWormanReady for anticipated reuse
Douglassville DisposalDouglassvilleReady for anticipated reuse
Crossley FarmHereford TownshipCleanup underway
Brown S Battery BreakingHamburgReady for anticipated reuse
Ryeland Road Arsenic SiteHeidelberg TwpCleanup underway
Berks Sand PitLongswamp TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Price Battery Lead SmelterHamburgCleanup underway
Bally Ground Water ContaminationBallyReady for anticipated reuse
Former Exide Technologies LaureldaleLaureldaleListed on NPL

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Carpenter Technology CorpReading863.1kPenalties
Heidelberg Materials/Evansville Cement Plt & QuarryFleetwood72.0kSig. violation
Reading Truck Body, LlcReading36.1kPenalties
Chiyoda America IncMorgantown12.4kCompliant
Can Corp Of Amer/Blandon PltBlandon8.0kPenalties
Cambridge Lee Plants 2, 3, 4Reading7.5kCompliant
East Penn Mfg Co Inc/Battery AssemblyLyons3.3kCompliant
Glen-Gery Corp Mid Atlantic PlantShoemakersville2.9kCompliant
Reading AlloysRobesonia532Compliant
Kore Mart LimitedHamburg206Compliant
Campbell Manufacturing LlcBechtelsville122Compliant
Azer Scientific LlcMorgantown90Compliant
Wolf Tech Llc/DouglassvilleDouglassville69Compliant
Materion Brush IncShoemakersville69Sig. violation
Misco ProductsReading61Compliant
Yuasa Battery Inc/LaureldaleLaureldale60Penalties
Ind Metal PlatingReading39Compliant
Morgan Truck Body LlcMorgantown37Compliant
Engineered Materials Solutions Hamburg FacilityHamburg20Compliant
Unicast Co/BoyertownBoyertown16Compliant
East Penn Kutztown Battery PltKutztown14Compliant
Titanium Metals Corp Dba TimetMorgantown5Compliant
Morgan Truck Body, Llc - FabMorgantown5Compliant
Custom Processing Services IncReading3Compliant
Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc/ReadingReading2Penalties
Alum Alloys FoundrySinking Spring1Penalties

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Heidelberg Materials/Evansville Cement Plt & QuarryFleetwood$221.5k2025-06-25
Giorgio Foods IncReading$55.7k2025-03-19
Wm Western Berks Comm Ldfl & Recycling CtrBirdsboro$30.5k2025-12-03
East Penn Mfg Co Inc/Smelter PltLyons$6.6k2025-08-12
Fairmount Foundry Inc - HamburgHamburg$2.9k2024-12-12
Tipsy TimesDouglassville$0
Gaspari Farms Plant 4-Well 4 42 TreatmentTemple$0
Camp Adahi & Adahi Kids$0
Awi Distribution And Transportation CentersRobesonia$02025-08-20
Giorgi Farm 1$0
Redvo-Truck BayOley$0
Cj Hummels-Uv Light AreaLenhartsville$0
Eleni Trading IncReading$02023-05-11
New Morgan Boro WwtfMorgantown$02025-12-22
Riverboat Saloon$0
Perry Restaurant$0
Dollar General$0
Rajah Shrine Complex-Utility ClosetBlandon$0
Rolling Hills LandfillBoyertown$02023-09-06
Energy Devs Morgantown Llc/Caernarvon TwpMorgantown$02024-11-14
Xpo Logistics Freight Inc - XrqBirdsboro$02024-08-29
Village Motors IncFleetwood$02024-04-03
Utopia Cabaret-BasementDouglassville$0
Vincenzos-BasementDouglassville$0
Kutztown Produce Auction-Trmt Pit And KitchenFleetwood$0
Tiki Bar-Storage RoomBally$0
Blue Marsh Canteen$0
Reading Bakery Sys PltRobesonia$02025-12-10
Four Points Convenience Store$0
Stone Bar Inn-BasementMyerstown$0
Dew Fresh Inc-New Treatment PlantTemple$0
Dampman Sturges Valley Oil CoDouglassville$02025-08-18
Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals Lp/Montello TerminalSinking Spring$02025-12-12
Joanna Store-RestroomMorgantown$0
Dunkin Donuts-Utility BuildingAuburn$0
Giorgi Mushroom Farm 2 1to3$0
Maple Grove Park-CampgroundMohnton$0
Dyer E QuarryBirdsboro$02024-12-23
Irish Creek Mhp-Well 2 Treatment PitMohrsville$02025-06-10
Materion Brush IncShoemakersville$02025-10-28
Ken Grill Recreation Assn-Lower Pavilion UvShillington$0
Blue Heron VillageLenhartsville$02024-08-15