County page
Lancaster County
Lancaster County currently shows 2 Superfund sites, 1009 imported facility profiles, and 784,019 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 Lancaster County.
The latest loaded TRI year is 2024, with 784,019 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
Elizabethtown Landfill
Elizabethtown Landfill is in EPA's Superfund layer for Elizabethtown, PA. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Ugi Columbia Gas Plant
Ugi Columbia Gas Plant is in EPA's Superfund layer for Columbia, PA. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Facilities
Worst polluters and compliance pressure
Arconic Us Llc
Significant Violation across 11 of the last 12 quarters, with $110,000 in recorded penalties.
Buck Co Inc
Significant Violation across 9 of the last 12 quarters, with $14,500 in recorded penalties.
Dart Container Corp of Pennsylvania
Significant noncompliance across 7 of the last 12 quarters, with $36,085 in recorded penalties.
Valley Proteins Inc - Terre Hill Plant
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters, with $32,841 in recorded penalties.
Stoner Inc
Significant noncompliance across 7 of the last 12 quarters, with $222,422 in recorded penalties.
Gsm Industrial
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $4,650 in recorded penalties.
Fleur de Lait East
Violation Identified across 10 of the last 12 quarters, with $14,702 in recorded penalties.
Perdue Agribusiness Llc/marietta
Significant Violation across 9 of the last 12 quarters, with $30,610 in recorded penalties.
Ups Lancaster
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters, with $5,300,000 in recorded penalties.
Wengers Feed Mill Inc - Rheems
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Mt Joy Wire Corp/mt Joy
Significant Violation across 8 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Armstrong World Industries
Significant noncompliance across 6 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Sa Alloys
Significant Violation across 9 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Wengers Feed Mill Inc - Hempfield
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Lsc Communications Lancaster East
Significant noncompliance across 7 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
H. M. Stauffer & Sons Inc
Violation Identified across 8 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Burle Corp Park Llc/lancaster
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Ross Tech Corp/leola
Significant Violation across 7 of the last 12 quarters, with $1,238 in recorded penalties.
Tyson Foods New Holland Complex
Violation Identified across 5 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Brubaker Valley Llc
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
| Chemical | Group | Facilities | Total pounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| n-Hexane | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 305,869 lbs |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | TRI-listed chemical | 3 | 102,280 lbs |
| Ammonia | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 81,135 lbs |
| Formaldehyde | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 70,955 lbs |
| Cyclohexane | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 60,872 lbs |
| Styrene | Volatile organic compound | 3 | 33,369 lbs |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | Volatile organic compound | 4 | 29,808 lbs |
| Toluene | Volatile organic compound | 1 | 17,305 lbs |
| Methanol | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 14,425 lbs |
| n-Butyl alcohol | TRI-listed chemical | 4 | 7,196 lbs |
| Methyl isobutyl ketone | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 7,065 lbs |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 6,715 lbs |
| Chlorine | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 6,017 lbs |
| Zinc compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 12 | 5,977 lbs |
| Copper | TRI-listed chemical | 18 | 4,763 lbs |
| Ethylbenzene | Volatile organic compound | 3 | 4,543 lbs |
| Peracetic acid | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 4,060 lbs |
| Manganese compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 5 | 1,582 lbs |
| Manganese | TRI-listed chemical | 15 | 1,424 lbs |
| Lead | Metals and metal compounds | 20 | 1,045 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.