Pollution in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Luzerne County contains 524 EPA-regulated facilities, 35 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 2 Superfund sites and 35 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $6.4M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 51.4k lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the Pennsylvania state average of 222 per county.

Superfund2NPL sites
TRI Facilities35reporters
EPA Facilities524regulated
Sig. Violators35current SNC

Superfund sites

SiteCityStatus
Foster Wheeler Energy Corp Church Road TceMountain TopCleanup underway
Valmont Tce Site Former Valmont Industrial ParkWest HazletonConstruction complete

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Ugi Development CompanyHunlock Creek15.9kCompliant
Ball CorporationPittston11.8kCompliant
Silgan Closures Fka Amcor White CapHazleton6.5kPenalties
Modineer-PulvermanDallas5.1kCompliant
Reynolds Packaging Kama IncHazleton4.8kCompliant
Fairchild Semiconductor Corp/Wright TwpMountain Top2.0kCompliant
Crestwood Membranes Inc Dba I2mMountain Top1.7kCompliant
Western International Gas & Cylinders, Inc.Berwick958Compliant
Cornell Iron WorksMountain Top700Penalties
Castek Inc.Berwick500Compliant
Dober Chemical CorporationHazleton448Compliant
Acton Technologies IncPittston237Penalties
General Dynamics Ots (Wilkes-Barre), Llc - Hanover FacilityWilkes Barre225Compliant
Reilly Plating Co IncNanticoke190Compliant
Valmont Newmark/West HazletonHazleton173Compliant
Henkel Us Operations CorporationWest Hazleton38Compliant
Schott North Amer Inc/DuryeaDuryea28Compliant
Intermetro Ind Corp/Plt 1Wilkes Barre20Compliant
Diamond Manuf CompWyoming20Compliant
Unison Engine Components MountaintopMountain Top11Compliant
General Dynamics Ots (Wilkes-Barre) Llc - Main FacilityWilkes Barre10Compliant
Bridon American CorpWilkes-Barre10Compliant
Polyglass UsaHazleton7Compliant
Johns ManvilleHazleton5Compliant
Safety-Kleen Sys (218001)Wilkes Barre2Compliant
L & P Berwick Div Leggett & Platt/Salem TwpBerwick2Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Greater Hazleton Jt Sew Auth/West Hazleton StpWest Hazleton$53.4k2025-04-25
Energy Transfer Kingston TerminalEdwardsville$02022-08-16
Jeddo-Highland Coal Lehigh 6 MineFreeland$02023-01-05
Svc Mfg Inc/Mountain TopMountain Top$02025-11-19
Moyers Grove CampgroundWapwallopen$02025-12-16
Wilkes Barre Wyoming Valley AirportForty Fort$0
Kval Food 2-Treatment Plant 300Wapwallopen$0
Rich And Charlottes-Basement Cart FilterHarveys Lake$0
Cheles Pizza-BasementHunlock Creek$0
Evergreen Mhc LlcMilford$0
Lake Lehman School DistLehman$02026-01-10
Lower Lackawanna Valley Sanitary AuthorityDuryea$02025-03-27
Jeddo Highland Prospect MinePlains Twp$0
Alberdeen Inn-U V LightMountain Top$0
Nelly Plaza-After Storage TanksMountaintop$0
Stell Ent Nanticoke Topsoil QuarryPlymouth$02025-07-14
Pagnotti Ent Hazleton Shaft W MineHazle Township$02022-12-14
Paradise Campground-ChlorinatorNescopeck$0
Maple Lane Estates MhpFreeland$02024-01-05
Misericordia University$0
Drums StpDrums$02025-09-30
Harvest Church-Storage Treatment RmTrucksville$0
White Haven Mountain Springs-Treatment BuildingHazleton$0
Wendys Restaurant Drums-Trmt RoomHazleton$0
Maple Lane Estates-Water Storage BldgMontandon$0
Als Quick Stop #9-Conv Store Trmt RmDrums$0
Village Tavern$0
Abc Auto PartsHunlock Creek$02025-06-10
Whipperwill Mhp-WellhouseLititz$0
Casino Countryside Inn-Basement TpBear Creek Township$0
Pagnotti Ent Lehigh 5 MineMountain Top$02022-12-05
Ebervale Mining Div Ebervale MineFreeland$02026-01-08
Pleasant View Mhp-Maint BldgMoscow$0
Hazleton Materials Eckley MineWeatherly$02025-10-20
Huntington Mills Grocery Shop-BasementShickshinny$0