Pollution in Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Northampton County contains 462 EPA-regulated facilities, 14 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 2 Superfund sites and 30 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $7.7M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 650.3k lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the Pennsylvania state average of 222 per county.

Superfund2NPL sites
TRI Facilities30reporters
EPA Facilities462regulated
Sig. Violators14current SNC

Superfund sites

SiteCityStatus
Hellertown Manufacturing CoHellertownReady for anticipated reuse
Industrial LaneWilliams TownshipReady for anticipated reuse

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Northampton Generating PlantNorthampton159.2kPenalties
Martins Creek Steam Electric StationBangor138.9kCompliant
Keystone Cement CoBath127.1kSig. violation
Heidelberg Materials Us Cement Llc/ NazarethNazareth113.7kSig. violation
Bethlehem Energy CenterBethlehem59.5kCompliant
Steel Management ServicesNazareth44.1kCompliant
H & K Group/ StockertownStockertown6.4kPenalties
Lamtec CorpMount Bethel440Compliant
Victaulic Co Forks FacilityEaston322Compliant
L&m Fabrication & Machine IncBath315Compliant
Tower Chemical CorporationEaston118Compliant
American Nickeloid Co/WalnutportWalnutport42Compliant
L&m Fabrication & Machine Inc/ East AllenBath22Penalties
Polyone CorpBethlehem22Compliant
Piramal Critical Care Inc/Hanover TwpBethlehem17Penalties
Effort FoundryBath5Compliant
Ufp Stockertown LlcStockertown5Compliant
Polytek Development CorpEaston1Sig. violation
Bethlehem Apparatus Co IncHellertown1Penalties
Lehigh Heavy Forge CorpBethlehem1Penalties

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Keystone Cement CoBath$188.6k2024-09-13
Heidelberg Materials Us Cement Llc/ NazarethNazareth$180.2k2026-01-26
Hydac CorpBethlehem$74.0k2024-03-06
Cap Glass AllentownNorthampton$39.5k2024-10-16
Fines PlantNorthampton$39.5k2024-06-07
Tforce Freight BethlehemBethlehem$02025-02-10
Centerfield Senior Center$0
Polytek Development CorpEaston$02025-05-13
Ardent Mills Martins Creek Flour MillMartins Creek$02026-01-06
Male Road Ind Prop LpWind Gap$02023-10-10
Orbel CorpEaston$02025-09-23
City Of Bethlehem Wastewater Treatment PlantBethlehem$02025-04-21
River Road Utilities StpMount Bethel$02025-12-11
Blue Moo-Treatment RoomBath$0