PlainEnviro

Pennsylvania Environmental Profile

Comprehensive environmental data from EPA sources for Pennsylvania (PA)

Overview

TRI Facilities
1,057
Water Systems
1,787
Superfund Sites
127
Total Violations
5,198
Total Releases
44.6M lbs
Health Violations
772
water systems

Largest Polluters

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# Facility Total Releases
1 MAX ENVIRONMENTAL -- YUKON FACILITY 5.5M lbs
2 USS-CLAIRTON PLANT 3.8M lbs
3 USS MON VALLEY WORKS - EDGAR THOMSON PLANT 3.6M lbs
4 CLEVELAND-CLIFFS STEEL CORP /BUTLER WORKS 2.5M lbs
5 CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP 1.5M lbs
6 APOLLO METALS LTD 1.2M lbs
7 COLVER GREEN ENERGY 957.0K lbs
8 SAINT NICHOLAS COGENERATION PROJECT 917.7K lbs
9 ATI FLAT ROLLED PRODUCTS HOLDINGS LLC 846.2K lbs
10 GILBERTON POWER CO 814.7K lbs
11 NORTHAMPTON GENERATING PLANT 734.7K lbs
12 SCRUBGRASS GENERATING PLANT 697.3K lbs
13 SHELL CHEMICAL APPALACHIA LLC 692.6K lbs
14 CONEMAUGH GENERATING STATION 573.3K lbs
15 PIXELLE SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS LLC 572.6K lbs
16 WOODGRAIN INC. 566.5K lbs
17 ENVIRITE OF PENNSYLVANIA INC 566.0K lbs
18 RAUSCH CREEK GENERATION LLC 539.8K lbs
19 GAF KEYSTONE LLC/NEW COLUMBIA FACILITY 530.0K lbs
20 EAST PENN MANUFACTURING CO INC 517.2K lbs

Water Quality

Systems with Health Violations

Water System Population Violations
PARKER AREA WATER AUTH 900 148
EAST TAYLOR MUNI AUTH 3,152 126
PITHOLE WATER ASSOCIATION 87 111
ICMSA ROSSITER 500 109
JACKSON TWP WATER AUTH 4,236 108
CENTERVILLE MUNI WATER AUTH 75 95
TRI CNTY JT MUNI AUTH 10,100 88
ICMSA ARCADIA 65 87
BLAWNOX BORO WATER DEPT 2,200 75
EBENSBURG BORO MUNI AUTH 8,500 62
ICMSA CHERRYTREE 400 59
BRAVE WATER AUTH 200 58
AQUA PA CLARENDON 840 52
NELSON TOWNSHIP AUTHORITY 300 50
MIDLAND BORO MUNI AUTH 3,100 47
WESTOVER MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY 456 46
SOUTHWEST WARREN CO MUN AUTH 1,040 42
WEST CARROLL W AUTH BAKERTON 670 39
POLK CENTER 1,058 38
ALBERT GALLATIN MUNI AUTH 2,695 37

Cities with Water Issues

Aliquippa
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Ambridge
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Brackenridge
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Charleroi
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Leetsdale
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Midland
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Monaca
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Oakdale
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Rochester
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Shippingport
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Braddock
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Duquesne
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Monroeville
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Pittsburgh
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Brave
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Mount Morris
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Alum Bank
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Bedford
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Meyersdale
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Greensburg
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Superfund Sites (127)

Site Name Status HRS Score
A.I.W. Frank/Mid-County Mustang NPL Site 42.40
Aladdin Plating Deleted NPL Site 35.57
Ambler Asbestos Piles Deleted NPL Site 34.47
AMP, Inc. (Glen Rock Facility) Deleted NPL Site 39.03
Austin Avenue Radiation Site Deleted NPL Site 0.00
Avco Lycoming (Williamsport Division) NPL Site 42.24
Baghurst Drive NPL Site 50.00
Bally Ground Water Contamination NPL Site 37.93
Bell Landfill NPL Site 34.79
Bendix Flight Systems Division NPL Site 33.74
Berkley Products Co. Dump Deleted NPL Site 30.00
Berks Landfill Deleted NPL Site 46.10
Berks Sand Pit NPL Site 32.02
Blosenski Landfill NPL Site 30.57
Boarhead Farms NPL Site 39.92
BoRit Asbestos NPL Site 50.00
Breslube-Penn, Inc NPL Site 50.00
Brodhead Creek Deleted NPL Site 31.09
Brown's Battery Breaking NPL Site 37.34
Bruin Lagoon Deleted NPL Site 73.11
Butler Mine Tunnel Deleted NPL Site 49.51
Butz Landfill NPL Site 32.00
C & D Recycling Deleted NPL Site 43.92
Centre County Kepone NPL Site 45.09
Chem-Fab NPL Site 50.00
Commodore Semiconductor Group NPL Site 42.35
Craig Farm Drum Deleted NPL Site 28.72
Crater Resources, Inc./Keystone Coke Co./Alan Wood Steel Co. NPL Site 50.00
Crossley Farm NPL Site 29.66
Croydon TCE NPL Site 31.60
CryoChem, Inc. NPL Site 28.58
Delta Quarries & Disposal, Inc./Stotler Landfill NPL Site 41.08
Dorney Road Landfill Deleted NPL Site 46.10
Douglassville Disposal NPL Site 55.18
Drake Chemical NPL Site 38.52
Dublin TCE Site NPL Site 28.90
East Mount Zion NPL Site 41.01
Eastern Diversified Metals NPL Site 31.02
Elizabethtown Landfill NPL Site 28.98
Enterprise Avenue Deleted NPL Site 40.80
Fischer & Porter Co. NPL Site 29.07
Foote Mineral Co. NPL Site 50.00
Former Exide Technologies Laureldale NPL Site 70.71
Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation/Church Road TCE Proposed NPL Site 50.00
Franklin Slag Pile (MDC) NPL Site 50.20
Havertown PCP NPL Site 38.34
Hebelka Auto Salvage Yard Deleted NPL Site 31.94
Heleva Landfill NPL Site 50.23
Hellertown Manufacturing Co. NPL Site 51.91
Henderson Road NPL Site 41.69
Hranica Landfill Deleted NPL Site 51.94
Hunterstown Road NPL Site 48.27
Industrial Lane NPL Site 42.47
Jacks Creek/Sitkin Smelting & Refining, Inc. NPL Site 40.37
Jackson Ceramix NPL Site 30.22
Keystone Sanitation Landfill NPL Site 33.76
Kimberton NPL Site 29.44
Lackawanna Refuse Deleted NPL Site 36.57
Lansdowne Radiation Site Deleted NPL Site 0.00
Lehigh Electric & Engineering Co. Deleted NPL Site 30.26
Letterkenny Army Depot (PDO Area) NPL Site 37.51
Letterkenny Army Depot (SE Area) NPL Site 34.21
Lindane Dump NPL Site 51.62
Lord-Shope Landfill NPL Site 38.89
Lower Darby Creek Area NPL Site 50.00
Malvern TCE NPL Site 46.69
McAdoo Associates Deleted NPL Site 0.00
Metal Banks NPL Site 33.23
Metro Container Corporation NPL Site 50.00
Metropolitan Mirror and Glass Co., Inc. Deleted NPL Site 34.33
Middletown Air Field Deleted NPL Site 35.69
Mill Creek Dump NPL Site 49.31
Modern Sanitation Landfill NPL Site 33.93
Moyers Landfill Deleted NPL Site 37.62
MW Manufacturing NPL Site 46.44
Naval Air Development Center (8 Waste Areas) NPL Site 57.93
Navy Ships Parts Control Center NPL Site 50.00
North Penn - Area 1 NPL Site 35.57
North Penn - Area 12 NPL Site 28.90
North Penn - Area 2 NPL Site 35.57
North Penn - Area 5 NPL Site 35.57
North Penn - Area 6 NPL Site 35.57
North Penn - Area 7 NPL Site 35.57
Novak Sanitary Landfill NPL Site 42.31
Occidental Chemical Corp./Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. NPL Site 45.91
Ohio River Park NPL Site 42.24
Old City of York Landfill NPL Site 33.93
Old Wilmington Road Ground Water Contamination NPL Site 50.00
Osborne Landfill NPL Site 54.60
Palmerton Zinc Pile NPL Site 42.93
Paoli Rail Yard NPL Site 32.18
Presque Isle Deleted NPL Site 40.59
Price Battery NPL Site 37.86
Publicker Industries Inc. Deleted NPL Site 59.06
Raymark NPL Site 53.42
Recticon/Allied Steel Corp. Deleted NPL Site 32.06
Reeser's Landfill Deleted NPL Site 30.35
Resin Disposal Deleted NPL Site 37.69
Revere Chemical Co. NPL Site 31.31
River Road Landfill (Waste Management, Inc.) Deleted NPL Site 43.12
Rodale Manufacturing Co., Inc. NPL Site 50.00
Route 940 Drum Dump Deleted NPL Site 44.06
Ryeland Road Arsenic NPL Site 60.30
Saegertown Industrial Area NPL Site 33.62
Safety Light Corporation NPL Site 70.71
Salford Quarry NPL Site 50.00
Sharon Steel Corp (Farrell Works Disposal Area) NPL Site 50.00
Shriver's Corner NPL Site 46.13
Stanley Kessler NPL Site 33.89
Strasburg Landfill Deleted NPL Site 30.71
Taylor Borough Dump Deleted NPL Site 30.94
Tobyhanna Army Depot NPL Site 37.93
Tonolli Corp. NPL Site 46.58
Tysons Dump NPL Site 63.10
UGI Columbia Gas Plant NPL Site 50.78
Valmont TCE NPL Site 43.16
Voortman Farm Deleted NPL Site 28.62
Wade (ABM) Deleted NPL Site 36.63
Walsh Landfill NPL Site 33.64
Watson Johnson Landfill NPL Site 70.71
Westinghouse Electric Corp. (Sharon Plant) NPL Site 41.33
Westinghouse Elevator Co. Plant NPL Site 36.37
Westline Site Deleted NPL Site 31.71
Whitmoyer Laboratories NPL Site 46.25
William Dick Lagoons NPL Site 36.64
Willow Grove Naval Air and Air Reserve Station NPL Site 50.00
York County Solid Waste and Refuse Authority Landfill Deleted NPL Site 44.26

Counties (64 total)

County Population Facilities
Lancaster — 63
Montgomery — 46
Allegheny — 54
Bucks — 50
Berks — 44
York — 46
Erie — 43
Chester — 32
Butler — 35
Luzerne — 33
Westmoreland — 37
Mercer — 31
Beaver — 33
Northampton — 30
Philadelphia — 27
Lehigh — 22
Elk — 25
Lebanon — 24
Delaware — 19
Washington — 24

Showing top 20 counties by environmental activity. Pennsylvania has 64 counties total.

Largest Cities

Aliquippa
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1 facilities · 2 water systems
West Aliquippa
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1 facilities · 0 water systems
Ambridge
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4 facilities · 3 water systems
Beaver
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1 facilities · 2 water systems
Beaver Falls
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1 facilities · 2 water systems
Brackenridge
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1 facilities · 1 water systems
Bridgeville
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2 facilities · 0 water systems
Bulger
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2 facilities · 0 water systems
Bunola
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1 facilities · 0 water systems
Burgettstown
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2 facilities · 0 water systems
Charleroi
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1 facilities · 1 water systems
Springdale
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3 facilities · 1 water systems
Cheswick
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2 facilities · 2 water systems
Jefferson Hills
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2 facilities · 0 water systems
Clairton
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1 facilities · 0 water systems
Clinton
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1 facilities · 1 water systems
Donora
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3 facilities · 0 water systems
West Mifflin
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3 facilities · 0 water systems
Glassport
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1 facilities · 0 water systems
Langeloth
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1 facilities · 0 water systems

About This Data

This page aggregates environmental data from three EPA programs for Pennsylvania: the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) for industrial chemical releases, the Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) for water quality, and the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) for hazardous waste cleanup sites.

PlainEnviro presents this data without advocacy framing. Numbers reflect reported data and may not capture all environmental activity. For specific health or environmental concerns, contact your state environmental agency.