Lake County, IN
The federal environmental record for Lake County (population 500,598): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
8
Superfund NPL sites
48
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
44
TRI facilities
245
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Chemical Service, Inc. | Griffith | on the NPL | 09/21/1984 |
| Federated Metals Corp Whiting | Hammond | on the NPL | 09/07/2023 |
| Gary Development Landfill | Gary | on the NPL | 09/16/2011 |
| Lake Sandy Jo (M&M Landfill) | Gary | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| MIDCO I | Gary | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| MIDCO II | Gary | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
| Ninth Avenue Dump | Gary | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| U.S. Smelter and Lead Refinery, Inc. | East Chicago | on the NPL | 04/09/2009 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Lake reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
44 facilities in Lake filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 33.0M lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| USS GARY WORKS | GARY | Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Zinc compounds | 19.2M lb |
| BP PRODUCTS NA WHITING BUSINESS UNIT | WHITING | Xylene (mixed isomers), Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 8.6M lb |
| TRADEBE TREATMENT & RECYCLING LLC | EAST CHICAGO | Ethylene glycol, Diisocyanates | 2.4M lb |
| CLEVELAND-CLIFFS STEEL LLC | EAST CHICAGO | Zinc compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 1.8M lb |
| CLEVELAND-CLIFFS STEEL LLC | EAST CHICAGO | Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Zinc compounds | 316k lb |
| CARGILL TEXTURIZING SOLUTIONS | HAMMOND | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead compounds | 188k lb |
| INDIANA HARBOR COKE CO LP | EAST CHICAGO | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 163k lb |
| CARMEUSE LIME INC BUFFINGTON | GARY | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 88k lb |
| LINDE INC | EAST CHICAGO | Ammonia, Zinc compounds | 75k lb |
| SILGAN CONTAINERS MANUFACTURING CORP | HAMMOND | Xylene (mixed isomers), Certain glycol ethers | 40k lb |
| ELECTRIC COATING TECHNOLOGIES LLC D/B/A MATERIAL SCIENCES CO | EAST CHICAGO | Zinc compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 25k lb |
| ECO-SERVICES OPERATIONS | HAMMOND | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 18k lb |
| AVERY DENNISON MFD | LOWELL | 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, Benzene | 13k lb |
| ACS TECHNICAL PRODUCTS INC. | GRIFFITH | Toluene, n-Hexane | 12k lb |
| CITGO PETROLEUM CORP | EAST CHICAGO | Toluene, n-Hexane | 10k lb |
| ALLIED TUBE & CONDUIT - HOBART | MERRILLVILLE | Xylene (mixed isomers) | 8k lb |
| DOVER CHEMICAL HAMMOND WORKS | HAMMOND | Diethanolamine, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 6k lb |
| PROEDGE INC. | SHELBY | Toluene | 6k lb |
| HALOX DIV OF ICL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS INC. | HAMMOND | Zinc compounds, Certain glycol ethers | 6k lb |
| HAMMOND LEAD PRODUCTS | HAMMOND | Lead And Lead Compounds | 5k lb |
| MPLX TERMINALS LLC - HAMMOND IN TERMINAL | HAMMOND | n-Hexane, Toluene | 5k lb |
| TMS INTERNATIONAL LLC | GARY | Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 4k lb |
| SAFETY-KLEEN SYSTEMS INC. | EAST CHICAGO | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Ethylene glycol | 3k lb |
| HAMMOND GROUP INC- EXPANDERS 3100 | HAMMOND | Lead And Lead Compounds, Barium And Barium Compounds | 1k lb |
| JUPITER ALUMINUM CORP | HAMMOND | Manganese, Lead | 1k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 1,112 tank facilities in Lake: 919 tanks in service and 3,126 closed. 845 fuel releases are on record, of which 245 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Lake as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 4 pCi/L average). Radon and air quality are covered in depth on lung.com.
The record for one specific address
County figures blur what matters: distance. The Address Environmental Report runs these same federal datasets against one address and reports every site, tank, polluter and water result around it, with distances, in about a minute.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Lake, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- 9TH AVE ABANDONED DRUM SITEGARY
- AMERICAN CHEMICAL SERVICE, INC.GRIFFITH
- BEAR BRAND HOSIERY COMPANYGARY
- BOWMAN SCHOOLGARY
- BULT FUEL OIL SITEHIGHLAND
- CALUMET CONTAINERHAMMOND
- CANTU FAMILY RESIDENTIAL WELLSGARY
- CHARLES HAWKINS DRIVE MERCURY SPILL SITEGARY
- CITY OF GARY DRUMSGARY
- CLEVELAND-CLIFFS LLCEAST CHICAGO
- COLUMBIA AVENUE SPILLHAMMOND
- CONSERVATION CHEMICAL COMPANYGARY
- CSX TRAIN DERAILMENT OLD HOBART ROADGARY
- EAGLE PICHER COMPANYEAST CHICAGO
- ENERGY COOPERATIVE INCORPORATEDEAST CHICAGO
- ENVIRONMENTAL CLEAN-UP CONTRACTORS SERVICEGRIFFITH
- FEDERATED METALS CORPWHITING
- GARY DEVELOPMENT LANDFILLGARY
- GARY DOG POUND SITEGARY
- GARY LAGOONSGARY
- GARY SANI DIST LAKE STA SEWAGE TRMT PLTGARY
- GARY TAR PITGARY
- GRAND CALUMET RIVER MYSTERY SHEENEAST CHICAGO
- GRIFFITH RESIDENTIAL CHEMICAL SITEGRIFFITH
- H & H ENTERPRISEGARY
- HAMMOND LEAD PRODUCTS HALOX HAMMOND EXPANDERS DIVISIONSHAMMOND
- HAMMOND MERCURY SPILLWHITING
- HAPPY BUBBLESGARY
- HOUSE'S JUNK YARDGARY
- INDIANA PALLETEAST CHICAGO
- INDIANAPOLIS BOULEVARD BRIDGE MSTERY OILEAST CHICAGO
- KENNEDY AVENUE MERCURYEAST CHICAGO
- KLEINE FARM SITECEDAR LAKE
- KLEINE FARM SITECEDAR LAKE
- LAKE SANDY JO (M&M LANDFILL)GARY
- METALS REFINING COMPANYHAMMOND
- MIDCO IGARY
- MIDCO IIGARY
- NIAGARA LASALLE CORPHAMMOND
- NINTH AVENUE DUMPGARY
- PAZMEY CORP ORLAND BARREL & DRUMGRIFFITH
- PETRO STATION TRUCK STOPGARY
- PREMIER CHEMICAL CORPORATION OF AMERICAGARY
- ROLAND DUMP FIREGARY
- STERLING MATERIAL ASBESTOS HW SITEGARY
- STERLING MATERIALSGARY
- SUMMIT AUTO SHREDDER RESIDUE FIREGARY
- TRUMAN STREET MERCURYHAMMOND