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LaPorte County, IN

The federal environmental record for LaPorte County (population 111,706): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.

3

Superfund NPL sites

16

federal cleanup sites

1

PFAS-detecting water systems

21

TRI facilities

47

open tank releases

Superfund NPL sites

SiteCityStatusListed
Cam-Or Inc.Westvilleon the NPL03/06/1998
Fisher-CaloLa Porteon the NPL09/08/1983
Waste, Inc., LandfillMichigan Citydeleted07/22/1987

Drinking water: PFAS testing

Public water systems serving LaPorte with at least one PFAS detection under UCMR5. The federal limit for PFOA and PFOS is 4 ng/L; EPA proposed in May 2026 to rescind the limits for the other compounds, which are shown for information.

SystemHighest resultsReading
LAPORTE WATER WORKS

IN5246017

PFBS: 7.4 ng/L

detected

On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options

Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)

21 facilities in LaPorte filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 444k lb released.

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
NIPSCO MICHIGAN CITY GENERATING STATIONMICHIGAN CITYBarium And Barium Compounds, Ammonia296k lb
PRECOAT METALSLA PORTENitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Certain glycol ethers81k lb
AMERICAN RENOLIT CORPLA PORTEPhenol, Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))26k lb
TRIPLEX PLATING CO INCMICHIGAN CITYZinc compounds, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)19k lb
HITACHI GLOBAL AIR POWER US LLCMICHIGAN CITYManganese, Copper11k lb
BUILDING MATERIALS MANUFACTURING LLCMICHIGAN CITYPolycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene5k lb
HOWMET CASTINGS & SERVICES INC.LA PORTENickel, Aluminum (fume or dust)2k lb
WM TECHNOLOGIES LLCMICHIGAN CITYManganese2k lb
ALEXANDER CHEMICAL CORPLAPORTEChlorine, Ammonia916 lb
AERO METALS INCLA PORTECopper, Chromium320 lb
ACCURATE CASTINGS INCLA PORTEChromium, Nickel142 lb
NEW YORK BLOWER COLA PORTEChromium, Nickel123 lb
DIAMOND MIDWESTMICHIGAN CITYNickel, Chromium15 lb
ACCURATE CASTINGS INC KINGSBURY CASTINGS DIVKINGSBURYCopper9 lb
FAS-PAK INC.LA PORTE-0 lb
DWYER INSTRUMENTS INCKINGSBURY-0 lb
PRAIRIE PACKAGING LLCKINGSBURYCertain glycol ethers, Nitric acid0 lb
PHM BRANDS LLCMICHIGAN CITY-0 lb
SHELL CATALYSTS & TECHNOLOGIES LPMICHIGAN CITY-0 lb
OZINGA READY-MIX CONCRETE - LAPORTELA PORTE-0 lb
SULLIVAN PALATEKMICHIGAN CITY-0 lb

Underground fuel tanks

EPA's UST Finder records 390 tank facilities in LaPorte: 273 tanks in service and 980 closed. 204 fuel releases are on record, of which 47 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".

Radon

EPA maps LaPorte 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.

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All federal cleanup sites on file

The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for LaPorte, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.

  • AERO METALS, INC DAR;INGTON STLA PORTE
  • ALLIS CHALMERS POWERHOUSELAPORTE
  • CAM-OR INC.WESTVILLE
  • CLEAR LAKE PCB SITELA PORTE
  • FINATECLAPORTE
  • FISHER-CALOLA PORTE
  • FORMER IRECO INCORPORATED FACILITYKINGSBURY
  • HUNT'S FUEL STOPWESTVILLE
  • MELROSE PYROTECHNICSKINGSBURY
  • NATIONAL VISTA PROD CO PACKAGING DIVKINGSBURY
  • PULLMAN-BARKERMICHIGAN CITY
  • SCHMOCK OIL COMPANYMICHIGAN CITY
  • SULLAIR CORPMICHIGAN CITY
  • US COAST GUARD MICHIGAN CITY EAST PHD LIGHTMICHIGAN CITY
  • WASTE, INC., LANDFILLMICHIGAN CITY
  • WESTVILLE OIL SPILLWESTVILLE