Lake County, OH
The federal environmental record for Lake County (population 231,640): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
7
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
45
TRI facilities
34
open tank releases
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)
45 facilities in Lake filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.0M lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOMENTIVE TECHNOLOGIES | WILLOUGHBY | Hydrogen fluoride | 199k lb |
| LUBRIZOL CORP PAINESVIL LE PLANT | PAINESVILLE | Zinc compounds, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 180k lb |
| THE LINCOLN ELECTRIC CO | MENTOR | Copper compounds, Manganese | 154k lb |
| AVERY DENNISON CORP SPECIALTY TAPE DIV | PAINESVILLE | Toluene, n-Hexane | 121k lb |
| DE NORA TECH | MENTOR | n-Butyl alcohol, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 64k lb |
| EQUISTAR CHEMICALS LP | FAIRPORT HARBOR | Methanol, Zinc compounds | 52k lb |
| CFF OF AVERY DENNISON (0243081207) | MENTOR | Vinyl acetate | 36k lb |
| PCC MENTOR LLC | MENTOR | 4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol, Nickel | 32k lb |
| PCC AIRFOILS RENAISSANCE PARK | PAINESVILLE | 4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol, Cobalt | 25k lb |
| COMPONENT REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. | MENTOR | Nickel, Chromium | 24k lb |
| PCC AIRFOILS LLC/EASTLAKE | EASTLAKE | Nickel, Cobalt | 19k lb |
| PCC AIRFOILS LLC/SMP | WICKLIFFE | Nickel, Cobalt | 17k lb |
| MAR-BAL INC. | PAINESVILLE | Styrene, Zinc compounds | 16k lb |
| AMERICAN METAL COATINGS LLC | MENTOR | Zinc compounds, Nickel compounds | 13k lb |
| AEXCEL CORP | MENTOR | Toluene, Styrene | 13k lb |
| AVERY DENNISON FASSON ROLL NA | PAINESVILLE | Toluene, Vinyl acetate | 12k lb |
| AVERY DENNISON - BUILDING 11 | PAINESVILLE | Toluene, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 11k lb |
| AVERY DENNISON BUILDING 7 | PAINESVILLE | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 7k lb |
| BESCAST INC | WILLOUGHBY | Nickel, Chromium | 7k lb |
| HENKEL US OPERATIONS CORP | MENTOR | Xylene (mixed isomers), Diisocyanates | 7k lb |
| MAR-BAL PULTRUSION INC. | WILLOUGHBY | Styrene | 5k lb |
| AVERY DENNISON STD-BLDG 19 | MENTOR | Toluene, n-Hexane | 5k lb |
| BVPV STYRENICS LLC | PAINESVILLE | Styrene | 5k lb |
| ACO INC | MENTOR | Styrene | 3k lb |
| KALCOR COATINGS CO | WILLOUGHBY | Toluene, Methyl isobutyl ketone | 3k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 407 tank facilities in Lake: 366 tanks in service and 932 closed. 572 fuel releases are on record, of which 34 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.
- CAW LANE PROPERTY SITEPERRY
- DIAMOND SHAMROCK CORP. (PAINESVILLE WORKS)PAINESVILLE
- FAIRPORT HARBOR HG SPILLFAIRPORT HARBOR
- LAKE UNDERGROUND STORAGEPAINESVILLE
- NACELLE LAND & MANAGEMENT CORPPAINESVILLE
- NEW 4TH STREET MERCURYFAIRPORT HARBOR
- PAINESVILLE CSX TRAIN DERAILMENTPAINESVILLE