Summit County, OH
The federal environmental record for Summit County (population 535,733): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
27
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
54
TRI facilities
125
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copley Square Plaza | Copley | on the NPL | 04/27/2005 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Summit 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.
| System | Highest results | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| AKRON CITY PWS OH7700011 | PFOA: 7.3 ng/L PFBA: 5 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
54 facilities in Summit filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 242k lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PPG INDUSTRIES INC BARBERTON | BARBERTON | Trichloroethylene, Toluene | 93k lb |
| HUNTSMAN ADVANCED MATERIALS AMERICAS LLC | AKRON | Styrene, 1,3-Butadiene | 30k lb |
| STRUKTOL CO OF AMERICA LLC | STOW | Zinc compounds, Ethylene glycol | 30k lb |
| UNIVAR SOLUTIONS USA | TWINSBURG | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 12k lb |
| AKRON PAINT & VARNISH INC. | AKRON | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 10k lb |
| HARWICK STANDARD DISTRIBUTION CORP | AKRON | Zinc compounds, Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | 10k lb |
| ICP BUILDING SOLUTIONS GROUP- NORTON | NORTON | Diisocyanates | 8k lb |
| POLYMERICS INC | CUYAHOGA FALLS | Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, Antimony compounds | 8k lb |
| ND INDUSTRIES | TWINSBURG | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 6k lb |
| ROYAL CHEMICAL CO | MACEDONIA | Nonylphenol Ethoxylates, Sodium nitrite | 5k lb |
| POLYSTAR INC | STOW | Styrene | 5k lb |
| REVLIS CORP | AKRON | Zinc compounds, Antimony compounds | 4k lb |
| GOODYEAR CHEMICAL R&D | AKRON | 1,3-Butadiene, n-Hexane | 3k lb |
| W J RUSCOE CO PLANT II | AKRON | Toluene | 3k lb |
| HEXPOL - BARBERTON | BARBERTON | Zinc compounds | 3k lb |
| CHROME DEPOSIT CORP | AKRON | Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 2k lb |
| DAY-GLO COLOR CORP | TWINSBURG | Formaldehyde, Zinc compounds | 2k lb |
| AAM METAL FORMING | TWINSBURG | Copper, Nickel | 2k lb |
| AKRON DISPERSIONS INC COPLEY OH | COPLEY | Zinc compounds | 2k lb |
| DERMAMED COATINGS CO | TALLMADGE | Toluene | 1k lb |
| BABCOCK & WILCOX BARBERTON OPERATIONS | BARBERTON | Manganese, Nickel | 1k lb |
| WORTHINGTON SAMUEL COIL PROCESSING - TWINSBURG | TWINSBURG | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Manganese | 681 lb |
| ALCOA BARBERTON | BARBERTON | n-Butyl alcohol, Lead | 518 lb |
| HYGENIC CORP | AKRON | Zinc compounds | 474 lb |
| GOJO INDUSTRIES INC | CUYAHOGA FALLS | Certain glycol ethers | 352 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 1,076 tank facilities in Summit: 732 tanks in service and 2,420 closed. 1,634 fuel releases are on record, of which 125 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Summit as Zone 1, the highest predicted indoor radon levels (over 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 Summit, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AMERICAN FREIGHT SYSTEMS INCORPORATEDAKRON
- ANACONDA AVENUE GEORGEOFF SITEAKRON
- BEDFORD ANODIZING CO - MACEDONIA PLTMACEDONIA
- BESSIE WILLIAMS LANDFILLCOPLEY
- COPLEY SQUARE PLAZACOPLEY
- CORWIN ROAD MERCURY SPILLAKRON
- HANNA CHEMICALAKRON
- KITTINGER PROPERTYAKRON
- KOKI LABORATORIESAKRON
- KREJCI DUMPBOSTON HEIGHTS
- LAIRD AVENUE MERCURY SPILLAKRON
- LILLIS DRIVE PLUMECUYAHOGA FALLS
- MARATHON PIPE LINE-CLINTON STATION (1677030008)CLINTON
- NO NAME BARBERTON SITE 3BARBERTON
- NOVACOR CHEMICAL INC AKA POLYSAR PLASTICCOPLEY
- OHIO TANK PRONORTON
- SAGAMORE HILLS MERCURYSAGAMORE HILLS
- SAGE AVENUE MERCURY SPILLAKRON
- SAM WINER MOTORSAKRON
- SAV MOR SUPPLY COAKRON
- SOUTHEAST AVE. MERCURY SPILLTALLMADGE
- STATE ROAD MERCURY SPILLCUYAHOGA FALLS
- SUMMIT CO JAIL MERCURY SPILLAKRON
- SUMMIT EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES INCORPORATIONAKRON
- T P LONG CHEM INCAKRON
- TRI-STATE PLATINGAKRON
- UNIVAR HC1 SPILLTWINSBURG