Erie County, PA
The federal environmental record for Erie County (population 267,689): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
3
Superfund NPL sites
9
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
43
TRI facilities
31
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lord-Shope Landfill | Girard Township | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Mill Creek Dump | Erie | on the NPL | 09/21/1984 |
| Presque Isle | Erie | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Erie 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)
43 facilities in Erie filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 210k lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAYSITE REINFORCED PLASTICS LLC | ERIE | Styrene | 58k lb |
| MOLDED FIBER GLASS / UNION CITY | UNION CITY | Styrene | 35k lb |
| GREAT LAKES METAL FINISHING INC. | ERIE | Zinc compounds, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 29k lb |
| MODERN INDUSTRIES INC. | ERIE | Ammonia | 26k lb |
| LORD CORP | ERIE | Xylene (mixed isomers) | 12k lb |
| AMERICAN TINNING & GALVANIZING CO. | ERIE | Zinc compounds, Lead | 10k lb |
| GE TRANSPORTATION - ERIE | ERIE | Manganese, Copper | 9k lb |
| INTERSTATE CHEMICAL CO UNITED ERIE | ERIE | Methanol, Naphthalene | 5k lb |
| ELECTRIC MATERIALS CO | NORTH EAST | Copper And Copper Compounds | 5k lb |
| SNAP-TITE HOSE/ UNION CITY | UNION CITY | Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, Zinc compounds | 4k lb |
| KLEIN PLATING WORKS INC | ERIE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid | 3k lb |
| CORRY RUBBER CORP | CORRY | Zinc compounds | 3k lb |
| LAKE ERIE BIOFUELS | ERIE | Methanol | 3k lb |
| PENN UNION CO. LLC | EDINBORO | Copper, Lead And Lead Compounds | 2k lb |
| WELCH FOODS INC. | NORTH EAST | Ammonia | 1k lb |
| ERIE PLATING CO | ERIE | Nitric acid | 737 lb |
| CORRY MANUFACTURING CO | CORRY | Nickel, Chromium | 554 lb |
| PARKER HANNIFIN/QUICK COUPLING DIV | UNION CITY | Copper, Lead | 532 lb |
| PARKER AUTOCLAVE ENGINEERS / INSTRUMENT PRODUCTS DIV | ERIE | Chromium, Nickel | 510 lb |
| GENERAL PARTITIONS MANUFACTURING CORP | ERIE | Nickel, Chromium | 500 lb |
| KEYSTONE FOUNDRY DIV | ERIE | Copper, Lead And Lead Compounds | 405 lb |
| CORRY FORGE CO. | CORRY | Nickel, Chromium | 377 lb |
| ERIE STRAYER | ERIE | Manganese | 311 lb |
| FXI INC. - CORRY | CORRY | Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers), Diisocyanates | 286 lb |
| ERIE BRONZE & ALUMINUM | ERIE | Copper, Nickel | 275 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 675 tank facilities in Erie: 459 tanks in service and 1,614 closed. 284 fuel releases are on record, of which 31 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Erie 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 Erie, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- EAST AVENUE STUDY AREAERIE
- ERIE COKE CORPORATIONERIE
- ERIE COKE CORPORATIONERIE
- GENERAL PARTITIONSERIE
- LORD-SHOPE LANDFILLGIRARD TOWNSHIP
- MILL CREEK DUMPERIE
- PENN DOT RTE19 LAGOONSUMMIT TWP
- PRESQUE ISLEERIE
- UNITED STATES METAL PRODUCTS CO., LEAD SMELTERERIE