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Cuyahoga SummitThe environmental enforcement record · Cuyahoga & Summit counties, Ohio

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Who was inspected, cited or fined along the Cuyahoga.

The latest inspection, notice-of-violation, enforcement and penalty dates that U.S. EPA’s ECHO database lists for 4,262 active facilities in Cuyahoga and Summit counties (air permits, water discharges, hazardous waste and drinking water), and each newer one as EPA posts it. Every entry is dated, attributed and linked to EPA’s own report, which holds the full history.

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Last read from EPA: Nov 1, 2026, 5:41 AM ET

Schematic of the Cuyahoga River: it comes from Geauga and Portage counties, runs south-west into Summit County, turns at Akron and Cuyahoga Falls, and flows north through Cuyahoga County to Lake Erie at Cleveland. Not to scale. LAKE ERIE CUYAHOGA COUNTY SUMMIT COUNTY upper riverfrom Portage& Geauga Cleveland Akron / Cuyahoga Falls schematic · not to scale

Cuyahoga County

Active facilities
2,686
Significant violation
20
Violation identified
57

Summit County

Active facilities
1,576
Significant violation
11
Violation identified
105

Current status as ECHO shows it today.

Latest in the record

All entries →
  1. Status change

    AKRON PAINT AND VARNISH Akron, Summit County

    No Violation Identified to Violation Identified

  2. Status change

    CHARTER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. Cuyahoga Heights, Cuyahoga County

    No Violation Identified to Violation Identified

  3. Status change

    A-BRITE PLATING CO Cleveland, Cuyahoga County

    Violation to Significant Violation

  4. Penalty

    CARR BROS.,INC. Walton Hills, Cuyahoga County

    $0 as EPA lists the most recent penalty

  5. Formal action U.S. EPA

    CARR BROS.,INC. Walton Hills, Cuyahoga County

  6. Status change

    SUMMIT COUNTY ENGINEER NORTH STATION Peninsula, Summit County

    Violation Identified to No Violation Identified

  7. Status change

    SPIROL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION Stow, Summit County

    Violation Identified to Violation

  8. Status change

    MASTER BUILDERS SOLUTION US LLC AT TERMINAL WAREHOUSE Akron, Summit County

    Violation Identified to Violation

  9. Status change

    TECT Euclid, Cuyahoga County

    Violation Identified to Violation

  10. Status change

    REPUBLIC STEEL WIRE PROCESSING, LLC Solon, Cuyahoga County

    Violation Identified to Violation

  11. Status change

    PENGG WMC LLC Bedford Heights, Cuyahoga County

    Violation Identified to Violation

  12. Status change

    AETNA PLATING COMPANY Cleveland, Cuyahoga County

    Violation Identified to Violation

How an entry gets here

  1. 01

    EPA publishes

    Inspectors and enforcement staff at U.S. EPA, Ohio EPA and the local air agencies record their work. EPA publishes it in ECHO, its public compliance database.

  2. 02

    We read it daily

    Every morning this site reads every active facility ECHO lists for the two counties and compares it with yesterday’s read.

  3. 03

    A new date becomes an entry

    A newer inspection, action or penalty date, or a changed status, is written into the record with its date and agency, and linked to EPA’s report.

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