List of Superfund sites in New York - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of Superfund sites in New York designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency

United States Environmental Protection Agency

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is an agency of the federal government of the United States charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress...

(EPA) to create a list of polluted

Pollution

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into a natural environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat or light...

locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. These locations are known as Superfund

Superfund

Superfund is the common name for the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 , a United States federal law designed to clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances...

sites, and are placed on the National Priorities List

National Priorities List

The National Priorities List is the list of hazardous waste sites in the United States eligible for long-term remedial action financed under the federal Superfund program. Environmental Protection Agency regulations outline a formal process for assessing hazardous waste sites and placing them on...

(NPL). The NPL guides the EPA in "determining which sites warrant further investigation" for environmental remediation. As of March 10, 2011, there were 87 Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

. Two new sites have been proposed for addition to the list, and 26 sites have been deleted from the list following cleanup.

Superfund sites

CERCLIS ID	Site Name	County	Reason	Proposed	Listed	Construction completed	Partiallydeleted	Deleted
NYD002066330	American Thermostat Co.	Greene Greene County, New York Greene County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. Its name is in honor of the American Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene. Its county seat is Catskill...	Ground water contaminated with volatile organic compound Volatile organic compound Volatile organic compounds are organic chemicals that have a high vapor pressure at ordinary, room-temperature conditions. Their high vapor pressure results from a low boiling point, which causes large numbers of molecules to evaporate or sublimate from the liquid or solid form of the compound and... s, including tetrachloroethylene Tetrachloroethylene Tetrachloroethylene, also known under its systematic name tetrachloroethene and many other names, is a chlorocarbon with the formula Cl2C=CCl2. It is a colourless liquid widely used for dry cleaning of fabrics, hence it is sometimes called "dry-cleaning fluid." It has a sweet odor detectable by... (PCE) and trichloroethylene Trichloroethylene The chemical compound trichloroethylene is a chlorinated hydrocarbon commonly used as an industrial solvent. It is a clear non-flammable liquid with a sweet smell. It should not be confused with the similar 1,1,1-trichloroethane, which is commonly known as chlorothene.The IUPAC name is... (TCE).	12/30/1982	09/08/1983	09/25/1998	–	–
NY4571924451	Griffiss Air Force Base Griffiss Air Force Base Griffiss Air Force Base, is a former United States Air Force base, located in Rome, New York, about NW of Utica. Missions at Griffiss AFB included fighter interceptors, electronic research, installation, and support activities, aerial refueling, and bombers...	Oneida Oneida County, New York Oneida County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 234,878. The county seat is Utica. The name is in honor of the Oneida, an Iroquoian tribe that formerly occupied the region....		10/15/1984	07/22/1987	–	03/20/2009	–
NYD000606947	Love Canal Love Canal Love Canal was a neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, located in the white collar LaSalle section of the city. It officially covers 36 square blocks in the far southeastern corner of the city, along 99th Street and Read Avenue...	Niagara Niagara County, New York Niagara County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 216,469. The county seat is Lockport. The county name is from the Iroquois word Onguiaahra; meaning the strait or thunder of waters. It is the location of Niagara Falls and Fort Niagara, and...		12/30/1982	09/08/1983	09/29/1999	–	09/30/2004
NYD980763841	Hudson River PCBs	Washington Washington County, New York Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. It is part of the Glens Falls, New York, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 63,216. It was named for the Revolutionary War general George Washington...		09/08/1983	09/21/1984	–	–	–
NYD986913580	Onondaga Lake Onondaga Lake Onondaga Lake is a lake in Central New York located northwest of Syracuse, New York. The southeastern end of the lake and the southwestern shore abut industrial areas and expressways; the northeastern shore and northwestern end border a series of parks and museums. Although it is near the Finger...	Onondaga Onondaga County, New York Onondaga County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 467,026. The county seat is Syracuse.Onondaga County is part of the Syracuse, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area....		05/10/1993	12/16/1994	–	–	–
NYD980507495	Pfohl Brothers Landfill Pfohl Brothers Landfill The Pfohl Brothers Landfill was a privately owned and operated landfill in Cheektowaga, New York. The landfill accepted municipal and industrial wastes from 1932 until 1971. It is located 1/2 mile east of the Buffalo Niagara International Airport and sits on the north bank of Ellicott Creek. It...	Erie Erie County, New York Erie County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 919,040. The county seat is Buffalo. The county's name comes from Lake Erie, which in turn comes from the Erie tribe of American Indians who lived south and east of the lake before 1654.Erie...		05/10/1993	12/16/1994	09/27/2002	–	09/22/2008
NYD980535652	Applied Environmental Services	Nassau Nassau County, New York Nassau County is a suburban county on Long Island, east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York, within the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,339,532...		10/15/1984	06/10/1986	06/28/1996	–	–
NY0213820830	Seneca Army Depot Seneca Army Depot The former Seneca Army Depot occupied 10,587 acres between Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake in Seneca County, New York. It was used as a munitions storage and disposal facility by the United States Army from 1941 until the 1990s. The Depot was listed in the 1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission...	Seneca Seneca County, New York As of the census of 2000, there were 33,342 people, 12,630 households, and 8,626 families residing in the county. The population density was 103 people per square mile . There were 14,794 housing units at an average density of 46 per square mile...		07/14/1989	08/30/1990	–	04/28/2008	–
NYN000206296	Black River PCBs	Jefferson Jefferson County, New York Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 116,229. It is named after Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States of America, and president at the time the county was created in 1805...		03/04/2010	09/29/2010	–	–	–
NYD000512335	Dewey Loeffel Landfill	Rensselaer Rensselaer County, New York Rensselaer County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 159,429. Its name is in honor of the family of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, the original Dutch owner of the land in the area. Its county seat is Troy...		03/04/2010	03/10/2011	–	–	–
NY0001392463	Hudson Technologies, Inc.	Rockland Rockland County, New York Rockland County is a suburban county 15 miles to the northwest of Manhattan and part of the New York City Metropolitan Area, in the U.S. state of New York. It is the southernmost county in New York west of the Hudson River, and the smallest county in New York outside of New York City. The...		05/11/2000	–	–	–	–
NYN000206282	Newtown Creek Newtown Creek Newtown Creek is a estuary that forms part of the border between the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, in New York City, New York, United States. It derives its name from New Town , which was the name for the Dutch and British settlement in what is now Elmhurst, Queens...	Kings and Queens		09/23/2009	09/27/2010	–	–	–
NYD980652275	Brewster Well Field	Putnam Putnam County, New York Putnam County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, in the lower Hudson River Valley. Putnam county formed in 1812, when it detached from Dutchess County. , the population was 99,710. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. The county seat is the hamlet of Carmel...		12/30/1982	09/08/1983	04/11/1997	–	–
NY7890008975	Brookhaven National Laboratory Brookhaven National Laboratory Brookhaven National Laboratory , is a United States national laboratory located in Upton, New York on Long Island, and was formally established in 1947 at the site of Camp Upton, a former U.S. Army base... (USDOE United States Department of Energy The United States Department of Energy is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government concerned with the United States' policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear material... )	Suffolk Suffolk County, New York Suffolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York on the eastern portion of Long Island. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,493,350. It was named for the county of Suffolk in England, from which its earliest settlers came...		07/14/1989	11/21/1989	–	–	–
NYD980780670	Byron Barrel & Drum
NYD010968014	Carroll & Dubies Sewage Disposal
NYN000204289	Cayuga County Ground Water Contamination
NYD981184229	Circuitron Corp.
NYD002044584	Claremont Polychemical
NYD980768691	Colesville Municipal Landfill
NYD125499673	Computer Circuits
NY0002455756	Consolidated Iron and Metal
NYD980528475	Cortese Landfill
NYD986965333	Crown Cleaners of Watertown, Inc.
NYD067532580	Diaz Chemical Corporation
NYSFN0204190	Ellenville Scrap Iron and Metal
NYD980780746	Endicott Village Well Field
NYD073675514	Facet Enterprises, Inc.
NYD000511857	FMC Corp. (Dublin Road Landfill)
NYD981560923	Forest Glen Mobile Home Subdivision
NY0000110247	Fulton Avenue
NYD980593099	Fulton Terminals
NYD981566417	GCL Tie & Treating Inc.
NYD980528335	GE Moreau
NYD091972554	General Motors (Central Foundry Division)
NYD002050110	Genzale Plating Co.
NYD980768717	Goldisc Recordings, Inc.
NYN000206222	Gowanus Canal Gowanus Canal The Gowanus Canal, also known as the Gowanus Creek Canal, is a canal in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, geographically on the westernmost portion of Long Island...	Kings		04/09/2009	03/04/2010	–	–	–
NYD980785661	Haviland Complex
NYD980780779	Hertel Landfill
NYD981560915	Hiteman Leather
NYD000831644	Hooker (Hyde Park)	Niagara Niagara County, New York Niagara County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 216,469. The county seat is Lockport. The county name is from the Iroquois word Onguiaahra; meaning the strait or thunder of waters. It is the location of Niagara Falls and Fort Niagara, and...	Occidental Petroleum Occidental Petroleum Occidental Petroleum Corporation is a California-based oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in the United States, the Middle East, North Africa, and South America... bought Hooker Chemical & Plastics Corp. in 1968.	12/30/1982	09/08/1983	07/18/2003	–	–
NYD980651087	Hooker (S Area)	Niagara Niagara County, New York Niagara County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 216,469. The county seat is Lockport. The county name is from the Iroquois word Onguiaahra; meaning the strait or thunder of waters. It is the location of Niagara Falls and Fort Niagara, and...	Occidental Petroleum Occidental Petroleum Occidental Petroleum Corporation is a California-based oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in the United States, the Middle East, North Africa, and South America... bought Hooker Chemical & Plastics Corp. in 1968.	12/30/1982	09/08/1983	09/18/2002	–	–
NYD002920312	Hooker Chemical & Plastics Corp./Ruco Polymer Corp.	Nassau Nassau County, New York Nassau County is a suburban county on Long Island, east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York, within the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,339,532...	Occidental Petroleum Occidental Petroleum Occidental Petroleum Corporation is a California-based oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in the United States, the Middle East, North Africa, and South America... bought Hooker Chemical & Plastics Corp. in 1968.	10/15/1984	06/10/1986	–	–	–
NY0001095363	New Cassel/Hicksville Ground Water Contamination	Nassau Nassau County, New York Nassau County is a suburban county on Long Island, east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York, within the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,339,532...		03/10/2011	–	–	–	–
NYD066813064	Hopewell Precision Area Contamination
NYD980506901	Islip Municipal Sanitary Landfill
NYD001344456	Jackson Steel	Nassau Nassau County, New York Nassau County is a suburban county on Long Island, east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York, within the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,339,532...
NYD980506927	Johnstown City Landfill
NYD000813428	Jones Chemicals, Inc.
NYD980650667	Kentucky Avenue Well Field
NYD002041531	Lawrence Aviation Industries, Inc.
NYD986950251	Lehigh Valley Railroad Lehigh Valley Railroad The Lehigh Valley Railroad was one of a number of railroads built in the northeastern United States primarily to haul anthracite coal.It was authorized April 21, 1846 in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and incorporated September 20, 1847 as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad...	Genesee Genesee County, New York Genesee County is a county located in Western New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 60,079. Its name is from the Seneca Indian word Gen-nis'-hee-yo meaning "The Beautiful Valley." Its county seat is Batavia.- History :...		07/28/1998	01/19/1999	–	–	–
NYD986882660	Li Tungsten Corp.
NYD000337295	Liberty Industrial Finishing
NY0001233634	Little Valley	Cattaraugus Cattaraugus County, New York Cattaraugus County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 80,317. The county seat is Little Valley.-History:...		10/02/1995	06/17/1996	09/29/2006	–	–
NYD013468939	Ludlow Sand & Gravel
NYD980753420	MacKenzie Chemical Works, Inc.
NYD980535124	Malta Rocket Fuel Area Malta Test Station Malta Test Station, located in Malta, New York, is a former US Army fuel and explosives testing facility. It was built in 1945 and used to test rocket engines, new fuels and explosives. It has also been used for and atomic energy research...	Saratoga Saratoga County, New York Saratoga County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 219,607. It is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county seat is Ballston Spa...	http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0202084	06/10/1986	07/22/1987	09/23/1999	–	–
NYD000512459	Mattiace Petrochemical Co., Inc.
NYD048148175	Mercury Refining, Inc.
NYD986950012	Mohonk Road Industrial Plant
NYD000511451	Nepera Chemical Co., Inc.
NYD980664361	Niagara Mohawk Power Co. (Saratoga Springs)
NYD980531727	Old Bethpage Landfill
NYSFN0204234	Old Roosevelt Field Contaminated Groundwater Area
NYD980528657	Olean Well Field
NYD991292004	Pasley Solvents & Chemicals, Inc.
NYN000204407	Peninsula Boulevard Ground Water Plume
NYD980530265	Peter Cooper Landfill	Cattaraugus Cattaraugus County, New York Cattaraugus County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 80,317. The county seat is Little Valley.-History:...		09/25/1997	03/06/1998	–	–	–
NYD980592547	Peter Cooper Corporation (Markhams)	Cattaraugus Cattaraugus County, New York Cattaraugus County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 80,317. The county seat is Little Valley.-History:...		04/23/1999	02/04/2000	11/25/2008	–	09/20/2010
NY4571924774	Plattsburgh Air Force Base Plattsburgh Air Force Base Plattsburgh Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force Strategic Air Command base covering 3,447 acres in the extreme northeast corner of New York, 20 miles south of the Canadian border...	Clinton Clinton County, New York Clinton County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 82,128. Its name is in honor of the first Governor of New York as a state, George Clinton. Its county seat is Plattsburgh.-History:...		07/14/1989	11/21/1989	–	–	–
NYD000511659	Pollution Abatement Services
NYD980654206	Port Washington Landfill
NYD980768774	Preferred Plating Corp.
NYD000511493	Ramapo Landfill
NYD980507735	Richardson Hill Road Landfill/Pond
NYD002232957	Robintech, Inc./National Pipe Co.
NYD982272734	Rosen Brothers Scrap Yard/Dump
NYD981486954	Rowe Industries Gnd Water Contamination
NYD980535165	Sarney Farm
NYD980535181	Sealand Restoration, Inc.
NYSFN0204269	Shenandoah Road Groundwater Contamination	Dutchess Dutchess County, New York Dutchess County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, in the state's Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley. The 2010 census lists the population as 297,488...		01/11/2001	06/14/2001	–	–	–
NYD980507677	Sidney Landfill
NYD980535215	Sinclair Refinery
NY0002318889	Smithtown Ground Water Contamination
NYD001533165	SMS Instruments, Inc.	Suffolk Suffolk County, New York Suffolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York on the eastern portion of Long Island. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,493,350. It was named for the county of Suffolk in England, from which its earliest settlers came...	http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0201325	10/15/1984	06/10/1986	01/31/1996	–	09/13/2010
NYD980421176	Solvent Savers
NYD047650197	Stanton Cleaners Area Ground Water Contamination
NYD980509285	Tri-Cities Barrel Co., Inc.
NYD980763767	Vestal Water Supply Well 1-1
NYD980509376	Volney Municipal Landfill
NYD000511733	York Oil Co.
NYD072366453	Action Anodizing, Plating, & Polishing Corp.	Suffolk Suffolk County, New York Suffolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York on the eastern portion of Long Island. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,493,350. It was named for the county of Suffolk in England, from which its earliest settlers came...		06/24/1988	03/31/1989	06/30/1992	–	09/29/1995
NYD001485226	Anchor Chemicals
NYD980507693	Batavia Landfill	Orleans Orleans County, New York As of the census of 2000, there were 44,171 people, 15,363 households, and 10,846 families residing in the county. The population density was 113 people per square mile . There were 17,347 housing units at an average density of 44 per square mile...
NYD980768675	BEC Trucking
NYD980768683	BioClinical Laboratories, Inc.
NYD981561954	C & J Disposal Leasing Co. Dump
NYD000511576	Clothier Disposal
NYD981486947	Conklin Dumps
NYD980506810	Hooker (102nd Street) 102nd Street Chemical Landfill The 102nd Street Chemical Leachate Treatment Facility, formerly the 102nd Street Chemical Landfill, is a former chemical landfill located on the Niagara River in Niagara Falls, New York. It is almost immediately adjacent to the infamous Love Canal Chemical Landfill, which are split from each other...	Niagara Niagara County, New York Niagara County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 216,469. The county seat is Lockport. The county name is from the Iroquois word Onguiaahra; meaning the strait or thunder of waters. It is the location of Niagara Falls and Fort Niagara, and...
NYD980534556	Jones Sanitation
NYD980780795	Katonah Municipal Well
NYD075784165	Kenmark Textile Corp.
NYD010959757	Marathon Battery Corp.
NYD000514257	Niagara County Refuse
NYD980762520	North Sea Municipal Landfill	Suffolk Suffolk County, New York Suffolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York on the eastern portion of Long Island. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,493,350. It was named for the county of Suffolk in England, from which its earliest settlers came...	http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0202198
NYD001667872	Radium Chemical Co., Inc.	Queens	http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0202850
NYD980780878	Suffern Village Well Field
NYD000511360	Syosset Landfill
NYD002059517	Tronic Plating Co., Inc.
NYD980652267	Vestal Water Supply Well 4-2
NYD980506679	Warwick Landfill
NYD980652259	Wide Beach Development

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