Albany County, NY
The federal environmental record for Albany County (population 316,659): 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
13
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
17
TRI facilities
1
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury Refining, Inc. | Colonie | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Albany 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 |
|---|---|---|
| COLONIE VILLAGE NY0100194 | PFOA: 8.3 ng/L | above final limit |
| VOORHEESVILLE VILLAGE NY0100203 | PFPeA: 10.2 ng/L PFHxA: 7.6 ng/L PFOA: 4.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| RAVENA VILLAGE NY0100201 | PFBA: 5.1 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
17 facilities in Albany filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 343k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| OWENS CORNING | FEURA BUSH | Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 122k lb |
| SHPP US LLC | SELKIRK | Toluene, Methanol | 118k lb |
| US ARMY - WATERVLIET ARSENAL | WATERVLIET | Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Lead | 55k lb |
| HOLCIM - RAVENA CEMENT PLANT | RAVENA | Ammonia, Lead And Lead Compounds | 41k lb |
| GLOBAL COS LLC ALBANY TERMINAL | ALBANY | Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene | 4k lb |
| SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES | WATERVLIET | Phenol | 2k lb |
| NORLITE LLC | COHOES | Toluene, Methanol | 992 lb |
| SAFETY-KLEEN SYSTEMS COHOES (COH) | COHOES | Ethylene glycol, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 364 lb |
| ROSS PRECISION MANUFACTURING | GREEN ISLAND | Copper | 340 lb |
| CLEMENTE LATHAM PORT OF ALBANY PLANT | ALBANY | Lead | 5 lb |
| SURPASS CHEMICAL CO. INC. | ALBANY | - | 0 lb |
| PURINA ANIMAL NUTRITION LLC - GUILDERLAND | ALTAMONT | - | 0 lb |
| PHILIPS HEALTH CARE INC. | LATHAM | - | 0 lb |
| CALLANAN INDUSTRIES ALBANY ASPHALT PLANT | ALBANY | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 0 lb |
| CARGILL FEED & NUTRITION ALBANY | ALBANY | - | 0 lb |
| SARK WIRE CORP | ALBANY | - | 0 lb |
| SURPASS CHEMICAL CO. | ALBANY | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 842 tank facilities in Albany: 556 tanks in service and 2,648 closed. 1,039 fuel releases are on record, of which 1 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Albany 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 Albany, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ADIRONDACK STEELWATERVLIET
- ATLANTIC CEMENTCOEYMANS
- BENDIX CORP/FRICTION MATERIALS DIVGREEN ISLAND
- C & F PLATING CO INCALBANY
- COLONIE INTERIM STORAGE SITEALBANY
- DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY/DNSCALTAMONT
- GLENMONT JOB CORPS CENTERGLENMONT
- MAJ J O'DONOVAN U.S. ARMY RESERVE CENTERALBANY
- MERCURY REFINING CO INCALBANY
- NORTON COCOLONIE (TOWN)
- SELKIRK RAIL YARD DERAILMENTSELKIRK
- U S ARMY WATERVLIET ARSENALWATERVLIET
- WAREHOUSE ROW ABANDONED TRAILERALBANY