Allegany County, NY
The federal environmental record for Allegany County (population 46,651): 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
3
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
1
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinclair Refinery | Wellsville | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Allegany 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 |
|---|---|---|
| WELLSVILLE VILLAGE PUBLIC WATER NY0200327 | PFBA: 5.2 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
3 facilities in Allegany filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 22k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAPUTO CHEESE USA INC. | FRIENDSHIP | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 15k lb |
| ARVOS LJUNGSTROM LLC | WELLSVILLE | Xylene (mixed isomers), Nickel compounds | 7k lb |
| EMPIRE CHEESE | CUBA | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 151 tank facilities in Allegany: 92 tanks in service and 352 closed. 166 fuel releases are on record, of which 1 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Allegany 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 Allegany, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- PATTON'S BUSY BEE DISPOSAL SERALFRED STATION
- SINCLAIR REFINERYWELLSVILLE
- WELLSVILLE-ANDOVER LANDFILLWELLSVILLE