Cattaraugus County, NY
The federal environmental record for Cattaraugus County (population 75,600): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
4
Superfund NPL sites
7
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
7
TRI facilities
1
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Valley | Little Valley | on the NPL | 06/17/1996 |
| Olean Well Field | Olean | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Peter Cooper | Gowanda | deleted | 03/06/1998 |
| Peter Cooper Corporation (Markhams) | Dayton | deleted | 02/04/2000 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Cattaraugus 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SALAMANCA CITY NY0400349 | PFBS: 5.4 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
7 facilities in Cattaraugus filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 287k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER POWER SYSTEMS LLC | OLEAN | Zinc compounds, Tetrabromobisphenol A | 270k lb |
| CUTCO CUTLERY CORP | OLEAN | Chromium | 14k lb |
| SOLEPOXY INC. | OLEAN | Tetrabromobisphenol A, Triglycidyl isocyanurate | 2k lb |
| ELANTAS PDG INC | OLEAN | Diisocyanates, Toluene | 1k lb |
| NEW ENTERPRISE STONE & LIME CO. INC. | OLEAN | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 8 lb |
| GREAT LAKES CHEESE - FRANKLINVILLE | FRANKLINVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| DRESSER WATER LLC | OLEAN | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 268 tank facilities in Cattaraugus: 144 tanks in service and 733 closed. 277 fuel releases are on record, of which 1 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Cattaraugus 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 Cattaraugus, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- LITTLE VALLEYLITTLE VALLEY
- OLEAN STEELOLEAN
- OLEAN WELL FIELDOLEAN
- PETER COOPERGOWANDA
- PETER COOPER CORPORATION (MARKHAMS)DAYTON
- SALAMANCA TRACTOR TRAILER SITE/U.S.EPASALAMANCA
- VAN DER HORST CORP OF AMERICAOLEAN