Cayuga County, NY
The federal environmental record for Cayuga County (population 74,485): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
7
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
1
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brillo Landfill | Victory | on the NPL | 09/09/2022 |
| Cayuga County Ground Water Contamination | Aurelius, Fleming, Springport | on the NPL | 09/05/2002 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Cayuga reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
5 facilities in Cayuga filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 72k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| NUCOR STEEL AUBURN INC | AUBURN | Manganese compounds, Zinc compounds | 72k lb |
| OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC PLANT 35 | AUBURN | Lead compounds | 92 lb |
| XYLEM WATER SYSTEMS USA LLC | AUBURN | Chromium, Nickel | 82 lb |
| CAYUGA MILK INGREDIENTS | AUBURN | - | 0 lb |
| D&W DIESEL INC. | AUBURN | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 224 tank facilities in Cayuga: 144 tanks in service and 713 closed. 129 fuel releases are on record, of which 1 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Cayuga 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 Cayuga, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BRANSON WIREPORT BYRON
- BRILLO LANDFILLVICTORY
- CAYUGA GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION SITEUNION SPRINGS
- R.N. HITCHCOCK & COMPANYPORT BYRON
- TELE-KAUBURN
- TOWN LINE ROAD DUMP SITESPRINGPORT
- WR GRACEWEEDSPORT