Chemung County, NY
The federal environmental record for Chemung County (population 81,325): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
8
TRI facilities
2
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Facet Enterprises, Inc. | Elmira | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Kentucky Avenue Well Field | Horseheads | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Chemung 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BIG FLATS WATER DISTRICT 5 NY0701011 | PFPeA: 4.8 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
8 facilities in Chemung filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 27k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| KENNEDY VALVE | ELMIRA | Manganese compounds, Copper compounds | 18k lb |
| VULCRAFT OF NEW YORK INC. | CHEMUNG | Certain glycol ethers, Manganese | 8k lb |
| ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER CORP-ELMIRA | ELMIRA HEIGHTS | Lead And Lead Compounds | 89 lb |
| SURFACE FINISH TECHNOLOGIES INC. | ELMIRA | Lead | 50 lb |
| EATON CORP | HORSEHEADS | Copper | 27 lb |
| MOTOR COMPONENTS LLC | ELMIRA | Lead | 5 lb |
| HILLIARD CORP DRIVE TRAIN: PLANT | ELMIRA | - | 0 lb |
| FORKARDT HARDINGE | ELMIRA | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 248 tank facilities in Chemung: 146 tanks in service and 689 closed. 136 fuel releases are on record, of which 2 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Chemung 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 Chemung, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AMERICAN LAFRANCE FACILITYELMIRA
- FACET ENTERPRISES, INC.ELMIRA
- HARDINGE BROTHERS INCELMIRA
- KENTUCKY AVENUE WELL FIELDHORSEHEADS