Cortland County, NY
The federal environmental record for Cortland County (population 45,752): 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
4
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
1
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosen Brothers Scrap Yard/Dump | Cortland | on the NPL | 03/31/1989 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Cortland 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CORTLANDVILLE TOWN WATER NY1101755 | PFNA: 6.7 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
6 facilities in Cortland filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 46k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALL CORP PALL TRINITY MICRO DIV | CORTLANDVILLE | Dichloromethane, tert-Butyl alcohol | 39k lb |
| BYRNE CORTLANDVILLE | CORTLAND | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 7k lb |
| POLKVILLE CRUSHED STONE/SUIT-KOTE TERMINAL | MC GRAW | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 12 lb |
| CORTLAND ASPHALT PRODUCTS | CORTLAND | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 1 lb |
| NORTHEAST TRANSFORMER SERVICES | PREBLE | - | 0 lb |
| BESTWAY OF NEW YORK INC. | CORTLAND | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 13 tank facilities in Cortland: 16 tanks in service and 32 closed. 85 fuel releases are on record, of which 1 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Cortland 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 Cortland, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BUCKBEE-MEARSCORTLAND
- CORTLAND CTY LFSOLON
- POTTER PAINT COCORTLAND
- ROSEN BROTHERS SCRAP YARD/DUMPCORTLAND