Essex County, NY
The federal environmental record for Essex County (population 36,775): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
4
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Essex 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 |
|---|---|---|
| TICONDEROGA WD NY1500293 | PFBA: 5.5 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
3 facilities in Essex filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 342k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYLVAMO TICONDEROGA MILL | TICONDEROGA | Methanol, Ammonia | 337k lb |
| FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION RAY BROOK | RAY BROOK | Lead | 5k lb |
| MOUNT VAN HOEVENBERG SPORTS COMPLEX | LAKE PLACID | Ammonia | 5 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 358 tank facilities in Essex: 179 tanks in service and 1,073 closed. 196 fuel releases are on record, of which 4 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Essex as Zone 3, the lowest predicted indoor radon (under 2 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 Essex, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- INTL PAPER CO /TICONDEROGA MILLTICONDEROGA
- KING FARMWILLSBORO