Franklin County, NY
The federal environmental record for Franklin County (population 46,502): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
5
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
1
TRI facilities
1
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| York Oil Co. | Moira | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Franklin 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)
1 facilities in Franklin filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 30k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGRI-MARK INC MCCADAM PLANT | CHATEAUGAY | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nonylphenol Ethoxylates | 30k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 278 tank facilities in Franklin: 188 tanks in service and 794 closed. 156 fuel releases are on record, of which 1 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Franklin 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 Franklin, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- MALONE NY ASBESTOS RESPONSEMALONE
- SARANAC LAKE DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKSSARANAC LAKE
- ST. REGIS MOHAWK ASBESTOSAKWESASNE
- US ARMY RESERVE CENTERMALONE
- YORK OIL CO.MOIRA