Niagara County, NY
The federal environmental record for Niagara County (population 209,457): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
7
Superfund NPL sites
46
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
29
TRI facilities
2
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eighteenmile Creek | Lockport | on the NPL | 03/15/2012 |
| Forest Glen Mobile Home Subdivision | Niagara Falls | on the NPL | 11/21/1989 |
| Hooker (102nd Street) | Niagara Falls | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
| Hooker (Hyde Park) | Niagara Falls | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
| Hooker (S Area) | Niagara Falls | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Love Canal | Niagara Falls | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
| Niagara County Refuse | Wheatfield | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Niagara 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 |
|---|---|---|
| LEWISTON WATER IMPROVEMENTAREA NY3100561 | PFBA: 13 ng/L | detected |
| NEWFANE WD NO1,2,3 CONSOL NY3100573 | PFBA: 8.6 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
29 facilities in Niagara filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 575k lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLIED WASTE NIAGARA FALLS LANDFILL | NIAGARA FALLS | Aluminum (fume or dust), Asbestos (friable) | 405k lb |
| FMC CORP MIDDLEPORT PLANT | MIDDLEPORT | Bifenthrin, Diisocyanates | 38k lb |
| GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO | NIAGARA FALLS | Hydroquinone, o-Xylene | 30k lb |
| HARBISONWALKER INTERNATIONAL STEELCASTING USA | NIAGARA FALLS | Lithium carbonate, Manganese | 20k lb |
| TULIP MOLDED PLASTICS LLC | NIAGARA FALLS | Lead And Lead Compounds | 19k lb |
| SAINT-GOBAIN ADVANCED CERAMICS -STRUCTURAL CERAMICS | NIAGARA FALLS | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Hydrogen fluoride | 10k lb |
| AN-COR INDUSTRIAL PLASTICS | NORTH TONAWANDA | Styrene | 9k lb |
| VANDEMARK CHEMICAL INC | LOCKPORT | Methanol, Dichloromethane | 8k lb |
| VWR CHEMICALS LLC | SANBORN | Methanol | 7k lb |
| MATERION ADVANCED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES & SERVICE | NIAGARA FALLS | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 7k lb |
| CANDLELIGHT CABINETRY OPCO LLC | LOCKPORT | Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene | 7k lb |
| SAINT GOBAIN INDUSTRIAL CERAMIC INC | NIAGARA FALLS | Nitric acid | 5k lb |
| NIACET CORP | NIAGARA FALLS | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Phenol | 4k lb |
| GREENPAC MILL | NIAGARA FALLS | Ammonia | 2k lb |
| VANCHLOR CO INC | LOCKPORT | Chlorine | 1k lb |
| DUREZ NIAGARA | NIAGARA FALLS | Phenol, Methanol | 1k lb |
| OLIN CORP | NIAGARA FALLS | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Chlorine | 726 lb |
| MILWARD ALLOYS INC | LOCKPORT | Phosphorus (yellow or white), Copper | 500 lb |
| GM COMPONENTS HOLDINGS LLC | LOCKPORT | Manganese, Chromium | 250 lb |
| PRECIOUS PLATE INC | NIAGARA FALLS | Nickel And Nickel Compounds, Copper And Copper Compounds | 175 lb |
| ARCHEM AMERICA INC. | SANBORN | Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers), Diisocyanates | 35 lb |
| VCNA UNITED MATERIALS - SANBORN FACILITY | SANBORN | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead | 5 lb |
| SOMERSET OPERATING CO LLC | BARKER | Lead And Lead Compounds, Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 5 lb |
| METAULLICS SYSTEMS A DIV OF PYROTEK-INC | SANBORN | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 4 lb |
| VISHAY THIN FILM LLC | NIAGARA FALLS | Lead | 4 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 509 tank facilities in Niagara: 288 tanks in service and 1,304 closed. 458 fuel releases are on record, of which 2 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Niagara as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 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 Niagara, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- 2 CLINTON STREETLOCKPORT
- 21ST STREET ASBESTOSNIAGARA FALLS
- 3800 HIGHLAND, INCNIAGARA FALLS
- 4435-4445 MILITARY ROADTOWN OF NIAGARA
- 738 UPPER MOUNTAIN ROAD SITELEWISTON
- 789 UPPER MOUNTAIN RD - SUPERFUND SITELEWISTON
- AIR FORCE PLANT #38RANSOMVILLE
- AIR FORCE PLANT #38RANSOMVILLE
- ANOMALY 40LEWISTON
- AREA MAINTENANCE SUPPORT ACTIVITY #76 @ NIAGARA FALLS ARSNIAGARA FALLS
- COVANTA ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, LLCNIAGARA FALLS
- DONOVAN HEAD STARTNIAGARA FALLS
- DUPONT /NECCO PARKNIAGARA FALLS
- DUSSAULT FOUNDRYLOCKPORT
- EIGHTEENMILE CREEKLOCKPORT
- FOREST GLEN MOBILE HOME SUBDIVISIONNIAGARA FALLS
- FRONTIER CHEMICAL WASTE PROCESS, INCNIAGARA FALLS
- GUTERL SIMMONS-STEELLOCKPORT
- HAZORB PROPERTYNIAGARA FALLS
- HOLY TRINITY CEMETERYLEWISTON
- HOOKER (102ND STREET)NIAGARA FALLS
- HOOKER (S AREA)NIAGARA FALLS
- HOOKER CHEM & PLASTICSNORTH TONAWANDA
- HYDE PARK BLVDNIAGARA FALLS
- LIBERTY ASBESTOSLOCKPORT
- LOVE CANALNIAGARA FALLS
- M-R-S PLATING INCLOCKPORT
- MOUNT HOPE ROADSANBORN
- NIAGARA & ERIE COUNTIES RADIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTNIAGARA FALLS
- NIAGARA COUNTY REFUSEWHEATFIELD
- NIAGARA FALLS BOULEVARDNIAGARA FALLS
- NIAGARA FALLS STORAGE SITEYOUNGSTOWN
- NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP GRATWICK RIVERSIDE PARK SITENORTH TONAWANDA
- NIAGARA TOWN GARAGENIAGARA FALLS
- NOURYON FUNCTIONAL CHEMICALS LLCBURT
- OLIN CORPNIAGARA FALLS
- POWER CITY WAREHOUSENIAGARA FALLS
- SEVENSON ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICENIAGARA FALLS
- ST MARY'S & BISHOPNIAGARA FALLS
- STAUFFER CHEMICAL /ARTPARKLEWISTON
- STOLLBERG INCNIAGARA FALLS
- UNIVERSAL FINE CHEMICALS INC SPILLSANBORN
- US EPA REGION 2 - POWER CITY WAREHOUSE TRACT 2 SITENIAGARA FALLS
- WILSON-CAMBRIA-NEWFANE LANDFILLWILSON (T)
- YOUNGSTOWN COLD STORAGEYOUNGSTOWN
- YOUNGSTOWN TRAINING SITE - US MILITARY RESERVATIONRANSOMVILLE