Onondaga County, NY
The federal environmental record for Onondaga County (population 467,873): 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
14
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
27
TRI facilities
5
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onondaga Lake | Syracuse | on the NPL | 12/16/1994 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Onondaga 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BALDWINSVILLE VILLAGE NY3304307 | PFBS: 4.6 ng/L | detected |
| OCWA NY3304336 | PFBA: 5.6 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
27 facilities in Onondaga filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.5M lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANHEUSER-BUSCH LLC | BALDWINSVILLE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 1.4M lb |
| WESTROCK - SOLVAY LLC | SYRACUSE | Methanol, Hydrogen sulfide | 33k lb |
| ANOPLATE CORP | SYRACUSE | Nickel compounds, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 17k lb |
| BYRNE DEWITT LLC | EAST SYRACUSE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 11k lb |
| CHEMTRADE SOLUTIONS-SYRACUSE | SYRACUSE | Sodium nitrite, Ammonia | 10k lb |
| SAFETY-KLEEN SYSTEMS SYRACUSE (SYR) | SYRACUSE | Ethylene glycol, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 9k lb |
| UPSTATE FARMS DAIRY LLC | SYRACUSE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid | 8k lb |
| SOLVENTS & PETROLEUM SERVICE | SYRACUSE | Ethylene glycol, Methanol | 5k lb |
| BODYCOTE SYRACUSE HEAT TREATING CORP. | SYRACUSE | Ammonia | 2k lb |
| FELDMEIER EQUIPMENT | SYRACUSE | Chromium, Nickel | 2k lb |
| LOTTE BIOLOGICS USA LCC | EAST SYRACUSE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 1k lb |
| MELOON FOUNDRIES LLC | SYRACUSE | Copper | 1k lb |
| BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. | SKANEATELES FALLS | Copper | 947 lb |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP | LIVERPOOL | Lead compounds | 849 lb |
| ICM CONTROLS CORP | NORTH SYRACUSE | Copper | 490 lb |
| COOPER CROUSE-HINDS LLC | SYRACUSE | Zinc compounds | 395 lb |
| OMEGA WIRE INC. - JORDAN PLANT | JORDAN | Copper | 154 lb |
| FELDMEIER EQUIPMENT INC | SYRACUSE | Chromium, Nickel | 98 lb |
| JOHN MEZZALINGUA ASSOCIATES LLC DBA JMA WIRELESS | LIVERPOOL | Lead | 81 lb |
| PPC A BELDEN CO | EAST SYRACUSE | Copper, Lead | 36 lb |
| KILIAN MANUFACTURING | SYRACUSE | Lead | 3 lb |
| ANAREN MICROWAVE INC | EAST SYRACUSE | - | 0 lb |
| ADVANCED MOTORS & DRIVES INC. | EAST SYRACUSE | - | 0 lb |
| CARGILL FEED & NUTRITION LIVERPOOL | LIVERPOOL | - | 0 lb |
| BRENNTAG LUBRICANTS NORTH EAST-LIVERPOOL | LIVERPOOL | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 1,158 tank facilities in Onondaga: 739 tanks in service and 3,125 closed. 863 fuel releases are on record, of which 5 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Onondaga 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 Onondaga, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- 144 BELLE AVENUESYRACUSE
- 509 UNIVERSITY AVE HAZMAT RESPONSESYRACUSE
- EPA R2-ERIE ST MERCURY SPILLSYRACUSE
- FORMER PATRICK'S DRY CLEANERSYRACUSE
- GREENLEAFE DRIVE MERCURY RESPONSE USEPA REGION 2PHOENIX
- OLD SALINA LANDFILLTOWN OF SALINA
- ONONDAGA LAKESYRACUSE
- OTISCA OILSYRACUSE
- QUANTA RESOURCES CORPORATIONSYRACUSE
- SAGE COMPLEX ARMY RESERVE TRAINING COMPLEXNORTH SYRACUSE
- THREE RIVERS ASPHALT TERMINALCLAY
- USPS SYRACUSE PROCESSING & DISTRIBUTION CENTER/VEHICLE MAINTENANCE FACILITYCLAY
- VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AREA BLDG 442NORTH SYRACUSE
- WINKLEMAN PROPERTYSYRACUSE