Orange County, NY
The federal environmental record for Orange County (population 407,470): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
4
Superfund NPL sites
18
federal cleanup sites
11
PFAS-detecting water systems
22
TRI facilities
14
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll & Dubies Sewage Disposal | Port Jervis | on the NPL | 02/21/1990 |
| Consolidated Iron and Metal | Newburgh | deleted | 06/14/2001 |
| Nepera Chemical Co., Inc. | Maybrook | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
| Warwick Landfill | Warwick | deleted | 03/31/1989 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Orange 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CHESTER VILLAGE NY3503524 | PFBA: 18.9 ng/L PFOA: 5.1 ng/L PFPeA: 4.9 ng/L | above final limit |
| HARRIMAN VILLAGE NY3503531 | PFOS: 7.5 ng/L PFPeA: 5.7 ng/L PFHxA: 3.7 ng/L | above final limit |
| MONROE VILLAGE NY3503535 | PFPeA: 11.3 ng/L PFOA: 10.5 ng/L PFHxA: 8.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| ARROW PARK INC. NY3503536 | PFOA: 9.6 ng/L PFBS: 4.4 ng/L PFPeA: 4.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| NEWBURGH CONSOLIDATED WD NY3503578 | PFPeA: 6.6 ng/L PFOA: 4.6 ng/L PFHxA: 4.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON NY3503526 | NMeFOSAA: 14.8 ng/L | detected |
| MONTGOMERY VILLAGE NY3503542 | PFPeA: 3 ng/L | detected |
| WOODBURY CONS. W.D. NY3503573 | PFPeA: 4.8 ng/L | detected |
| NEW WINDSOR CONSOLIDATED WD NY3503580 | PFPeA: 4.5 ng/L PFHxA: 3.8 ng/L PFHxS: 3.2 ng/L | detected |
| WALLKILL CONSOLIDATED WD NY3503584 | PFBS: 3.9 ng/L PFPeA: 3.3 ng/L | detected |
| PALM TREE NY3503627 | PFBA: 6 ng/L PFPeA: 4.5 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
22 facilities in Orange filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 965k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECOBAT RESOURCES NEW YORK LLC | MIDDLETOWN | Lead And Lead Compounds, Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 816k lb |
| METAL CONTAINER CORP-NEWBURGH CAN PLANT | NEW WINDSOR | Certain glycol ethers, n-Butyl alcohol | 113k lb |
| U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY WEST POINT | WEST POINT | Lead compounds, Copper | 28k lb |
| GLOBAL COS LLC NEWBURGH TERMINAL | NEW WINDSOR | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 2k lb |
| COVENTRY COATINGS CORP | NEWBURGH | Xylene (mixed isomers), Certain glycol ethers | 2k lb |
| GLOBAL COS LLC CARGO TERMINAL | NEW WINDSOR | Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene | 1k lb |
| PORT JERVIS LABORATORIES | PORT JERVIS | Zinc compounds, Certain glycol ethers | 1k lb |
| BYK USA INC | CHESTER | Ammonia | 585 lb |
| GILLINDER BROTHERS INC. | PORT JERVIS | Lead | 119 lb |
| TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORP (USA) | HARRIMAN | 1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta[g]-2-benzopyran, Certain glycol ethers | 117 lb |
| GLOBAL COS LLC SOUTH TERMINAL | NEW WINDSOR | 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 93 lb |
| EASTERN ALLOYS INC | MAYBROOK | Zinc compounds, Zinc (fume or dust) | 69 lb |
| HUNTER PANELS A DIV OF CARLISLE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS | MONTGOMERY | Diisocyanates | 15 lb |
| FLEURCHEM INC. | MIDDLETOWN | Acetaldehyde | 10 lb |
| ADVANCED COATING TECHNOLOGIES | MIDDLETOWN | Nickel, Cobalt | 9 lb |
| ROSETON GENERATING LLC | NEWBURGH | Naphthalene, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 3 lb |
| JCI JONES CHEMICALS INC. | WARWICK | Chlorine | 2 lb |
| BALCHEM CORP | SLATE HILL | Ethylene oxide | 1 lb |
| GLOBAL COS LLC NORTH TERMINAL | NEW WINDSOR | - | 0 lb |
| FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION | OTISVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| PAVESTONE CST - MONTGOMERY NY PLANT | MONTGOMERY | Lead | 0 lb |
| US DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY US MINT WEST POINT | WEST POINT | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 1,097 tank facilities in Orange: 951 tanks in service and 3,053 closed. 701 fuel releases are on record, of which 14 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Orange 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 Orange, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- 106 WILLIAM MOTT DRIVENEWBURGH
- CARNEGIE INDUSTRIESUNIONVILLE
- CARROLL & DUBIES SEWAGE DISPOSALPORT JERVIS
- CONSOLIDATED IRON AND METALNEWBURGH
- CSX NEW WINDSOR TRAIN DERAILMENTNEW WINDSOR
- D&W FURNITURECORNWALL
- DUPONT STAUFFER DURAMATENEWBURGH
- INTERCERAM INC.WALLKILL
- MIDDLETOWN COAL GASMIDDLETOWN
- NEPERA CHEMICAL CO., INC.MAYBROOK
- NEWBURGH LANDFILLNEWBURGH
- ORANGE COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILLGOSHEN
- ORCHARD STREETNEWBURGH
- STEWART AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASENEWBURGH
- STEWART ANNEX, USMA NEWBURGH LANDFILLNEWBURGH
- WALLKILL WELLFIELDMIDDLETOWN
- WARWICK LANDFILLWARWICK
- WESTWOOD CHEMICAL CORP.MIDDLETOWN