Putnam County, NY
The federal environmental record for Putnam County (population 98,060): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
3
Superfund NPL sites
5
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
7
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenic Mine | Kent | on the NPL | 11/08/2019 |
| Brewster Well Field | Brewster | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Marathon Battery Corp. | Cold Springs | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Putnam 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)
5 facilities in Putnam filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 5k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUNMORE INTERNATIONAL CORP | BREWSTER | Toluene | 4k lb |
| ENVIRO WASTE | MAHOPAC | Zinc compounds, Lead compounds | 219 lb |
| LAMOTHERMIC CORP | BREWSTER | - | 0 lb |
| BREWSTER TRANSIT MIX | BREWSTER | - | 0 lb |
| MATERION ADVANCED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES & SERVICES | BREWSTER | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 266 tank facilities in Putnam: 236 tanks in service and 836 closed. 230 fuel releases are on record, of which 7 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Putnam 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 Putnam, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ARSENIC MINEKENT
- BREWSTER WELL FIELDPUTNAM COUNTY
- CROSS COUNTY SANITATION LANDFILLPATTERSON
- MARATHON BATTERY CORP.COLD SPRING
- NEW YORK STATE ELECTBREWSTER