Rensselaer County, NY
The federal environmental record for Rensselaer County (population 159,305): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
3
Superfund NPL sites
14
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
7
TRI facilities
3
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dewey Loeffel Landfill | Nassau | on the NPL | 03/10/2011 |
| Hudson River PCBs | Hudson River | on the NPL | 09/21/1984 |
| Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics | Village of Hoosick Falls | on the NPL | 08/03/2017 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Rensselaer 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)
7 facilities in Rensselaer filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 50k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMPIRE GENERATING CO LLC. | RENSSELAER | Ammonia | 23k lb |
| SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS | HOOSICK FALLS | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 15k lb |
| CURIA RENSSELAER INC. | RENSSELAER | Methanol, Toluene | 5k lb |
| DFA DAIRY BRANDS FLUID LLC DBA GARELICK FARMS NY | RENSSELAER | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid | 3k lb |
| TONOGA INC DBA TACONIC | PETERSBURGH | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 2k lb |
| SPRAGUE RENSSELAER TERMINAL | RENSSELAER | 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 1k lb |
| ROSS VALVE MANUFACTURING CO INC | TROY | Copper, Lead compounds | 30 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 444 tank facilities in Rensselaer: 344 tanks in service and 1,241 closed. 442 fuel releases are on record, of which 3 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Rensselaer 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 Rensselaer, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BASF CORP COATINGS & COLORANTS DIV.RENSSELAER
- COPELAND COATING CO. INCNASSAU
- DEWEY LOEFFEL LANDFILLNASSAU
- FARREL PROPERTYEAST NASSAU
- FORMER THOMPSON MILLVALLEY FALLS
- FORT ORANGE PAPER CO.CASTLETON ON HUDSON
- GE- RTE 203 LOFFEL SUPERFUNDNASSAU
- N. STORONSKE COOPERAGE COMPANY, INC.CASTLETON ON HUDSON
- PETERSBURGH ASBESTOS SITEPETERSBURGH
- SAINT GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICSHOOSICK FALLS
- SAND LAKE LF.SAND LAKE
- SHEER ROAD SITEWEST SAND LAKE
- STERLING DRUG INC /SITE 3E GREENBUSH
- STERLING HEALTH, PHISO OPSRENSSELAER