Rockland County, NY
The federal environmental record for Rockland County (population 340,807): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
15
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
15
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramapo Landfill | Ramapo | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Suffern Village Well Field | Village of Suffern | deleted | 06/10/1986 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Rockland 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NYACK VILLAGE WATER SUPPLY NY4303666 | PFOA: 9.8 ng/L PFOS: 5.6 ng/L PFPeA: 5.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| Veolia Water NY NY4303673 | PFOA: 14 ng/L 6:2 FTS: 12 ng/L PFPeA: 10 ng/L | above final limit |
| SUFFERN VILLAGE NY4303675 | PFOA: 7.4 ng/L PFPeA: 6.8 ng/L PFOS: 5.9 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
3 facilities in Rockland filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 42k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWLINE GENERATING STATION | WEST HAVERSTRAW | Ammonia, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 42k lb |
| PROFESSIONAL DISPOSABLES INTERNATIONAL INC. | ORANGEBURG | Certain glycol ethers | 28 lb |
| U.S. POLYCHEMICAL | CHESTNUT RIDGE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 127 tank facilities in Rockland: 245 tanks in service and 42 closed. 569 fuel releases are on record, of which 15 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Rockland as Zone 3, the lowest predicted indoor radon (under 2 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 Rockland, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ABDO CONSTRUCTIONWEST HAVERSTRAW
- AIRMONT DUMPSTER FIREAIRMONT
- BLAUVELT LAUNDRYBLAUVELT (T)ORANGETWN
- CAMP SHANKS LANDFILLNYACK
- EASTERN SOURCES INCSPRING VALLEY
- HAVERSTRAW LFHAVERSTRAW
- HAVERSTRAW LFWEST HAVERSTRAW
- HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.HILLBURN
- KAY-FRIES INCSTONY POINT
- ORANGE & ROCKLAND UTILITIES, INC.WEST NYACK
- PIERMONT LFPIERMONT
- RAMAPO HELICOPTERSPRING VALLEY
- RAMAPO INCINERATORRAMAPO
- RAMAPO LANDFILLRAMAPO
- SUFFERN VILLAGE WELL FIELDVILLAGE OF SUFFERN