Seneca County, NY
The federal environmental record for Seneca County (population 32,349): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
5
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
4
TRI facilities
4
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seneca Army Depot | Romulus | on the NPL | 08/30/1990 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Seneca 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)
4 facilities in Seneca filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 49k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCEPTER NEW YORK INC. | SENECA FALLS | Ammonia, Hydrogen fluoride | 21k lb |
| FRAZIER INDUSTRIAL CO | WATERLOO | 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 19k lb |
| EVANS CHEMETICS LP | WATERLOO | Methyl isobutyl ketone, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 9k lb |
| ITT GOULDS PUMPS INC. | SENECA FALLS | Manganese, Copper | 716 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 146 tank facilities in Seneca: 101 tanks in service and 611 closed. 123 fuel releases are on record, of which 4 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Seneca 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 Seneca, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BREWER ROAD LANDFILLWATERLOO
- EVANS CHEMETICS-HAMPSHIREWATERLOO
- GOULDS PUMPS EPDSENECA FALLS
- MONTEZUMA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGESENECA FALLS
- SENECA ARMY DEPOTROMULUS