Steuben County, NY
The federal environmental record for Steuben County (population 92,162): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
5
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
7
TRI facilities
5
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Steuben 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CORNING CITY NY5001209 | PFOA: 12.2 ng/L PFBS: 6.7 ng/L | above final limit |
| MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS WD / ERWIN (T) NY5001212 | PFOS: 4.4 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
7 facilities in Steuben filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 22k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELGIOIOSO CHEESE INC. POLLY-O CAMPBELL PLANT | CAMPBELL | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 15k lb |
| LP BUILDING SOLUTIONS | BATH | Zinc compounds | 4k lb |
| CORELLE BRANDS LLC PRESSWARE PLANT | CORNING | Lead And Lead Compounds | 2k lb |
| HP HOOD LLC ARKPORT | ARKPORT | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 635 lb |
| CORNING INC - INTEGRATED DIE MANUFACTURING | PAINTED POST | Nitric acid | 250 lb |
| SIEMENS ENERGY INC. | PAINTED POST | Chromium | 3 lb |
| DOLOMITE HORNELL FACILITY | HORNELL | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 322 tank facilities in Steuben: 232 tanks in service and 909 closed. 177 fuel releases are on record, of which 5 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Steuben 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 Steuben, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BATH VA MEDICAL CENTERBATH
- CONRAIL-(HORNELLSVILLE)HORNELLSVILLE
- EDWARD ALLEN LFCORNING
- ERWIN LFERWIN
- KIEFER MILLINGATLANTA