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Tioga County, NY

The federal environmental record for Tioga County (population 47,715): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.

0

Superfund NPL sites

4

federal cleanup sites

1

PFAS-detecting water systems

4

TRI facilities

0

open tank releases

Drinking water: PFAS testing

Public water systems serving Tioga 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.

SystemHighest resultsReading
WAVERLY VILLAGE

NY5304410

PFPeA: 18.5 ng/L

PFHxA: 12 ng/L

PFBA: 5.5 ng/L

above final limit

On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options

Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)

4 facilities in Tioga filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 154k lb released.

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
CROWN BEVERAGE PACKAGINGNICHOLSCertain glycol ethers, n-Butyl alcohol108k lb
LEPRINO FOODS COWAVERLYNitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid28k lb
LOCKHEED MARTIN RMSOWEGONitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)17k lb
V&S NEW YORK GALVANIZING LLCOWEGOZinc compounds, Lead2k lb

Underground fuel tanks

EPA's UST Finder records 163 tank facilities in Tioga: 101 tanks in service and 454 closed. 70 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".

Radon

EPA maps Tioga 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.

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All federal cleanup sites on file

The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Tioga, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.

  • IBMOWEGO
  • LARGE CAR, LLCOWEGO
  • NICHOLS SPILL SITENICHOLS
  • TIOGA CASTING FACILITIESOWEGO