Yates County, NY

The federal environmental record for Yates County (population 24,472): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.

Superfund NPL sites

federal cleanup sites

PFAS-detecting water systems

TRI facilities

open tank releases

Drinking water: PFAS testing

Public water systems serving Yates 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
PENN YAN VILLAGE NY6101263	PFBA: 6.7 ng/L	detected

On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options

Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)

2 facilities in Yates filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 115k lb released.

Facility	City	Top chemicals	Total released
VIBRANTZ CORP	PENN YAN	Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), Zinc compounds	114k lb
REMEE CASTING	PENN YAN	Styrene	2k lb

Underground fuel tanks

EPA's UST Finder records 101 tank facilities in Yates: 47 tanks in service and 259 closed. 46 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".

Radon

EPA maps Yates 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 Yates, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.

PENN YAN BOATS (AMERICAN MARINE CORP.)PENN YAN
YATES COUNTY LANDFILLTORREY