Pollution in Erie County, New York

Erie County contains 538 EPA-regulated facilities, 17 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 0 Superfund sites and 68 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $13.3M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 609.8k lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the New York state average of 97 per county.

Superfund0NPL sites
TRI Facilities68reporters
EPA Facilities538regulated
Sig. Violators17current SNC

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
3m TonawandaTonawanda246.3kCompliant
E I Dupont De Nemours - Yerkes PlantBuffalo129.5kCompliant
International ImagingAmherst64.7kCompliant
Unicell Body Company IncBuffalo43.9kCompliant
Engineered Composites IncBuffalo27.2kCompliant
Niagara Refining LlcDepew18.9kCompliant
Derrick Manufacturing CorpBuffalo17.5kCompliant
Fmc CorporationTonawanda14.2kCompliant
Luvata Buffalo IncBuffalo11.4kPenalties
Pvs Chemical SolutionsBuffalo9.6kPenalties
Nesl - Gateway Trade CenterBuffalo6.5kCompliant
Saint-Gobain Ceramics Boron NitrideAmherst5.9kCompliant
Islechem By AcetoGrand Island3.4kCompliant
Nesl - Wehrle/Barton FacilityBuffalo2.2kCompliant
Chemcentral/BuffaloTonawanda2.0kCompliant
Buffalo Terminal LlcTonawanda1.5kCompliant
United Silicone IncLancaster1.4kCompliant
Williams Advanced Materials IncBuffalo1.1kPenalties
L D Mccauley IncOrchard Park299Penalties
Crescent Marketing Dba Crescent Mfg.North Collins251Compliant
Unifrax ManufacturingTonawanda250Penalties
Unifrax I Llc- PirsonTonawanda250Compliant
Xylem CheektowalaCheektowaga243Compliant
Buffalo Metal CastingBuffalo224Compliant
Tonawanda Engine PlantTonawanda141Compliant
U C CoatingsBuffalo141Compliant
Flexovit UsaAngola114Compliant
Sumitomo Rubber Usa, Llc (Fmr Goodyear Dunlop Tire North America Ltd)Tonawanda112Penalties
Chemical Distributors, Inc.Buffalo109Compliant
Whiting Door Manufacturing CorpAkron85Compliant
Safety-Kleen Systems Inc Buffalo Oil Recovery FacilityBuffalo58Sig. violation
Nesl - Como Park Hot Mix AsphaltBuffalo54Compliant
Sorrento Lactalis, Inc.Buffalo47Compliant
Midland Asphalt Materials IncTonawanda37Penalties
United Precious Metal RefiningAlden26Compliant
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc Culture FacilityWest Seneca17Compliant
Frontier Hot Dip Galvanizing IncBuffalo17Compliant
Whiting Door Manufacturing Corp Bloomingdale FacilityAkron10Compliant
Moog IncEast Aurora8Penalties
Upstate Niagara Cooperative IncBuffalo7Compliant
Orchard Park PlantOrchard Park5Compliant
Excel Precision Inc.Buffalo5Compliant
United Materials Lancaster FacilityLancaster5Penalties
Rosina Food Products, Inc.West Seneca3Compliant
Curtis Screw CoBuffalo2Compliant
Ford Motor Company Buffalo Stamping PlantBuffalo2Compliant
TeslaBuffalo1Compliant
American Precision Indust Delevan DivEast Aurora1Compliant
Welded Tube Usa IncLackawanna1Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
First Student #20915East Aurora$1.4k
Vcna United Materials - Orchard Park FacilityOrchard Park$1.3k
Safety-Kleen Systems Inc Buffalo Oil Recovery FacilityBuffalo$02025-09-10
Craneridgesewer Dist #1Glenwood$02025-03-28
Erie County Southtowns Sewage Treatment PlantBuffalo$02025-11-06
Tonawanda Ms4 Storm SewersTonawanda$02019-06-11
Chaffee Water Co$02009-04-27
C J Krantz Inc Organic Recycling CenterEast Amherst$02024-10-30
Williamsville Ms4 Storm SewersAmherst$0
Noco Energy Corp - AkronAkron$02017-05-31
Suny Buffalo North CampusBuffalo$02020-08-07
Cheektowaga Ms4 Storm SewersCheektowaga$02020-11-06
Marienthal Country Inn-Hypochlorinatoin/Carbon/Post ChlorinatioNorth Collins$0
Lackawanna Ms4 Storm SewersLackawanna$0
First Student Inc #20054Buffalo$0
Safety -Kleen Systems - 41 & 31 North Gates AveLackawanna$02025-08-28
Adm Milling CompanyBuffalo$02021-09-27