Pollution in St. Lawrence County, New York

St. Lawrence County contains 211 EPA-regulated facilities, 4 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 2 Superfund sites and 16 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $5.7M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 2.7M lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the New York state average of 97 per county.

Superfund2NPL sites
TRI Facilities16reporters
EPA Facilities211regulated
Sig. Violators4current SNC

Superfund sites

SiteCityStatus
Sealand Restoration IncLisbonReady for anticipated reuse
General Motors Central Foundry DivisionMassenaCleanup underway

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Empire State Mines LlcGouverneur2.0MCompliant
Alcoa Usa Corp.Massena570.3kCompliant
North Country Dairy, LlcNorth Lawrence104.7kPenalties
Hoosier Magnetics IncOgdensburg1.7kPenalties
Corning - Canton PlantCanton3Compliant
Vanderbilt Minerals, Llc - Gouverneur Mineral Division No. 1 MillGouverneur2Compliant
Ansen CorporationOgdensburg2Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Norwood (V) WwtpNorwood$56.6k2024-09-24
Seavey Road QuarryGouverneur$1.2k2024-06-28
Dekalb Junction StpDekalb Junction$02024-11-26
Lisbon StfLisbon$02025-05-14