Pollution in Washington County, New York

Washington County contains 123 EPA-regulated facilities, 8 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 1 Superfund sites and 5 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $281.5k in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 4.4k lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the New York state average of 97 per county.

Superfund1NPL sites
TRI Facilities5reporters
EPA Facilities123regulated
Sig. Violators8current SNC

Superfund sites

SiteCityStatus
Hudson River PcbsHudson RiverSuperfund site

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Hollingsworth & Vose-Easton MillGreenwich4.3kCompliant
Sterigenics Us LlcQueensbury146Compliant
Saint-Gobain Performance PlasticsGranville29Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Fort Ann (V) WwtpFort Ann$42.3k2025-02-07
Fort Ann Quarry No. 1Fort Ann$3.6k2015-07-10
Champlain Stone South Bay QuarryPutnam Station$2.6k2023-11-02
Hudson Falls Ms4 Storm SewersKingsbury$6952020-06-01
Village Of Whitehall Wastewater TreatWhitehall$02025-07-25
Fort Edward Ms4 Storm SewersFort Edward$0
Washington Co Sd#2 WwtpFort Edward$02025-10-02
Commonwealth Plywood IncWhitehall$02025-09-09