What's still in the ground

Superfund sites of Erie and Niagara counties

New York keeps a registry of the places where hazardous waste was dumped. 110 of them are in these two counties. Niagara County has more for its size than any county in the state.

110sites on the state Superfund registry
4,549acres inside their boundaries
28rated a significant threat
73closed, and still being watched

What the colors mean

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Registry sites per 100,000 people

The federal list

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      Where this comes from. State sites, classes, wastes and boundaries: NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Environmental Remediation (site database and remediation site boundaries). Federal list and dates: U.S. EPA National Priorities List. Population: 2020 census. Pulled .

      What is and isn't here. The counts on this page are the State Superfund Program only. The sites in the state's Brownfield Cleanup Program can be switched on above; they are a separate program and are not part of the 110. Another sites in the voluntary and other cleanup programs are not drawn. A site's class is the state's rating, and it changes as work is done. A boundary marks the property under review, not the reach of what is in the soil or water.

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