Region 9 - Environmental Remediation Project Information
The DEC's Division of Environmental Remediation in Region 9 is responsible for investigating and cleaning up sites throughout Western New York that were contaminated from past industrial activities. These sites that were once economic engines for the region now contribute to environmental degradation, potential health problems, urban decay, decreased tax revenue, and population loss.
New York State's environmental cleanup programs are transforming these sites, paving the way for restored ecological habitat, waterfront development, clean energy, new jobs, recreational opportunities, and enhanced appreciation of the environment. DEC is committed to cleaning up, restoring, and protecting Western New York's environment so it may be enjoyed and utilized both today and tomorrow.
Site names on the list below are linked to project pages, and site numbers are linked to the public environmental remediation database. PDF documents available on the project pages may be abbreviated, but full project documents are always available at the site's document repository.
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Allegany
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Allegany Bitumens Asphalt Plant (Site Number C902019) - The Allegany Bitumens Site is approximately 5 acres, located in a primarily agricultural area. The site was previously used as an asphalt plant by Allegany Bitumens, Inc. and A.L. Blades and Sons, Inc. from approximately 1960 until 2005. Since 2005, the site has been unoccupied. A former laboratory is located in the northwest corner of the Site. The laboratory was used for testing of aggregate and asphalt materials. Trichloroethene (TCE) was reportedly used as a solvent in the testing operations, and previous investigations indicated the presence of TCE and related volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in an area northeast of the laboratory building. These VOCs were detected in shallow soil and groundwater at levels above New York State standards. Blades Holding Company, Inc. is addressing the site through the Brownfield Cleanup Program.
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fact sheet - Cuba Landfill (Site Number 902012) - The Cuba Landfill Site is a former municipal solid waste landfill and a New York State Class 2 inactive hazardous waste site. A Class 2 site is one that poses a significant threat to human health and/or the environment and requires action. It operated as a municipal landfill from the 1950s until 1981. The landfill accepted household, commercial and industrial waste, including industrial waste from Acme Electric Corporation (AEC). AEC disposed of solvents, PCB capacitors, plating sludge and paint sludge. Wastes were deposited in trenches 10-15 feet wide, 4-10 feet deep and hundreds of feet long. The remedy for the site involves consolidating wastes into a single cell and capping the landfill.
Cattaraugus
- 251 Homer Street (Site Number C905037) - The project site is situated in an industrially zoned area of the City of Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York. The Site currently consists of 16.68 acres of vacant land that was originally developed in 1890 for the oil industry and used for refinery purposes and as a petroleum storage tank farm. Historically, nearby adjoining properties were also developed and utilized in association with oil refining operations and petroleum storage. Petroleum refining operations ceased in 1954. Previous preliminary environmental investigations at the site revealed a number of environmental impacts. Samples of soil revealed concentrations of various organic compounds and metals that exceeded New York State standards.
Click to view Bush fact sheet - Bush Industries (Site Number E905029) - The Bush Industries site is a 4.4 acre property that was formerly the location of the Setter Brothers/Bush Industries veneer manufacturing facility. It is currently owned by the Village of Cattaraugus. The property was involved in commercial operations since the early 1900's and was once the location of the Standard Oil facility, an apple evaporator facility, and a gasoline service facility. A previous environmental cleanup action, called an Interim Remedial Measure (IRM), was performed in 2007 to remove approximately 3,400 tons of soil contaminated with petroleum and to demolish and properly dispose of asbestos-containing buildings and structures.
- Former Signore Facility (Site Number C905034) - The Former Signore Facility Brownfield Cleanup Program Site is located at 55 Jefferson Street, Ellicottville, Cattaraugus County.
- Olean Redevelopment (Site Numbers C905031, C905032, C905033) - Beginning in the late 19th century, various oil refineries used this site and adjacent properties for oil refining, storage and distribution operations until 1954. Agway, Inc. purchased the site in 1966 to manufacture fertilizer until 1983. In 2007, ExxonMobil purchased the site. ExxonMobil submitted applications for the BCP, and agreements were signed in 2009 for the three parcels comprising the site. Demolition and site investigation activities are scheduled to begin in June 2010.
- Scott Rotary Seals (Site Number C905036) - The Scott Rotary Seals site is a 2-acre parcel of vacant land located in a historic heavy industrial area of the City of Olean. The site and surrounding area had been developed as a petroleum refinery with numerous above-ground storage tanks and heavy industrial operations. The site was once a portion of a larger petroleum refinery and petroleum bulk storage facility known as the Socony-Vacuum facility. Several debris piles containing brick, concrete, metal and piping are present on-site. Petroleum contamination is impacting site soils.
Chautauqua
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Landfill fact sheet
- Anderson Cleaners - (Site Number C907027) - The Anderson Cleaners Site is an active dry-cleaning business located at 5 Hunt Road, Jamestown, near the intersection of Harding Avenue. Cleanup activities are proposed at the site to address environmental contmaination caused by the release of a dry-cleaning substance previously used at the site that has impacted the site's soil and groundwater with chlorinated volatile organic compounds (cVOCs).
- Carroll Town Landfill (Site Number 907017) - The Town of Carroll operated the site as a municipal solid waste landfill from the early 1960s to 1979. Records indicate that industrial wastes were disposed of in the landfill during the period of operation. In 1979, the landfill was permitted to continue operation only as a construction and demolition debris landfill and also began operation as a waste transfer station. The western landfill cell was closed in May 1980 and it is unclear when the eastern cell closed. The Town reported that the site closed as a waste transfer station in 1986. In 1992, as part of the remedial investigation of the Vac Air Alloys site in Frewsburg, it was alleged that industrial waste from Vac Air Alloys was disposed of at the landfill. As a result, DEC began a series of investigations of the Carroll Landfill.
Click to view DC Rollforms fact sheet - DC Rollforms (Site Number 907019) - The 2.4 acre D.C. Rollforms site in the City of Jamestown was formerly the location of the Proto Tool Company, which was a unit of the Ingersoll Rand Company. Proto Tool manufactured specialty tools for mechanics, electricians, and plumbers until operations ceased in 1984. The tool making operations involved processes such as forging, machining, heat treating and quenching, electroplating, and vapor degreasing. The site was contaminated with wastes generated from these processes. Primary contaminants of concern included trichloroethene, dichlorethene, vinyl chloride, toluene, xylenes, metals, and oil. Remedial activities at the DC Rollforms Site are complete.
- Dunkirk Former Manufactured Gas Plant (Site Number 907035) - The former Dunkirk MGP operated from the late 1800s to approximately 1910. While operating as an MGP facility, the plant heated coal to produce "manufactured" gas used mostly for lighting streets and buildings in Dunkirk. The Site is presently used as a Service Center for National Fuel. National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation (National Fuel) will begin a Site Characterization study to determine geologic and hydrologic conditions at the site. The Site Characterization is the first step in evaluating whether the former manufactured gas plant (MGP) has adversely affected the site. Environmental conditions are currently unknown.
Click to view Edgewood fact sheet - Edgewood Warehouse (Site Number E907032) - A cleanup plan has been developed to address contamination at the Edgewood Warehouse Site in Dunkirk. The site had been used for manufacturing locomotives and other industrial purposes. The site is currently being addressed under the Environmental Restoration Program, but the Roberts Road Redevelopment company has applied to clean up the site under the Brownfield Cleanup Program. Once the cleanup plan is finalized, the Roberts Road Redevelopment company will implement the remedy.
- Essex-Hope (Site Number 907015) - The 4.7 acre Essex-Hope site was formerly the location of a manufacturing facility for industrial coatings and paint that operated from the late 1940's until the early 1990's. The property is currently owned by CPM, Inc. Upcoming cleanup actions are a follow-up response to the previous site investigations that were conducted at the Essex/Hope site in 2005 and 2006. These investigations determined that groundwater beneath the site was contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs), specifically trichloroethylene (TCE) and vinyl chloride.
- Niagara Motors (Site Number E907025) - The Former Niagara Motors Site consists of approximately 4.3 acres. The site has been used for various industrial purposes, including the manufacturing of marine engines from at least 1919 through the 1970s. Operations ceased in the 1970s. The industrial building was abandoned approximately 10 years later and ultimately demolished. Inspections of the site found evidence of improper petroleum disposal. Between 2005 and 2007, DEC performed environmental investigations at the site, and in September 2006 the department excavated two underground storage tanks. The investigation revealed that surface and subsurface soils were contaminated with lead, arsenic, and petroleum.
Click to view Roblin fact sheet - Roblin Steel (Site Number B00173) - The former Roblin Steel site in Dunkirk is being addressed through New York's Environmental Restoration Program and will be available for redevelopment. The Site is located at 320 South Roberts Road in the City of Dunkirk. It was initially part of a larger industrial complex operated by the American Locomotive Company in the early 1900s. The 12-acre site was most recently occupied by a rolling mill that was closed and partially dismantled in the late 1980s. Since that time the Roblin Steel Site has been vacant. Final cleanup actions will begin in March 2010 and are expected to be completed by the end of the year. Once the cleanup is complete, the property will be available for commercial purposes.
- Standard Portable (Site Number C907030) - Former metal working operations at this site in Mayville, NY contaminated the property and adjacent areas with a chemical called Trichloroethene (TCE). Environmental investigation work is being conducted to determine if TCE contamination is migrating toward Lake Chautauqua.
Erie
- 111 Hydraulic Street (Site Number C915235) - The 111 Hydraulic Street Site in the City of Buffalo is approximately 3 acres. Since 1940, the site has been used by dry cleaning, linen and laundry services, commercial retail stores, offices, auto body repair shops, gas tank removal and refurbishing services, and door and radiator sand blasting services. Site investigations conducted in 2006-07 and 2009-10 revealed the presence of petroleum hydrocarbons, PAHs, and metals. Contamination at the site is being addressed under the Brownfield Cleanup Program.
- 295 Maryland Street (Site Number C915242) - The Site consists of 1,495 acres of contiguous property at 295 Maryland and 129 West Avenue. The Site was historically used in a residential and commercial capacity with the property at 295 Maryland Street most recently occupied by Lamar Advertising, Inc., a firm specializing in the sale of billboard advertising space and erection of billboard signs.
- 300 Ohio Street (Site Number C915257) - The Site is approximately 5 acres, located in a historically industrial area of the City of Buffalo. The majority of the site was utilized as a gasoline/diesel filling station and a petroleum distribution operation sine at least 1925. The site has been closed since the late 1990's.
- 330 Maple Road (Site Number C915207) - The Site is an approximate 26-acre portion of the larger former Buffalo Shooting Club, located along Maple Road, and was formerly used as a shooting range from approximately 1943 to 2006. Former shooting range operations have impacted on-site soil with lead and PAHs which will require remediation.
- 348 Langner Road (Site Number C915256) - The site is an approximate 2.6 acre parcel located at the corner of Langner and Ridge Road, and is currently used as a car wash and gas station. The site has been a gas station since the 1950's. Operations as a gas station have impacted on-site soil/fill and groundwater with volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) which will require remediation.
- 1318 Niagara Street (Site Number E915213) - The 1318 Niagara Street site had been used as a brewery for at least eighty years. The City of Buffalo acquired the site through foreclosure and in 2006 began to demolish structures. During demolition, underground storage tanks (USTs) were discovered. The soils adjacent to the USTs, along with soils in the vicinity of the former brewery furnace, were contaminated with PCBs and various volatile organic compounds. A previous site owner's improper storage and/or handling of oil wastes contaminated the property. The City of Buffalo is conducting cleanup work under the Environmental Restoration Program.
- 2137 Seneca Street-Former Pizza Hut (Site Number V00370) - The site is located on the south corner of Seneca Street and Kingston Place in a mixed commercial/residential part of the City of Buffalo. The site is approximately two thirds of an acre in size and almost entirely covered by asphalt and a vacant restaurant. Historically, the site was once occupied by homes, a pharmacy, a retail tire store and business offices. Prior uses also included a dry cleaning store and auto service garage which presumably contributed to the site contamination.
- American Linen Supply Company (Site Number C915241) - The Former American Linen Supply Company Site, located at 822 Seneca Street in Buffalo, is approximately 2.921 acres and is currently vacant. Once cleaned up, it is anticipated to be utilized for commercial and/or industrial purposes. Suspected and known contaminants at this site are petroleum, chlorinated solvents,VOCs and metals. These contaminants are impacting the soil and groundwater.
- Ameron (Site Number 915133) - The Ameron site encompasses approximately 3.2 acres in the City of Buffalo. The site is located in a mixed use (residential/industrial/commercial) area. From approximately 1960 to 1982, the site had been used for the production of protective coating materials involving the use of solvents and other chemicals. Environmental contamination has impacted the site's subsurface soil and groundwater. Contaminants of concern included polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), lead, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
- Bengart and Memel (Site Number 915115) - This site in the City of Buffalo is contaminated with chemicals called PCBs, which resulted from operations involving the recovery of metals and metal alloys. The Site is being addressed under the New York State Superfund Program.
Click to view Buffalo China fact sheet - Buffalo China (Site Number C915209) - The Buffalo China facility in the City of Buffalo formerly manufactured china and mirrors, resulting in site contamination. The site, which is currently owned and operated by Niagara Ceramics Corp., occupies approximately 8 acres. It is situated in a mixed-use community consisting of various industrial and commercial facilities, residential properties, and railroad tracks. The nearest body of water is the Buffalo River, located approximately ¼ mile south and east of the site. Environmental investigations have identified that the site's soil and groundwater have been impacted by VOCs and lead, and the VOC contamination in the groundwater has migrated off site. The DEC has determined that this contamination poses a significant threat to the environment.
Click to view Buffalo Color fact sheet - Buffalo Color (Site Numbers C915230, C915231, C915232) - The Buffalo Color Site occupies approximately 42 acres of land adjacent to the Buffalo River. The former Buffalo Color Corporation and its predecessors produced dyes for blue jeans and other organic chemicals for over 100 years. Buffalo Color Corporation filed for bankruptcy in 2003. The company's chemical production contaminated site soils and groundwater. South Buffalo Development (SBD), collaborating with Honeywell (a potentially responsible party), is remediating the site as a participant in the Brownfield Cleanup Program. Remediation is expected to be complete in 2012. SBD intends to redevelop the site for commercial and light industrial purposes.
Click to access Buffalo River website - Buffalo River Restoration - A partnership between NYSDEC, the U.S. EPA, Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper, Honeywell, and the USACE is working to remediate and restore the Buffalo River. The partnership represents an innovative and collaborative approach to constructively dealing with the Buffalo River's complex environmental problems.
- Depew Village Landfill (Site Number 915105) - The Depew Village Landfill operated between 1940 and 1961. During operations it processed municipal waste, as well as hazardous wastes from unknown sources. Contamination, particularly lead, has impacted the landfill property, the adjacent stream bank, sediments in Cayuga Creek, and a portion of the slope under Zurbrick Road. DEC is addressing the site as two separate operable units. Fact sheets and project documents specific to Operable Units 1 and 2 are available from the Depew Village Landfill page.
- East Ferry Street (Site Number 915175) - The East Ferry Street Site was the former home of the Michael Heyman Company, which operated a zinc and lead smelting and refining facility at the property. High concentrations of lead were detected in the ash and fill found on the site. In 2001 and 2004, DEC conducted off-site investigations, and the results indicated that the contamination extended to the west and into several other industrial and commercial properties. These findings prompted DEC to establish more extensive cleanup goals for the site. Cleanup work was completed in November 2007. Collaboration between DEC, the local church and community leaders helped transform the brownfield into usable land.
- ExxonMobil (Site Number C915201) - The ExxonMobil Former Buffalo Terminal site was historically used for petroleum refining, storage and distribution. Operable Unit 4 (OU-4, subject of the current AAR) is one of five operable units comprising the entire site. OU-4, which is currently owned by Buckeye Terminals LLC., occupies approximately 16.6 acres. It is bordered to the south by the Buffalo River and is currently utilized for the storage of refined petroleum fuels. The area of OU-4 was created in the early 1900s to realign the Buffalo River. It consists of urban fill and municipal waste from a former City of Buffalo landfill. ExxonMobil purchased the OU-4 area in 1951 and constructed storage tanks in 1953. The DEC has determined that the contamination in OU-4 poses a significant threat to the environment.
Click to view Bethlehem Steel fact sheet - Former Bethlehem Steel (Site Number 915009) - Bethlehem Steel, in the City of Lackawanna, was once a major engine of economic productivity in Western New York. Over the years the complex grew to over 1600 acres. Environmental contamination varies across the property with 400 acres listed on the Registry of Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal (State Superfund) Sites. This area is being addressed under the State's RCRA Corrective Action Program. An additional 500 acres are being remediated under the Brownfield Cleanup Program by the current site owner, Tecumseh Redevelopment (see Tecumseh entries below).
- Gastown (Site Number 915171) -The Gastown site is the location of a former manufactured gas plant (MGP). Prior to the introduction of natural gas and electric lights, these plants processed coal and petroleum to make a combustible gas used for cooking, lighting and heating. The gas production left an oily mixture called coal tar that impacted soils at and surrounding the site. The Site is listed as a "Class 2" site in the State Registry of Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites. A Class 2 site represents a significant threat to public health or the environment and requires action. The responsible party installed subslab venting systems at buildings near the site as an extra measure of safety to prevent soil gas from entering the buildings.
- GE Buffalo Service Shop (Site Number 915244)
The Notice of Proposed Final Corrective Measures for GE Buffalo Service Shop facility, EPA ID NYD067539940, was issued on November 16, 2011. The Fact Sheet for the GE facility includes a brief summary of the site investigations, interim corrective measures performed and the proposed Final Corrective Measures. The Statement of Basis (PDF) (18 pages, 1.80 MB) contains a summary of investigations, describes other remedial alternatives considered and describes the proposed final corrective measures for the facility. The facility is located in the Town of Tonawanda, Erie County, New York. The Notice and the Fact Sheet for GE Buffalo Service Shop (PDF) (5 pages, 88 KB) is available on the web. - Greif (Site Number V00334) - From 1948 to 1985, the Greif Site was owned and operated by Continental Fiber Drum and Continental Can Corporation. Historical
manufacturing operations at this time consisted of the production of fiber drums but also included production of metal lids and rims used in the fiber drums. The production of the metal lids and rims involved varnishing and degreasing operations. These operations were the source of the VOCs that contaminated soil, soil vapor, and ground water in portions of the Site. Greif acquired the Site in 1998. It continues to be used for the manufacture of fiber drums and associated products.
Click to view Greif fact sheet - Hanna Furnace Parcel 3 - See Union Ship Canal.
- Leica (Site Number 915156) - The Leica Superfund Site, once home to companies that produced optical equipment, was remediated beginning in 1999. However, contamination continues to impact groundwater in the bedrock below the site. Leica Inc. is implementing ongoing remedial measures and will conduct additional investigation activities to determine if vapors are being released from the contaminated groundwater.
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fact sheet - Niagara Street and Pennsylvania Avenue (Site Number C915223) - This site in the City of Buffalo was home to an auto repair and gasoline retail facility, which impacted the property with petroleum contamination. Cleanup actions have successfully addressed contamination. The Remedial Investigation / Alternatives Analysis / Interim Remedial Measures Report describes the cleanup actions that were taken. DEC has issued a Certificate of Completion to the site owner. The COC certifies that cleanup objectives at the site have been achieved. See fact sheet to access project documents and more information.
- Niagara Transformer (Site Number C915234) - The Niagara Transformer Site encompasses approximately 3 acres and is located on Dale Road on the southern side of the intersection of Dale and Anderson Roads in a predominantly industrial and commercial area of Cheektowaga, New York. The Site has been vacant for over 30 years and was previously used for industrial or commercial purposes, including railroad siding and salvage yard activities. Previous releases of PCBs have impacted the Site. Niagara Transformer intends to develop the property for manufacturing purposes.
Click to view NL Industries fact sheet - NL Industries (Site Number C915200) - The former National Lead Company (NL Industries) operated at this site from 1936 to 1972. Past activities (starting in 1892) have included brass foundry operations, smelting operations, and the processing of Babbitt (alloy of tin, copper, and antimony). These historical activities contaminated the site with metals, particularly lead. DEC has completed cleanup activities at the site. The United States Environmental Protection Agency is addressing contamination that migrated offsite.
- NOCO #S41 (Site Number C915211) - This site, located at Fillmore Avenue and Genesee Street in the City of Buffalo, was once a retail gasoline station. The site had been impacted by petroleum contamination. NOCO entered the Brownfield Cleanup Program to address contamination. Cleanup actions successfully addressed contamination, and DEC has certified that cleanup goals have been achieved. The Certificate of Completion was issued in December 2009.
Click to view Polymer fact sheet - Polymer Applications (Site Number 915044) - Polymer Applications in the Town of Tonawanda operated from 1968 through 1988. Its activities included the manufacture of phenolic resins, phenol-formaldehyde resins, plastics, and various rubber products for use in the automotive, paint, and coatings industries. A major fire in 1988 released a number of chemicals, and cleanup efforts since then have been ongoing. DEC previously excavated contaminated soil and moved it to an onsite containment cell, where it was treated with a bioremediation technology. Because the technology failed to achieve cleanup objectives, DEC plans to remove the soil for disposal at an offsite facility.
- Scott Aviation Area 1 (Site Number C915233)- Scott Aviation in Lancaster, NY produced supplied-air systems and landing plates for small airplanes from the early 1950s to 1973. The brownfield site, contaminated from the manufacturing of these products, sits adjacent to Plant 1 of the Scott Aviation facility. The current owner of the site, Scott Technologies, will conduct an environmental investigation to determine the extent of contamination in site soil, groundwater, and possibly soil vapor, and develop a plan to address the contamination.
Click to view Seneca St fact sheet - Seneca Street (Site Number C915228) - The 1132 and 1146 Seneca Street Site encompasses approximately 4.2 acres and is located on the northern/northeastern side of Seneca Street in a predominantly mixed industrial, commercial and residential area of South Buffalo, New York. The Site has been used for industrial purposes, including an electrical transformer repair facility. Previous releases of PCBs have impacted the Site. Flexo Transparent Inc/RSB Enterprises LLC purchased the Site property and voluntarily entered the Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) to clean up the Site for expansion of their adjacent manufacturing facility.
Click to view Spaulding fact sheets - Spaulding Composites (Site Numbers 915050 and E915050) - The Spaulding Composites site in Tonawanda has been cleaned up through the Environmental Restoration and the State Superfund Programs. Spaulding began operations as a manufacturer of vulcanized fiber, an early "plastic" made by treating paper with a zinc chloride solution. The paper used to produce vulcanized fiber was also manufactured at the site. During the late 1940s to early 1950s, the plant began production of composite laminates. The resins used to make these laminates were also produced at the facility. In the fall of 1992, Spaulding ceased manufacturing operations at the site and began decommissioning the plant. Decommissioning activities were completed in 1995. Remediation of the site concluded in 2010. The cleanup will allow for redevelopment of the site.
Click to view Tecumseh fact sheet - Tecumseh Business Park (Site Numbers C915197, C915218, C915198, C915199, and C915205) - Tecumseh, Inc. is the owner of a large, approximately 1,100-acre property located south of Buffalo, New York, west of Route 5, in the City of Lackawanna and the Town of Hamburg. The property once was home to the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Works, and was formerly used for the production of steel, coke and related products. Steel production on the property was discontinued in 1983 and the coke ovens ceased activity in 2000. Portions of the property were impacted by contaminants associated with steel and coke production. Tecumseh signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Erie County and the City of Lackawanna to promote and implement redevelopment of the former BSC property following cleanup. A portion of the Redevelopment Master Plan incorporates a Business Park area along NYS Route 5. The property is divided into multiple sites to facilitate remediation and redevelopment.
- Tonawanda Coke (Site Number 915055) - The Tonawanda Coke site is a 160 acre property located in an industrial area at 3875 River Road in the Town of Tonawanda. A portion of the site sits along the eastern bank of the Niagara River. Several coke oven batteries bake coal at extremely high temperatures to produce coke, used as a fuel and in steelmaking. Wastes associated with coke production were disposed on site. From 1981 through 1997, several investigations revealed widespread contamination impacting soil, sediment and groundwater. In 2005, an additional environmental investigation revealed the presence of volatile organic compounds, semi-volatile organic compounds, and metals.
Click to view Union fact sheet - Trinidad Park Site (Site Number B00083) - Environmental cleanup activities are taking place under the New York State Superfund Program at the City of Buffalo's Trinidad Park, located at 237 Kensington Avenue and Trinidad Place. In the summer of 2010, tar was observed seeping from cracks in the surface of one of the park's two basketball courts. Until the late 1960s, the park was the location of an asphalt plant. Abandoned and leaking underground storage tanks of diesel fuel were removed from the park by the NYSDEC in the mid 1990s. Between 2001 and 2002, an environmental investigation of the park by the City of Buffalo and NYSDEC discovered another buried tank, containing asphalt tar, which was also removed. The cleanup work that is planned will determine the source of the tar now seeping to the surface and remove it for off-site disposal.
- Union Ship Canal (Site Number B00164) - The Union Ship Canal Site is also referred to as Parcel 3 of the Buffalo Lakeside Commerce Park. It is a 200 foot-wide strip of land surrounding the Union Ship Canal east of Route 5, covering approximately 22 acres. Parcel 3 and the commerce park were once the site of Hanna Furnace, an iron smelting facility. Prior to industrialization, the area was predominantly marsh land. The historical disposal of fill materials (e.g., slag, cinders, demolition debris, and dredged sediments) and the subsequent operations of the iron smelting facility contaminated site soil and groundwater with hazardous substances, including heavy metals and semi-volatile organic compounds.
- Vibratech Inc (Site Number 915165) - The Vibratech site is located in a mixed industrial/commercial/residential area in the City of Buffalo. Two and three story brick buildings cover more than half of this 10.3 acre site. The site was utilized for the manufacture of vibration dampeners and rotary shock absorbers for the truck and railroad industry. Specific operations at the plant included chip turning, assembly of components, heat treating and plating. The plant operated from 1927 through the mid-1990's.
Niagara
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- 1 Bristol Avenue (Site Number E932125) - The One Bristol Avenue Site in Lockport was used at one time for agricultural retail. Oil and gas storage tanks at the site leaked and impacted the area with petroleum products. Previous investigations indicated that the Site's soil and groundwater were impacted with volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and metals. Contaminated soils and underground storage tanks at the site were excavated and removed. After DEC determined that the cleanup actions fully addressed contamination, the department decided to take no further action at the site.
- 815 River Road (Site Number B00178) - The 815 River Road site is a 1 acre parcel located in a commercial/industrial area of North Tonawanda in Niagara County. It is located on the east side of River Road, directly across the road from the City's waste water treatment plant. The site was used for several decades for automotive repairs, most recently by a company which leased and maintained school buses. The presence of underground storage tanks (USTs) were documented on the site as far back as 1961. It is believed that several of these tanks leaked petroleum products into site soils. The City of North Tonawanda and the DEC cleaned up the site between 2003 and 2007. The cleanup actions, called interim remedial measures, were selected as the final remedy for the site since they successfully addressed contamination.
Click to view 915 Cleveland Ave fact sheet - 915 Cleveland Avenue (Site Number C932133) - The 915 Cleveland Avenue Site is located in a predominantly commercial and residential area in the City of Niagara Falls. The Site is a portion of an area that has been redeveloped as the Niagara Falls Municipal Complex. It is located 0.2 miles from the Niagara River. The site has been used for commercial purposes, including an auto repair/service facility and dry cleaning facilities. These activities contaminated the site. A 2008 investigation confirmed that contaminants of concern at the Site consisted of solvent-based VOCs, petroleum compounds, and to a lesser extent, heavy metals. These contaminants were present in subsurface soil and groundwater. Interim remedial measures conducted at the site successfully addressed contamination.
Click to view 1501 fact sheet - 1501 College Avenue (Former Union Carbide) (Site Number C932134) - The Site was used for heavy industrial manufacturing from at least 1910 to the mid-1980s, and at one time was part of a larger Union Carbide Company manufacturing complex encompassing the Site and the eastern and western adjoining parcels. Previous investigations of the Site and the adjoining eastern site (former Hazorb Site) have identified elevated semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs), metals and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) as contaminants of concern. Areas of concern include former aboveground and underground tank areas, former transformer areas, soil/fill/debris piles, areas of drum storage and floor drains, sumps and vaults, areas of visibly-stained soil, former illegal scrapping areas and numerous areas of general dumping.
- 6157 South Transit Road (Site Number C932130) - An applicant to the Brownfield Cleanup Program has submitted an application and work plans to remediate the 6157 South Transit Road Site. The application is available for review, and DEC is accepting public comments.
- Commerce Square (Site Number E932141) - The Commerce Square Site in Lockport, NY was the former home of Harrison Radiator, a manufacturer of automobile parts. Preliminary environmental assessments indicate that the site is contaminated with low concentrations of petroleum constituents. NYSDEC is conducting site work to characterize the nature and extent of contamination.
Click to view Eighteenmile Creek fact sheet - Eighteenmile Creek Corridor (Site Number 932121) - The Eighteenmile Creek Corridor Site stretches from the Barge Canal north to the former Flintkote plant in the City of Lockport. The site includes the creek itself and the millrace at the Flintkote property, the Flintkote plant, the Former United Paperboard property, Upson Park, the White Transportation property, and Water Street residential properties. The Flintkote plant is suspected to be the major source of mainly PCB and lead contamination at the site. Flintkote began operations as a manufacturer of felt and felt products in 1928. Manufacturing continued at Flintkote until December of 1971, when operations ceased and the plant closed.
- Ekonol (Site Number V00653) - The Ekonol Polyester Resins facility is an active manufacturing facility located in the Town of Wheatfield. An underground concrete tank was used at the Ekonol facility from the 1970s through 1999 for collection of waste waters from the building floor drain system. During a tank removal conducted in 1999, TCE and Phenols were detected in site soils. Investigations indicate Volatile Organic Compounds (such as TCE and breakdown products) and Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds (such as Phenol) at high concentrations in soil, overburden and bedrock groundwater. BP America, Inc. is addressing contamination at the site through the Voluntary Cleanup Program.
- Electruk Battery (Site Number E932132) - The Former Electruk Battery Site in the Town of Lockport produced lead acid batteries. A fire in 1995 damaged the facility and contaminated the property with lead. A cleanup action known as an interim remedial measure addressed contamination at the site, and no further cleanup actions are necessary.
Click to view Former Mill 2 fact sheet - Former Mill No. 2 (Site Number C932150) - The Former Mill No. 2, located in a highly industrialized urban area of Niagara Falls, historically housed paper manufacturing, finishing and packaging operations of finished goods. The facility consisted of several interconnected buildings which were constructed between 1923 and 1974. The former mill was taken out of service several years ago and has fallen into disrepair to the point where certain areas have collapsed and others exhibit evidence of structural distress. In addition, a portion of the site experienced a significant fire that also may have caused additional structural deficiencies and contributed to the overall building decay. Norampac, a participant in the Brownfield Cleanup Program, will demolish the buildings so that it can safely proceed with an environmental investigation.
Click to view Frontier fact sheet - Frontier Chemical (Site Number 932110) - The site industrial use dates back to 1906 when it was owned and operated by the International Minerals and Chemical Company as a caustic chlorine (mercury cell) production plant. The Frontier Chemical Waste Process Corporation operated a waste treatment, storage and disposal facility at the site from 1974 until 1992. During site operations, several major spills were documented. During 1993 to 1994, over 4,000 drums of wastes were removed from the site as part of a cleanup effort. Between 1994 and 1995, wastes were removed from the 45 chemical storage tanks remaining on the property through a cleanup effort by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Environmental investigations in 2002 found that extensive soil and groundwater contamination resulted from past waste storage, handling and treatment activities at the site.
- Globar (Former Carborundum, Site Number 932036) - The Globar site was previously owned by the Carborundum Company that manufactured heating elements used by the steel industry. The primary contaminant affecting the site is a volatile organic compound called Trichloroethylene (TCE). Environmental investigations at the site are being conducted to determine if bioremediation technologies can be used to speed up the natural breakdown of TCE. A link to the report on the first phase of the environmental investigation may be found on the fact sheet page.
Click to view Globe fact sheet - Globe and Solsil (3807 Highland Avenue, Site Number C932145) - The Globe and Solsil Site is located in a heavily industrialized area of Niagara Falls and is surrounded by current or former heavy industrial properties. It was used for a number of industrial purposes which contaminated the property mainly with chemicals called polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and heavy metals. The site has been cleaned up under New York State's Brownfield Cleanup Program.
- GMCH (Site Numbers C932138, C932139 and C932140) - GMCH owns and operates a 342 acre automotive component manufacturing complex located at 200 Upper Mountain Road in both the City and Town of Lockport. Three buildings on the property have been entered into the Brownfield Cleanup Program. Building 7 has been used for manufacturing since 1937. Previous investigations identified elevated levels of chlorinated solvents and semi-volatile organic compounds. Building 8 has been used for manufacturing since 1960. Trichloroethene (TCE) and chlorinated solvents were detected in soil and groundwater samples. Building 10 was used for warehousing, and later, manufacturing. In 2009, soil vapor extraction and sub-slab depressurization systems were installed in part of the building to address chlorinated solvent contamination.
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Road Fact Sheet - LaSalle Sanitary Sewer Repair and Cleaning Project (Site Number 932020) - Repairs to the Colvin Boulevard sanitary sewer took place as part of the Niagara Falls Water Board LaSalle Sanitary Sewer Repair Project. The project involved cleaning and repair work for 17 different sections of sewer line in the vicinity of the Love Canal site to improve the conditions of the lines and prevent storm and ground water infiltration.
- Old Upper Mountain Road (Site Number 932112) - This site on the outskirts of the City of Lockport had been used as a municipal waste dump during the 1920s through the 1950s. Waste disposal has contaminated the site with lead and other materials. NYSDEC is conducting an environmental investigation to determine the nature and extent of contamination, and to plan appropriate remedial actions to address the contamination.
- Remington Rand (Site Number C932142) - The site consists largely of several dilapidated industrial-type buildings that have fallen into disrepair. Over the last 100 years, it has been used for industrial and manufacturing purposes. Contaminants including petroleum, chlorinated solvents, PAHs, metals, and PCBs impacted soil and groundwater. Several Interim Remedial Measures (IRMs) were performed to address contamination. They were completed in August 2010. No further action, other than site management activities, is recommended to address residual contamination. The site will be redeveloped for restricted residential purposes. The Department signed the Certificate of Completion on November 30, 2010.
- SGL Carbon (Site Number C932146) - The former SGL Carbon manufactured graphite in Niagara Falls. The site is located at 6100-6200 Niagara Falls Boulevard. Environmental issues on the site include waste and ash disposal, and documented spills and petroleum releases. PAHs and metals have been detected in site soils. Ashland Advanced Materials, LLC is participating in the Brownfield Cleanup Program to remediate and reuse the site.
- Tract II (Site Number 932136) - The Tract II Site in Niagara Falls once housed a business forms manufacturing operation that closed in 1992. It is believed that the adjacent Power City Warehouse Site impacted the Tract II Site with lead. The original cleanup plan for the site was amended after site investigations discovered concentrations of lead in the eastern portion of the site that are considered hazardous.
Click to view Transit St. fact sheet - Transit Street MGP (Site Number 932098) - The Transit Street MGP Site, currently owned by New York Electric and Gas, was once the site of a manufactured gas plant facility. Production of gas from coal and petroleum products impacted the soils and groundwater at the site and surrounding areas. Tar is present near the former MGP structures at the site. Tar has migrated downward into the underlying bedrock and has moved northwest, where it has been observed on the wall of a deep bedrock cut which contains the NYS Barge Canal. In 2008, the canal wall was cleaned, but visible coal tar returned within 30 days, indicating that the discharge is continuous, although at a low volume. Contamination also appears to have moved under the canal and extends a short distance past the canal in the bedrock. The remedy for the site includes excavation of contaminated soils and measures to collect tar and control migration. The remedy will also seal the nearby canal wall to stop tar from seeping into the canal and remove contaminated sediment after the seeps are eliminated.
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- A & A Metals (Site Number C961011) - The site was originally built in the early 20th century by Kaustine Furnace & Tank Corporation, a manufacturer of large steel tanks. A&A Metal, Inc. was the last known owner and operator of the Site. A&A also manufactured large metal tanks and industrial smokestacks. A&A ceased operations at the Site in 2001. Previous environmental investigations at the site identified elevated levels of oil-like semi-volatile organic compounds in the wood floor blocks within the building, within fill materials observed on the sideslopes of the parking lot, and within the sand blast residue. Additionally, elevated levels of metals that exceeded New York State standards were observed in fill materials.
