Erie, NY

Moderate Risk (56/100)

Environmental data for Erie in New York

Erie, NY is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 50 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilityies, 0 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 56/100 (Moderate Risk), calibrated against national distributions for facility density, chemical release volume, Superfund concentration, and water-system health violations.

Industrial disclosures inside the county total 4.9M lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 0 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. EPA Air Quality System monitors logged a median AQI of 43 and a peak AQI of 105 in 2024, with 64% of observed days rated "Good" (0–50).

All figures below draw directly from federal EPA records, TRI self-reported emissions, SDWIS compliance history, NPL Hazard Ranking System scores, and AQS daily AQI summaries, and are not adjusted, weighted, or forecast. A past violation or elevated score does not itself indicate current unsafe conditions; it documents the regulatory and disclosure history publicly filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the most recent reporting cycle.

TRI Facilities
50
Water Systems
0
Superfund Sites
0
Total Releases
4.9M lbs

Air Quality History (2020–2024)

EPA Air Quality Index (AQI) data showing how many days per year fall into each air quality category.

Year Good Moderate Unhealthy (SG) Max AQI
2024 234 (64%) 131 1 105
2023 198 (54%) 159 5 176
2022 238 (65%) 125 2 150
2021 225 (62%) 139 1 101
2020 278 (76%) 86 0 157
2024 Good Air Quality: 64% of days
Unhealthy days: 1
Median AQI: 43

Source: EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by County EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by County AQI categories: Good (0-50), Moderate (51-100), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101-150), Unhealthy (151-200), Very Unhealthy (201-300), Hazardous (301+)

For detailed air quality monitoring data, pollutant breakdowns, and metro-level AQI trends, see Air Quality in New York on PlainAirData.

TRI Facilities (50)

# Facility Total Releases
1 3M Co - Tonawanda 1.6M lbs
2 Dupont Yerkes Plant 690.0K lbs
3 Wieland Rolled Products N.a. Buffalo Inc. 450.5K lbs
4 Unifrax I LLC 320.9K lbs
5 Tesla 289.6K lbs
6 Iimak 187.8K lbs
7 Lactalis American Group Inc. 185.3K lbs
8 Unicell Body Co Inc. 171.4K lbs
9 Pvs Chemical Solutions 116.8K lbs
10 Engineered Composites Inc. 116.3K lbs
11 L D McCauley LLC 89.5K lbs
12 Hamburg Finishing Works 88.6K lbs
13 Saint Gobain Corp Ceramic Materials 83.3K lbs
14 Evonik Active Oxygens LLC 83.2K lbs
15 Niagara Refining 81.1K lbs
16 Derrick Corp 55.6K lbs
17 United Precious Metal Refining Inc. 50.9K lbs
18 Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc. 50.6K lbs
19 Materion Electronics Materials 23.8K lbs
20 Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc. 20.6K lbs
21 New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. Inc. 20.2K lbs
22 General Mills Operations Inc 15.8K lbs
23 Gm Powertrain Tonawanda 14.1K lbs
24 New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. Inc. 13.5K lbs
25 Buffalo Terminal LLC 13.4K lbs
26 Rosina Food Products Inc 13.2K lbs
27 Pcb Piezotronics 11.8K lbs
28 Safety-Kleen Systems Inc Buffalo Oil Recovery Facility 10.9K lbs
29 Sumitomo Rubber USA LLC 8.2K lbs
30 Islechem LLC D.b.a. Actylis Buffalo 7.7K lbs
31 Xylem Inc (fluid Handling Llc) 5.5K lbs
32 Derrick Corp 4.6K lbs
33 Noco Energy Corp 3.5K lbs
34 Univar Solutions USA - Buffalo 3.5K lbs
35 United Silicone Inc 2.5K lbs
36 Kemper System America Inc 2.0K lbs
37 Buffalo Metal Casting Co Inc 2.0K lbs
38 Pcb Piezotronics 2.0K lbs
39 Crescent Marketing (dba Crescent Manufacturing) 1.7K lbs
40 Whiting Door Manufacturing Corp 1.6K lbs
41 Unifrax I Llc- Pirson 1.3K lbs
42 Flexovit USA Inc. 1.1K lbs
43 U.c Coatings LLC 845 lbs
44 Uop LLC 774 lbs
45 Republic Steel - Lackawanna 516 lbs
46 Moog Inc 361 lbs
47 New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. Inc. 318 lbs
48 Frontier Hot Dip Galvanizing Inc 314 lbs
49 Tonawanda Rmx (aka River Road) 263 lbs
50 Pvs Nolwood Chemicals Inc 258 lbs

Cities in Erie (20)

Akron
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2 facilities · 1 water
Angola
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1 facilities · 2 water
Alden
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1 facilities · 2 water
Depew
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2 facilities · 0 water
East Aurora
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2 facilities · 4 water
Elma
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1 facilities · 1 water
Grand Island
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1 facilities · 1 water
Hamburg
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1 facilities · 0 water
Lancaster
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4 facilities · 0 water
North Collins
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1 facilities · 0 water
Orchard Park
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2 facilities · 3 water
Springville
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2 facilities · 1 water
Tonawanda
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12 facilities · 1 water
Amherst
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2 facilities · 0 water
Buffalo
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25 facilities · 13 water
Blasdell
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1 facilities · 0 water
Lackawanna
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3 facilities · 0 water
West Seneca
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3 facilities · 1 water
Cheektowaga
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5 facilities · 0 water
Brant
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0 facilities · 0 water

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the environmental risk level in Erie, New York?
Erie, NY has an environmental risk score of 56/100 (Moderate Risk), based on 50 TRI facilities, 0 Superfund sites, and 0 water systems on record. No water systems have current health-based violations. Source: EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL.
Are there Superfund sites in Erie?
No Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites are currently registered in Erie, NY in the EPA database.
How many toxic release facilities are in Erie?
Erie, NY has 50 TRI-reporting facilities on record with the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, with a combined total of 4.9M lbs in reported toxic releases. TRI facilities self-report annual chemical release data to the EPA.
What is the air quality in Erie?
In 2024, Erie, NY recorded a median AQI of 43 and a peak AQI of 105. 64% of monitored days had "Good" air quality (AQI 0–50). Source: EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by County.
Is the drinking water safe in Erie?
No EPA-regulated water systems are currently recorded for Erie, NY in the SDWIS database.
What environmental agencies cover Erie?
Environmental compliance in Erie, New York is overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the federal level and the New York state environmental agency. Facilities report to the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, water systems are regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act, and contaminated sites are managed under the Superfund program. Contact your state environmental agency for local concerns.

What does this county environmental profile show?

This county environmental profile rolls up EPA Toxics Release Inventory facility reports, Safe Drinking Water Information System public-water-system filings, and Superfund National Priorities List sites for the county boundary defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Facility counts reflect facilities with a reporting address inside the county, not where downstream environmental effects may be observed. Population figures are from the most recent Census ACS 5-year estimate. The county detail page is updated whenever the upstream EPA programs publish revised data; see the methodology page for the documented ingest cadence and the editorial choices governing how aggregations are computed.

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Data sourced from U.S. EPA environmental datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainEnviro Editorial