Military Base Contamination in New York
9 installations in New York are profiled on this site for documented environmental contamination. Each page covers what was found, the cleanup status, and the health concerns for those who served there.
Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base
A New York Air National Guard base at Gabreski Airport where AFFF firefighting foam has been associated with PFAS contamination of nearby wells.
Griffiss Air Force Base
Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, New York is a Superfund site where decades of maintenance and disposal operations left TCE, PCBs and heavy metals in soil and groundwater.
Hancock Field Air National Guard Base
Hancock Field is a New York Air National Guard base near Syracuse with documented contamination and ongoing state and military cleanup.
Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant Bethpage
TCE and other solvents from the Navy-owned, Grumman-operated Bethpage plant created Long Island's largest groundwater plume, now spanning more than 3,000 acres in Nassau County's aquifer.
Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station
Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station in New York has drawn attention for some of the highest PFAS readings recorded at any U.S. military site.
Plattsburgh Air Force Base
Former SAC bomber base in Plattsburgh, New York, where TCE, benzene, heavy metals and PFAS contamination led to a 1989 Superfund listing and ongoing cleanup.
Seneca Army Depot
Seneca Army Depot in Romulus, New York stored and demilitarized munitions for decades, leaving soil and creek sediments contaminated.
Stewart Air National Guard Base
A New York Air National Guard base near Newburgh where firefighting foam has been associated with PFAS in local drinking water.
Watervliet Arsenal
A look at documented soil and groundwater contamination at the Army's Watervliet Arsenal in New York and what it may mean for veterans.