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Tioga County, New York: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Tioga County is 154 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 314 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Rail grade crossing (147), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (59), Large hazardous waste generator (49). EPA AirToxScreen estimates a lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics of 20 in a million, driven mainly by formaldehyde.

Rates are age-adjusted per 100,000 people. A cancer signal is marked significant when the lower bound of its 95 percent confidence interval is above the U.S. rate. Facility counts use active federal records located inside the county boundary. Approximate county center: 42.2048, -76.3107.

How this county ranks in New York

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Cancer deaths and new cases versus the United States

Source: NCI and CDC State Cancer Profiles, both sexes, all ages. Sorted by the ratio of the county rate to the U.S. rate.

Cancer rates for Tioga County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Thyroid	New cases	22.9	13	1.76xSignificant	16.9 to 30.2	2019-2023
Esophagus	New cases	6.8	4.6	1.48x	4.3 to 10.6	2019-2023
Esophagus	Deaths	5.3	3.7	1.43x	3.1 to 8.6	2020-2024
Brain & nervous system	Deaths	5.8	4.4	1.32x	3.5 to 9.4	2020-2024
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	31	23.8	1.3xSignificant	24.9 to 38.2	2019-2023
Bladder	New cases	22.4	18.7	1.2x	17.8 to 28	2019-2023
Stomach	New cases	7.9	6.6	1.2x	5 to 12.1	2019-2023
Bladder	Deaths	4.9	4.1	1.2x	2.9 to 7.9	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	New cases	59.2	51.8	1.14x	51.7 to 67.7	2019-2023
Leukemia	Deaths	6.4	5.7	1.12x	4 to 10	2020-2024
Liver & bile duct	Deaths	7.3	6.6	1.11x	4.8 to 10.9	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	488.2	453.4	1.08xSignificant	464.2 to 513.3	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	154	143.2	1.08x	141.4 to 167.6	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	30.5	30.2	1.01x	25.3 to 36.7	2020-2024
Brain & nervous system	New cases	6	6.2	0.97x	3.6 to 9.5	2019-2023
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	17.2	17.9	0.96x	13.2 to 22.3	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	17.2	18.5	0.93x	12.9 to 22.7	2019-2023
Pancreas	Deaths	10.4	11.3	0.92x	7.4 to 14.4	2020-2024
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	Deaths	4.3	4.8	0.9x	2.6 to 7.2	2020-2024
Liver & bile duct	New cases	7.2	8.7	0.83x	4.8 to 10.6	2019-2023
Pancreas	New cases	11.4	13.9	0.82x	8.2 to 15.6	2019-2023
Leukemia	New cases	9.4	14.5	0.65x	6.4 to 13.6	2019-2023

Mortality measures versus the U.S. county median

Source: County Health Rankings, built from CDC National Vital Statistics System death records. The comparison value is the median of all U.S. counties.

Mortality measures for Tioga County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	6,675.7	9,842.6	-32%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	78.6	75.3	+4%	years
Child mortality	48.9	59.8	-18%	deaths under age 18 per 100,000
Infant mortality	n/a	6.2	n/a	deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Injury deaths	67	96.9	-31%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	15.3	28.6	-46%	deaths per 100,000

Air toxics and air quality

EPA AirToxScreen 2020

Lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics: 20 in a million. EPA treats 100 in a million as the upper end of acceptable risk and 1 in a million as the goal.

Formaldehyde12.92 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.92 per million
Benzene2.49 per million
Acetaldehyde1.38 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

No EPA air quality monitor reports daily AQI for this county.

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

314 active records inside the county from EPA ECHO, TRI, Superfund, Brownfields, NPDES, EIA, FAA, FRA and corrections data.

Rail grade crossing147
NPDES wastewater discharge permit59
Large hazardous waste generator49
Air permit holder (minor source)25
Gas station (mapped facility)11
Small hazardous waste generator6
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)4
TRI reporting facility3
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)2
Heliport2
Solar power plant2
Wastewater plant (mapped facility)2
Hazardous waste transporter1
Scrapyard (mapped facility)1

Highest-severity records

The 25 records with the highest Envyrofax severity in the county, with the agency identifier to cite in a records request.

Crown Beverage Packaging, Nichols
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Certain glycol ethers, n-Butyl alcohol, Hydrogen fluoride, Lead and 1 more. Reports carcinogens. 527,078 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 1381WCRWNB65BER (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 8.9
V&S New York Galvanizing Llc, Owego
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Zinc compounds, Lead. Reports carcinogens. 7,176 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 1382WVSNWY272CR (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 7.5
Lockheed Martin Corp, Owego
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000326175 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7.4
Leprino Foods Co, Waverly
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid. 270,643 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 14892LPRNF400LE (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 7.2
Hadco (Sanmina) Corp - Owego Div, Owego
Large hazardous waste generator. Penalties $1,740.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000326184 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7
Lockheed Martin Rms, Owego
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Nitric acid, Copper compounds and 3 more. 105,704 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 13827BMSYSROUTE (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 6.9
V&S New York Galvanizing Llc, Owego
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070832591 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6.5
Crown Nichols, Nichols
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110069705643 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6.3
Owego Wpcp #2, Apalachin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000915163 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6
Owego (T) Sd#1, Owego
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006621389 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6
Owego (V) Stp, Owego
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110019764575 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6
Hadco (Sanmina) Corp - Owego Div, Owego
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $1,740.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000326184 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Ads Waverly, Waverly
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $1,950.
EPA FRS registry ID 110032598534 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Hadco (Sanmina) Corp - Owego Div, Owego
Air permit holder (minor source). Penalties $1,740.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000326184 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5
Lockheed Martin Corp, Owego
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000326175 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Lockheed Martin Corp, Owego
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000326175 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Waverly (V) Stp, Waverly
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110004319906 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Nichols (T) Stp, Nichols
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110012664866 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Double Aught Lumber, Candor
Small hazardous waste generator. Penalties $1,300.
EPA FRS registry ID 110019272357 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Double Aught Lumber, Candor
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $1,300.
EPA FRS registry ID 110019272357 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Tioga Downs Racetrack, Llc, Nichols
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110019062217 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Weitsman Shredding, Owego
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110019234096 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
V&S New York Galvanizing Llc, Owego
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070832591 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
R.J. Williams, Inc., Apalachin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110030928655 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Btc Concrete Supply, Owego
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071296948 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.3

Correctional facilities

Prisons, jails and corrections operations with an EPA facility record, and the drinking water and wastewater compliance attached to them.

No correctional facility with an EPA record is located in this county.

Discovery / public records

Records to request for Tioga County

New York state cancer registry
Cancer incidence counts by census tract or ZIP code, by cancer type and year (de-identified). Any cancer cluster inquiries or investigations in Tioga County, and their findings.
New York vital statistics office
Death certificate counts by cause of death and residence tract or ZIP code, and the years behind the mortality measures above.
New York health department, environmental epidemiology
Health consultations or assessments by ATSDR or the state health department covering the county, and any exposure investigations.
New York environmental agency and the U.S. EPA regional office
Compliance history, inspection reports, notices of violation, penalties and enforcement actions for each facility above, cited by EPA FRS registry ID.
New York drinking water program
Violation notices, sampling results and sanitary surveys for the public water systems serving the county, including any system serving a correctional facility.
Department of corrections or county sheriff
Water testing, grievances and environmental health inspections for the correctional facilities listed above.

Each Envyrofax address report includes a printable records request worksheet with the custodian and the exact request wording per finding.

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