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Ulster County, New York: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Ulster County is 136.3 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. The strongest disease signals are Bladder deaths at 1.3 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 783 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (328), Air permit holder (minor source) (107), Rail grade crossing (75). 6 correctional facilities operate in the county, at least one with health-based drinking water violations on record. 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: 41.8792, -74.2029.

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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 Ulster County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Bladder	Deaths	5.3	4.1	1.29xSignificant	4.2 to 6.7	2020-2024
Thyroid	New cases	15.5	13	1.19xSignificant	13.1 to 18.3	2019-2023
Bladder	New cases	22	18.7	1.18xSignificant	19.6 to 24.7	2019-2023
Childhood cancer (under 15)	New cases	19.2	16.4	1.17x	12.3 to 28.6	2019-2023
Esophagus	New cases	5.3	4.6	1.15x	4.1 to 6.7	2019-2023
Esophagus	Deaths	4.2	3.7	1.14x	3.2 to 5.5	2020-2024
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	20.5	18.5	1.11x	18 to 23.3	2019-2023
Brain & nervous system	New cases	6.8	6.2	1.1x	5.2 to 8.6	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	New cases	55	51.8	1.06x	51.1 to 59.1	2019-2023
All cancer	New cases	464.7	453.4	1.02x	452.6 to 477	2019-2023
Pancreas	New cases	13.7	13.9	0.99x	11.9 to 15.9	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	28.9	30.2	0.96x	26.2 to 31.9	2020-2024
Pancreas	Deaths	10.8	11.3	0.96x	9.2 to 12.7	2020-2024
All cancer	Deaths	136.3	143.2	0.95x	130.1 to 142.7	2020-2024
Brain & nervous system	Deaths	4.1	4.4	0.93x	3.1 to 5.4	2020-2024
Liver & bile duct	Deaths	6.1	6.6	0.92x	4.8 to 7.6	2020-2024
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	Deaths	4.3	4.8	0.9x	3.3 to 5.6	2020-2024
Leukemia	Deaths	5.1	5.7	0.89x	4 to 6.5	2020-2024
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	16	17.9	0.89x	13.8 to 18.5	2019-2023
Leukemia	New cases	12.8	14.5	0.88x	10.8 to 15.1	2019-2023
Stomach	New cases	5.8	6.6	0.88x	4.6 to 7.3	2019-2023
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	20.7	23.8	0.87x	18.2 to 23.4	2019-2023
Liver & bile duct	New cases	7.5	8.7	0.86x	6.1 to 9.2	2019-2023
Melanoma of the skin	Deaths	1.6	2	0.8x	1 to 2.6	2020-2024
Kidney & renal pelvis	Deaths	2.4	3.4	0.71x	1.6 to 3.5	2020-2024
Stomach	Deaths	1.5	2.7	0.56x	0.9 to 2.3	2020-2024

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 Ulster County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	7,045.1	9,842.6	-28%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	78.8	75.3	+5%	years
Child mortality	41.8	59.8	-30%	deaths under age 18 per 100,000
Infant mortality	4.3	6.2	-32%	deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Injury deaths	83.9	96.9	-14%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	42.7	28.6	+49%	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.

Formaldehyde14.96 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.98 per million
Acetaldehyde1.72 per million
Benzene1.53 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit328
Air permit holder (minor source)107
Rail grade crossing75
Gas station (mapped facility)74
Small hazardous waste generator52
Large hazardous waste generator39
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)37
Brownfield property11
Public airport9
Heliport7
Correctional facility (prison or jail)6
Solar power plant6
Hazardous waste transporter5
Wastewater plant (mapped facility)5
Landfill (mapped facility)4
Hydroelectric plant4
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)3
Dry cleaner (mapped facility)2
Scrapyard (mapped facility)2
Superfund (NPL) site2
TRI reporting facility2
Major air pollution source1
EPA air quality monitor1
Large greenhouse gas emitter1

Highest-severity records

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

Hertel Landfill, Plattekill
Superfund (NPL) site. Hazard Ranking System score 33.6. NPL Site.
EPA site ID NYD980780779 (U.S. EPA Superfund (SEMS/NPL)) Agency record
Severity 10
Mohonk Road Industrial Plant, High Falls
Superfund (NPL) site. Hazard Ranking System score 50. NPL Site.
EPA site ID NYD986950012 (U.S. EPA Superfund (SEMS/NPL)) Agency record
Severity 10
Northeast Solite Corporation, Mount Marion
Major air pollution source. Penalties $6,390.
EPA FRS registry ID 110007383349 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6.3
Kingston (C) Wwtp, Kingston
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000735072 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6
Northeast Solite Corporation, Mount Marion
Large hazardous waste generator. Penalties $6,390.
EPA FRS registry ID 110007383349 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.8
Northeast Solite Corporation, Mount Marion
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $6,390.
EPA FRS registry ID 110007383349 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.8
United Parcel Service Kingston Nykin, Kingston
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $5,300,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110004493254 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
West Kingston Recycling Corporation, Kingston
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $12,440.
EPA FRS registry ID 110004543272 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Saugerties (V) Dock Street Stp, Saugerties
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006621021 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Ellenville Residential Treatment Program, Ellenville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $11,700.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070564450 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Jbt Wolf-Tec, Kingston
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Chromium, Nickel, Lead. Reports carcinogens. 9 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 1240WJBTWL135FL (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 5.3
Northeast Solite Corporation, Mount Marion
Large greenhouse gas emitter. Penalties $6,390.
EPA FRS registry ID 110007383349 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.3
Jeff'S Yacht Haven, Esopus
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $3,710.
EPA FRS registry ID 110019745551 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5
Rotron Inc, Woodstock
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Lead. Reports carcinogens.
TRI facility ID 12498GGRTR7HASB (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 4.5
Highland Sewer Extension #1, Highland
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000737436 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Olive Woods, Shokan
Small hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110008462172 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Olive Woods, Shokan
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110008462172 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Ohioville Wwtp, New Paltz
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009826947 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Ametek Rotron, Woodstock
Small hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110012708739 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Ametek Rotron, Woodstock
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110012708739 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
La Mela Sanitation Service, Inc., Marlboro
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110019290676 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Camp Rav Tov-Dairyland, Greenfield Park
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110019450878 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Camp Rav Tov - Ulster Heights, Wawarsing
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110019450930 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Camp Bnos Belz, Ellenville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110019454268 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Hidden Forest Estates, Accord
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110019821727 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5

Correctional facilities

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

Wallkill/Shawangunk Correction-Groundwater, Wallkill
EPA FRS registry ID
110012918316
Water system
NY5510590
Health-based violations
4 all time, 1 in 5 years
All violations
153
Contaminants cited
Lead, Surface Water Treatment Rule, TTHM
Wastewater permit
None on record
EPA detailed facility report
Wallkill Correctional Facility, Wallkill
EPA FRS registry ID
110006096937
Wastewater permit
None on record
EPA detailed facility report
Nys Eastern/Ulster Correctional Facility, Napanoch
EPA FRS registry ID
110007383358
Wastewater permit
None on record
EPA detailed facility report
Wallkill/Shawangunk Correctional Facility, Wallkill
EPA FRS registry ID
110007383367
Wastewater permit
None on record
EPA detailed facility report
Shawangunk Correctional Facility, Wallkill
EPA FRS registry ID
110032959788
Wastewater permit
None on record
EPA detailed facility report
Wallkill/Shawangunk Correction, Wallkill
EPA FRS registry ID
110071941222
Wastewater permit
None on record
EPA detailed facility report

Discovery / public records

Records to request for Ulster 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 Ulster 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.

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