[CPEO-BIF] Former Remington Arms factor, Ilion, Herkimer County, New York

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Remington Arms Environmental Assessment Finds Contamination

New York Almanack
April 8, 2026 

The former historic Remington Arms factory in Ilion, Herkimer County, NY, closed in March 2024, ending over 200 years of operation and laying off 270 workers. In the 1990s the company had employed about 1,100 people.

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The 38-acre Site is occupied by 45 industrial buildings totaling about a million square feet.

The various contaminates are likely from the site’s former use as a foundry by Remington Arms from at least 1884 to approximately 1959, and from coal and petroleum storage on the site, an oil-filled transformer house, gasoline fueling stations, and other industrial processes.

No PCBs were detected, but petroleum related Semi Volatile Organic Compounds (SVOCs) were detected at concentrations “exceeding applicable regulatory criteria” in three of the samples collected. Benzo(a)pyrene was detected at concentrations exceeding Commercial Use and several other SVOCs were also detected.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2026/04/remington-arms-contamination/


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Lenny Siegel
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