Dewey Loeffel Landfill
The Dewey Loeffel Landfill is an EPA superfund site located in Rensselaer County, New York. In the 1950s and 1960s, several companies including General Electric, Bendix Corporation and Schenectady Chemicals used the site as a disposal facility for more than 46,000 tons of industrial hazardous wastes, including solvents, waste oils, polychlorinated biphenyls, scrap materials, sludges and solids.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nassau Lake and East Nassau.
Nassau Lake
Locality
Nassau Lake is a census-designated place in the towns of Schodack and Nassau in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. Nassau Lake is situated 3 miles southwest of Dewey Loeffel Landfill.
East Nassau
Hamlet
East Nassau is a village in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, East Nassau had a population of 559. The Village of East Nassau is in the eastern section of the town of Nassau along the Town of Stephentown border by Routes 20 and 66. East Nassau is situated 4½ miles southeast of Dewey Loeffel Landfill.
Averill Park
Village
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Averill Park is a census-designated place within the town of Sand Lake in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The population was 2,098 at the 2020 census. Averill Park is situated 5 miles north of Dewey Loeffel Landfill.
Dewey Loeffel Landfill
- Type: Landfill
- Category: Superfund site
- Location: Rensselaer, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.55952° or 42° 33′ 34″ northLongitude
-73.56173° or 73° 33′ 42″ westOpen location code
87J8HC5Q+R8OpenStreetMap ID
way 640685855OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=landfillWikidata ID
Q28229515
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Igbo—“Dewey Loeffel Landfill” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مكب ديوي لوفيل”
- Fulah: “Dewey Loeffel Landfill”
- Igbo: “Ebe a na-ekpofu ihe Dewey Loeffel”
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