cleanup · Erie County
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Station 229
Eden
Former pipeline-compressor station cleanup on East Eden Road. The closed Class 4 site remains managed, and DEC maps PCB-affected sediment over a substantial drainage area, adding an important rural industrial-contamination story to the atlas.
The documented story
What happened here?
Station 229 is a natural-gas pipeline compressor station on East Eden Road, part of the infrastructure that moved gas through rural Western New York. Compressor stations historically used large engines, lubricating systems, electrical equipment, and drainage networks that could create environmental impacts far from the region's better-known urban factories.
The state cleanup record centers on PCB contamination associated with the station and its drainage or sediment areas. The site is now classified for long-term management rather than unrestricted closure.
Chronology in context
Turning points in the public record
Pipeline era
The East Eden Road property operated as Tennessee Gas Pipeline Compressor Station 229.
Investigation
State and company investigations identified PCB-affected areas associated with station operations and drainage.
Remedial work
Contaminated material was addressed and controls were established for residual impacts.
Long-term phase
New York reclassified the cleanup as Class 4, indicating that site management remains necessary.
News record
Major news events
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A rural compressor station leaves a PCB sediment-management footprint
DEC's public record documents why the Station 229 story extends beyond machinery at the plant: PCB-affected drainage and sediment areas remain part of a closed Class 4 remedy requiring continued stewardship.
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ↗Chemical guide
Chemicals named in this record
These links explain potential hazards and exposure pathways. A chemical named in a record does not establish that anyone was exposed or harmed.
Environmental record
Documented impacts
- PCBs are the defining contaminant in the state remedial and sediment-mapping record.
- Affected sediment and drainage features extend the interpretation beyond a single equipment pad or building.
- The mapped cleanup area is site-specific and does not establish contamination across the wider rural landscape.
Response
Cleanup and controls
- Remedial actions addressed identified PCB source and sediment areas.
- Monitoring, inspection, land-use requirements, and maintenance preserve the remedy where contamination remains.
- Current operating permits for the compressor station are distinct from the inactive hazardous-waste cleanup record.
Then and now
The site today
Station 229 remains an instructive rural industrial site: major cleanup construction has been completed, while Class 4 status records continuing stewardship. The mapped sediment area should not be mistaken for a general warning about every nearby stream or property.
Atlas connections
Connected places
These collections explain documented material, facility, waterway, ownership, or cleanup relationships. Inclusion does not imply that every place shares one contaminant source or plume.
Western New York sediment controls
These sites contain documented sediment remedies or affected sediment areas. They are a comparative research collection, not evidence of a shared source or connected plume.
A geotextile and stone cover isolates PAHs, PCBs, and metals in part of the former industrial canal.
Chlorinated-solvent sediment coverWeber-Knapp CompanyDEC records a clean-stone cover at this Jamestown manufacturing cleanup.
PCB-affected sediment areaTennessee Gas Pipeline Station 229The Eden compressor-station record extends sediment concerns into a rural drainage setting.
PCB-affected shoreline sediment5565 River RoadThe River Road entry connects an upland Class 2 site with Niagara River-edge sediment.
PCB-affected shoreline sediment1660 Niagara Street ShorelineThe Niagara Street marker represents a bounded sediment record rather than the entire river shoreline.
Dioxin- and furan-affected sedimentDurez / Occidental ChemicalThe Durez record adds a distinct chemical-manufacturing and sediment-contaminant history.
Riprap and habitat coverGratwick Riverside ParkGratwick combines landfill containment, shoreline protection, and present-day park use.