Goudey Power Station: Public Asbestos Record
A source-led H&S research dossier organizing EPA records about asbestos conditions and cleanup at the former Goudey Power Station in Johnson City, New York.
What the public record documents
Facility history
EPA states that the former Goudey Power Station operated as a coal-fired plant from 1917 until 2011.
Documented asbestos condition
EPA reports that unsafe demolition left asbestos contamination and that friable asbestos presented a potential risk at the property.
Government response
EPA conducted emergency work beginning in 2023 and announced a 2025 agreement requiring further asbestos cleanup under federal oversight.
How to use these records
Public records become most useful when they are matched to the person who was actually there. Dates, duties, work areas, contractors, equipment, coworkers and surviving employment or project records can help narrow which parts of the historical record matter.
Questions that can move the history forward
The public record becomes more useful when it is connected carefully to a person's own memory and records.
- What years did the person work at or visit the station?
- What department, building, unit, or contractor employed them?
- Did their work involve boilers, turbines, pumps, valves, piping, electrical systems, insulation, demolition, shutdowns, or maintenance?
- Who worked alongside them and what records, photographs, specifications, invoices, or testimony may survive?
Primary sources
- U.S. EPA — 2025 cleanup order Primary source
- U.S. EPA — Goudey Power Station site profile Primary source
H&S links to the underlying government record so readers and research systems can inspect the evidence directly.
Research method
This is a H&S Facility Evidence Dossier. We separate documented facts from investigative questions and unknowns. A facility-level asbestos record can identify productive research paths; the person’s own work history determines which of those paths matter.
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