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Berrien County, MI

The federal environmental record for Berrien County (population 152,261): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.

3

Superfund NPL sites

21

federal cleanup sites

0

PFAS-detecting water systems

21

TRI facilities

178

open tank releases

Superfund NPL sites

SiteCityStatusListed
Aircraft Components (D & L Sales)Benton Harboron the NPL06/17/1996
Bendix Corp./Allied AutomotiveSt. Josephon the NPL02/21/1990
ElectrovoiceBuchananon the NPL09/21/1984

Drinking water: PFAS testing

No public water system serving Berrien reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.

Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)

21 facilities in Berrien filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 69k lb released.

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
NCP COATINGS LLCNILESn-Butyl alcohol, Methanol56k lb
MPLX TERMINALS LLC - NILES MI TERMINALNILESn-Hexane, Toluene5k lb
JVIS MANUFACTURING LLCBENTON HARBORMethyl isobutyl ketone3k lb
MODINEER PLANT 10NILESCopper, Phosphorus (yellow or white)2k lb
SPECIAL-LITE INC. -BENTON HARBORStyrene1k lb
CHAMPLAIN SPECIALTY METALS INC.BENTON HARBORLead1k lb
MODINEER PLANT 6NILESAluminum (fume or dust), Manganese1k lb
NILES STEEL TANKNILESManganese, Nickel110 lb
TECH NICKEL INCBENTON HARBORNitric acid, Nickel compounds25 lb
ALUDYNE LLCBENTON HARBORCopper And Copper Compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds9 lb
ALUDYNE LLCSTEVENSVILLELead And Lead Compounds, Copper And Copper Compounds7 lb
ROBERT BOSCH LLCSAINT JOSEPHLead3 lb
GAST MANUFACTURING INCBENTON HARBORManganese, Copper3 lb
SUPREME CASTING INC.STEVENSVILLE-0 lb
LECO CORPSAINT JOSEPH-0 lb
HOFFMANN DIE CAST LLCSAINT JOSEPH-0 lb
PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES USA LLCBENTON HARBOR-0 lb
VAIL RUBBER WORKS INCSAINT JOSEPHLead And Lead Compounds0 lb
NILES ALUMINUM PRODUCTS INCNILES-0 lb
BONNELL ALUMINUM (NILES) LLCNILESLead0 lb
OZINGA READY MIX CONCRETE-NEW BUFFALO PLANTNEW BUFFALO-0 lb

Underground fuel tanks

EPA's UST Finder records 668 tank facilities in Berrien: 305 tanks in service and 1,790 closed. 481 fuel releases are on record, of which 178 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".

Radon

EPA maps Berrien as Zone 3, the lowest predicted indoor radon (under 2 pCi/L average). Radon and air quality are covered in depth on lung.com.

The record for one specific address

County figures blur what matters: distance. The Address Environmental Report runs these same federal datasets against one address and reports every site, tank, polluter and water result around it, with distances, in about a minute.

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All federal cleanup sites on file

The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Berrien, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.

  • AEP TRANSFORMER FIRECOLOMA
  • AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS (D & L SALES)BENTON HARBOR
  • ALRECO METALSBENTON HARBOR
  • AMERICAN LAUNDRY SITEBENTON HARBOR
  • ANR PIPELINEBRIDGMAN
  • AUTO SPECIALTIES/RIVERSIDEBENTON HARBOR
  • CITY OF BENTON HARBOR WATER PLANTST. JOSEPH
  • CSX BENTON HARBORBENTON HARBOR
  • INTERNATIONAL CASTINGS GROUP SITEBRIDGMAN
  • LAKESHORE ELECTRO PLATE INCORPORATEDSTEVENSVILLE
  • MI DEPT/NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTBENTON HARBOR
  • MICHIGAN TUBE COMPANY DIVISION OF HOFMANN INDEAU CLAIRE
  • MODERN PLASTICSBENTON HARBOR
  • NEW BUFFALO ASBESTOS TRAILERNEW BUFFALO
  • ROBERT BOSCH CORPORATION CHASSIS DIVISIONSAINT JOSEPH
  • SOUTHWEST BERRIEN COUNTY LANDFILLUNION PIER
  • SOUTHWEST MI REGIONAL AIRPORT SITEBENTON HARBOR
  • TANK TRUCK (MEK) EXPLOSIONSAWYER
  • TELEX/EVIBUCHANAN
  • US COAST GUARD ST. JOSEPH N. PIER HD LIGHTSAINT JOSEPH
  • WOODSTOCK DIE CASTINGBUCHANAN