Branch County, MI
The federal environmental record for Branch County (population 45,215): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
11
TRI facilities
26
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Bronson Industrial Area | Bronson | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Branch 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)
11 facilities in Branch filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 635k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| REAL ALLOY RECYCLING LLC | COLDWATER | Aluminum (fume or dust), Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 504k lb |
| REAL ALLOY SPECIFICATION LLC | COLDWATER | Aluminum (fume or dust), Chlorine | 82k lb |
| SEKISUI VOLTEK LLC | COLDWATER | Zinc compounds, Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 19k lb |
| DARLING INGREDIENTS INC | COLDWATER | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 12k lb |
| ASAMA COLDWATER MANUFACTURING | COLDWATER | Manganese, Copper | 8k lb |
| ELMET TECHNOLOGIES | COLDWATER | Ammonia, Copper | 7k lb |
| GCI GOKOH COLDWATER INC | COLDWATER | Triethylamine, Diisocyanates | 1k lb |
| ARCOSA SHORING PRODUCTS INC | UNION CITY | Nickel, Chromium | 396 lb |
| BLUEWATER THERMAL SOLUTIONS - COLDWATER | COLDWATER | Nickel, Chromium | 10 lb |
| BRONSON PLATING CO | BRONSON | Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 0 lb |
| STAR OF THE WEST MILLING CO | QUINCY | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 197 tank facilities in Branch: 78 tanks in service and 512 closed. 96 fuel releases are on record, of which 26 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Branch as Zone 1, the highest predicted indoor radon levels (over 4 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.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Branch, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- NORTH BRONSON INDUSTRIAL AREABRONSON
- NORTH BRONSON INDUSTRIAL SUBAREASBRONSON
- SCHAFER MANUFACTURING/HAWKENS FURNITUREUNION CITY