Eaton County, MI
The federal environmental record for Eaton County (population 108,820): 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
4
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
10
TRI facilities
115
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parsons Chemical Works, Inc. | Grand Ledge | on the NPL | 03/31/1989 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Eaton with at least one PFAS detection under UCMR5. The federal limit for PFOA and PFOS is 4 ng/L; EPA proposed in May 2026 to rescind the limits for the other compounds, which are shown for information.
| System | Highest results | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| CHARLOTTE, CITY OF MI0001340 | PFBS: 3.5 ng/L PFHxS: 3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
10 facilities in Eaton filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 176k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| GENERAL MOTORS LANSING DELTA TOWNSHIP | LANSING | Certain glycol ethers, Zinc compounds | 154k lb |
| ETM ENTERPRISES INC. | GRAND LEDGE | Styrene | 15k lb |
| DEXSYS | LANSING | Certain glycol ethers, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 6k lb |
| THE SHYFT GROUP INC | CHARLOTTE | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 373 lb |
| LINN PRODUCTS INC | CHARLOTTE | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Chromium | 127 lb |
| SIKA CORP | EATON RAPIDS | Mixture, Diisocyanates | 1 lb |
| SPARTAN FIRE CHASSIS LLC | CHARLOTTE | Ethylene glycol | 0 lb |
| UFP LANSING LLC | LANSING | - | 0 lb |
| PURINA ANIMAL NUTRITION LLC - LANSING | LANSING | - | 0 lb |
| DETROIT AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES | LANSING | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 320 tank facilities in Eaton: 169 tanks in service and 802 closed. 275 fuel releases are on record, of which 115 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Eaton as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 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 Eaton, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AINGER ROAD DRUMSOLIVET
- JOHNSON IRON INDUSTRIESCHARLOTTE
- PARSONS CHEMICAL WORKS, INC.GRAND LEDGE
- POTTERVILLE TRAIN DERAILMENTPOTTERVILLE