Grand Traverse County, MI
The federal environmental record for Grand Traverse County (population 96,421): 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
11
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
77
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avenue "E" Ground Water Contamination | Traverse City | deleted | 06/10/1986 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Grand Traverse 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EAST BAY CHARTER TOWNSHIP MI0001935 | PFBS: 5.8 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
5 facilities in Grand Traverse filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 206k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTURY SUN METAL TREATING | TRAVERSE CITY | Barium And Barium Compounds, Sodium nitrite | 199k lb |
| SARA LEE FROZEN BAKERY LLC | TRAVERSE CITY | Ethylene glycol | 7k lb |
| CONE DRIVE OPERATIONS INC. | TRAVERSE CITY | Copper And Copper Compounds | 142 lb |
| GRAND TRAVERSE STAMPING | TRAVERSE CITY | Copper | 25 lb |
| TRAVERSE CITY LIGHT & POWER | TRAVERSE CITY | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 367 tank facilities in Grand Traverse: 153 tanks in service and 890 closed. 235 fuel releases are on record, of which 77 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Grand Traverse 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.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Grand Traverse, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AKEY MERCURYTRAVERSE CITY
- ARROW ROOFING & SUPPLY INCTRAVERSE CITY
- AVENUE "E" GROUND WATER CONTAMINATIONTRAVERSE CITY
- CARLS TIRE RETREADING SITEBLAIR TOWNSHIP
- GARFIELD ROAD PAINT SPILLTRAVERSE CITY
- MUNSON URGENT CARE MERCURYTRAVERSE CITY
- TC/ROYAL DRIVE MERCURY SPILLTRAVERSE CITY
- US COAST GUARD AIR STATRAVERSE CITY
- USCG/TCAPS SOCCER FIELDTRAVERSE CITY
- WADSWORTH STREET HG SPILLTRAVERSE CITY
- WILLIAMSBURG RECEIVING & STORAGEWILLIAMSBURG