Jackson County, MI
The federal environmental record for Jackson County (population 159,424): 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
12
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
15
TRI facilities
180
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michner Plating - Mechanic Street | Jackson | on the NPL | 03/16/2022 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Jackson 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)
15 facilities in Jackson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 195k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHEMETALL US INC | JACKSON | Zinc compounds, Nickel compounds | 117k lb |
| ROYAL ADHESIVES & SEALANTS | MICHIGAN CENTER | Toluene, Zinc compounds | 69k lb |
| TAC MANUFACTURING INC | JACKSON | Diisocyanates, Copper | 4k lb |
| MPLX TERMINALS LLC - JACKSON MI TERMINAL | JACKSON | n-Hexane, Toluene | 2k lb |
| ELM PLATING CO. | JACKSON | Zinc compounds, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 2k lb |
| MICHIGAN AUTOMOTIVE COMPRESSOR INC. | PARMA | Zinc compounds, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 993 lb |
| EATON AEROSPACE CORP | JACKSON | Nitric acid | 29 lb |
| CERTAINTEED | JACKSON | Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Antimony compounds | 18 lb |
| INDUSTRIAL STEEL TREATING | JACKSON | Ammonia | 14 lb |
| MILSCO MICHIGAN SEAT CO | JACKSON | Diisocyanates | 5 lb |
| MICHIGAN PAVING & MATERIALS CO - JACKSON | JACKSON | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 2 lb |
| MISA SPECIALTY PROCESSING | JACKSON | - | 0 lb |
| GERDAU SPECIAL STEEL NA | JACKSON | - | 0 lb |
| KELLY FUELS INC | JACKSON | - | 0 lb |
| SMW MFG AMSTED AUTOMOTIVE GROUP-MUNITH | MUNITH | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 540 tank facilities in Jackson: 257 tanks in service and 1,369 closed. 420 fuel releases are on record, of which 180 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Jackson 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 Jackson, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BLACKMAN TOWNSHIP TAR SPILLBLACKMAN TOWNSHIP
- CONSUMERS ENERGY MERCURY ASSESSMENTSJACKSON
- GERDAU SPECIAL STEEL NORTH AMERICAJACKSON
- HAMILTON STREET FIREJACKSON
- JACKSON DROP FORGEJACKSON
- JACO PLATINGJACKSON
- MICHIGAN INDUSTRIAL HOLDINGSJACKSON
- MICHNER PLATING - ANGLING ROAD SITEJACKSON
- MICHNER PLATING COJACKSON
- MOORMAN DRIVE MERCURY SPILLJACKSON
- SPARTON ELECTRONICS SITEJACKSON
- TOWN ROAD DRUM SITESPRINGPORT TWP