Muskegon County, MI
The federal environmental record for Muskegon County (population 176,564): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
9
Superfund NPL sites
18
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
33
TRI facilities
137
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bofors Nobel, Inc. | Muskegon | on the NPL | 03/31/1989 |
| Duell & Gardner Landfill | Dalton Township | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
| Kaydon Corp. | Muskegon | on the NPL | 02/21/1990 |
| Muskegon Chemical Co. | Whitehall | on the NPL | 02/21/1990 |
| Ott/Story/Cordova Chemical Co. | Dalton Township | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Peerless Plating Co. | Muskegon | on the NPL | 08/30/1990 |
| SCA Independent Landfill | Muskegon Heights | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Thermo-Chem, Inc. | Muskegon | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
| Whitehall Municipal Wells | Whitehall | deleted | 09/21/1984 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Muskegon 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)
33 facilities in Muskegon filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 2.3M lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLOY RESOURCE CORP | MUSKEGON | Aluminum (fume or dust), Copper | 1.7M lb |
| M. ARGUESO & CO. INC. (D.B.A PARAMELT) | MUSKEGON | 4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol | 346k lb |
| CANNON-MUSKEGON | MUSKEGON | Nickel, Chromium | 100k lb |
| HOWMET CORP - PLANT 5 | WHITEHALL | Hydrogen fluoride, 4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol | 52k lb |
| WEBB CHEMICAL SERVICE CORP | MUSKEGON HEIGHTS | Methanol, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 35k lb |
| LORIN INDUSTRIES INC | MUSKEGON | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid | 16k lb |
| SUN CHEMICAL CORP MUSKEGON PLANT | MUSKEGON | Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), o-Anisidine | 13k lb |
| HOWMET CORP - PLANTS 1& 3 | WHITEHALL | Nickel, Chromium | 11k lb |
| EAGLE ALLOY INC. | MUSKEGON | Manganese, Phenol | 11k lb |
| HOWMET CORP-PLANT 10 | WHITEHALL | Nickel, Chromium | 8k lb |
| CWC TEXTRON | MUSKEGON | Manganese, Chromium | 7k lb |
| HONEYWELL BURDICK & JACKSON | MUSKEGON | Dichloromethane, Acetonitrile | 7k lb |
| MPLX TERMINALS LLC - NORTH MUSKEGON MI TERMINAL | NORTH MUSKEGON | n-Hexane, Toluene | 3k lb |
| LA COLOMBE MANUFACTURING | MUSKEGON | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 3k lb |
| KAYDON CORP | MUSKEGON | Methanol | 3k lb |
| MUSKEGON COMPOSITES INC. | MUSKEGON | Styrene, Diisocyanates | 2k lb |
| ADAC AUTOMOTIVE MUSKEGON PLANT PORT CITY & KEATING | MUSKEGON | Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene | 848 lb |
| HOWMET CORP - PLANT 4 | WHITEHALL | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Chromium | 750 lb |
| ALUDYNE MONTAGUE LLC | MONTAGUE | Copper And Copper Compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds | 737 lb |
| JOHNSON TECHNOLOGY INC | NORTON SHORES | Nickel | 558 lb |
| METAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. RAVENNA DUCTILE IRON | RAVENNA | Lead | 551 lb |
| JOHNSON TECHNOLOGY INC | MUSKEGON | Nickel | 427 lb |
| STRUCTURAL CONCEPTS CORP | MUSKEGON | Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 312 lb |
| STRUCTURAL CONCEPTS - PLANT 2 | MUSKEGON | Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 140 lb |
| PORT CITY DIE CAST | MUSKEGON | Nickel, Copper | 104 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 537 tank facilities in Muskegon: 274 tanks in service and 1,474 closed. 361 fuel releases are on record, of which 137 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Muskegon 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 Muskegon, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ANACONDA INDUSTRIAL MAGNET WIREMUSKEGON
- DUELL & GARDNER LANDFILLMUSKEGON
- DYMET FACILITYMUSKEGON
- E I DUPONT DE NEMOURS - MONTAGUE PLANTMONTAGUE
- FORMER MEIER CLEANERSMUSHEGON HEIGHTS
- HOOKER (MONTAGUE PLANT)MONTAGUE
- KAYDON CORP.MUSKEGON
- KOCH REFINING CO. KOCH CHEMICAL CO. DIV.WHITEHALL
- LOMAC INCMUSKEGON
- OTT/STORY/CORDOVA CHEMICAL CO.NORTH MUSKEGON
- PEERLESS PLATING CO.MUSKEGON
- QUALITY PLATING CO INCMUSKEGON HEIGHTS
- RUDDIMAN CREEK AND PONDMUSKEGON
- SCA INDEPENDENT LANDFILLMUSKEGON HEIGHTS
- THERMO-CHEM, INC.MUSKEGON
- THOMAS SOLVENT CO MUSKEGONMUSKEGON
- WHITEHALL LEATHER COMPANYWHITEHALL
- WHITEHALL MUNICIPAL WELLSWHITEHALL