Ottawa County, MI
The federal environmental record for Ottawa County (population 303,372): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
34
TRI facilities
115
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Ottawa County Landfill | Park Township | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Waste Management of Michigan (Holland Lagoons) | Holland | deleted | 06/10/1986 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Ottawa 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GRAND HAVEN MI0002750 | PFOA: 4.7 ng/L | above final limit |
| SPRING LAKE TOWNSHIP MI0006235 | PFOA: 4.8 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
34 facilities in Ottawa filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 2.9M lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| J H CAMPBELL GENERATING PLANT | WEST OLIVE | Barium And Barium Compounds, Vanadium compounds | 2.3M lb |
| THE HILLSHIRE BRANDS CO | ZEELAND | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 129k lb |
| MEAD JOHNSON & CO LLC | ZEELAND | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Toluene | 123k lb |
| AURORIUM ZEELAND LLC | ZEELAND | Ethylene, Toluene | 110k lb |
| GENTEX CORP AUTOMOTIVE DIV | ZEELAND | Toluene, N,N-Dimethylformamide | 101k lb |
| CONTINENTAL DAIRY FACILITIES LLC | COOPERSVILLE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Peracetic acid | 76k lb |
| ZEELAND FARM SOYA | ZEELAND | n-Hexane | 64k lb |
| PLASCORE INC | ZEELAND | Phenol | 15k lb |
| HOLLAND PURPLE COW CREAMERY | HOLLAND | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 11k lb |
| SHAPE 1820 | GRAND HAVEN | Zinc compounds | 8k lb |
| REQUEST FOODS INC | HOLLAND | Ammonia | 5k lb |
| REQUEST FOODS GREENLY STREET PLANT | HOLLAND | Ammonia | 5k lb |
| LAKESHORE FITTINGS INC | GRAND HAVEN | Copper, Zinc (fume or dust) | 2k lb |
| LINAMAR STRUCTURES (MICHIGAN) | FRUITPORT | Lead | 1k lb |
| BDGN CORP DBA AMERICAN AUTOCOAT INC. | HUDSONVILLE | Xylene (mixed isomers), 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 1k lb |
| REPCOLITE PAINTS INC | HOLLAND | Xylene (mixed isomers) | 1k lb |
| MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY BIOECONOMY INSTITUTE | HOLLAND | Toluene | 836 lb |
| MAGNA-ENGINEERED GLASS | HOLLAND | Diisocyanates, Lead | 680 lb |
| BENTELER AUTOMOTIVE HOLLAND INC. | HOLLAND | Lead | 419 lb |
| PERRIGO HOLLAND INC | HOLLAND | Nicotine and salts | 260 lb |
| LEPRINO FOODS CO | ALLENDALE | Nitric acid | 255 lb |
| PPG INDUSTRIES - GRAND HAVEN | GRAND HAVEN | Triglycidyl isocyanurate | 212 lb |
| METALFLOW CORP | HOLLAND | Copper, Nickel | 64 lb |
| HOWARD MILLER CO | ZEELAND | Lead | 21 lb |
| GNS N.A. HOLLAND | HOLLAND | Manganese | 11 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 552 tank facilities in Ottawa: 345 tanks in service and 1,418 closed. 403 fuel releases are on record, of which 115 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Ottawa 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 Ottawa, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- HOLLAND BURIED DRUMHOLLAND
- SOUTHWEST OTTAWA COUNTY LANDFILLPARK TOWNSHIP
- WASTE MANAGEMENT OF MICHIGAN (HOLLAND LAGOONS)HOLLAND