Saginaw County, MI
The federal environmental record for Saginaw County (population 187,782): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
6
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
12
TRI facilities
256
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Saginaw 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP MI0000980 | PFBA: 13 ng/L | detected |
| SAGINAW, CITY OF MI0005850 | PFBA: 7.3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
12 facilities in Saginaw filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 112k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAFETY-KLEEN SYSTEMS SAGINAW (SAG) | SAGINAW | Ethylene glycol, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 51k lb |
| HEMLOCK SEMICONDUCTOR OPERATIONS LLC | HEMLOCK | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 31k lb |
| NEXTEER AUTOMOTIVE CORP | SAGINAW | Zinc compounds, Certain glycol ethers | 20k lb |
| ADVANCED MICRONUTRIENT PRODUCTS INC | REESE | Zinc compounds, Ammonia | 8k lb |
| ORCHID ORTHOPEDIC SOLUTIONS | BRIDGEPORT | Chromium | 2k lb |
| DDP SPECIALTY ELECTRONIC MATERIALS US 9 LLC. (HIMS) | HEMLOCK | Xylene (mixed isomers) | 449 lb |
| PLASTATECH ENGINEERING LTD | SAGINAW | Antimony And Antimony Compounds, Barium And Barium Compounds | 88 lb |
| SAGINAW METAL CASTING OPERATIONS | SAGINAW | Copper, Lead | 58 lb |
| POREX TECHNOLOGIES CORP | SAINT CHARLES | Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) | 1 lb |
| OLDCASTLE LAWN & GARDEN | BRIDGEPORT | - | 0 lb |
| STAR OF THE WEST MILLING CO | FRANKENMUTH | - | 0 lb |
| GLASTENDER INC | SAGINAW | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 624 tank facilities in Saginaw: 291 tanks in service and 1,701 closed. 691 fuel releases are on record, of which 256 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Saginaw 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 Saginaw, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BAKER PERKINS SITESAGINAW
- CRAMPTON GIFT MANUFACTURINGSAGINAW
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP DELPHI CHASSIS SYSTEMS SAGNAW OPERATIONSSAGINAW
- LUFKIN RULESAGINAW
- SAGINAW MALLEABLE INDUSTRIAL LAND SITESAGINAW
- SAGINAW MALLEABLE PENINSULA SITESAGINAW