Tuscola County, MI
The federal environmental record for Tuscola County (population 52,826): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
78
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Tuscola 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)
3 facilities in Tuscola filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 76k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| POET BIOREFINING-CARO LLC | CARO | Acetaldehyde, Acrolein | 35k lb |
| DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA INC. | CASS CITY | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 27k lb |
| MICHIGAN SUGAR CO - CARO FACTORY | CARO | Ammonia | 15k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 213 tank facilities in Tuscola: 90 tanks in service and 560 closed. 179 fuel releases are on record, of which 78 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Tuscola 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 Tuscola, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- MERTZ ROAD MERCURY SPILLCARO