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Houghton County

Houghton County currently shows 1 Superfund site, 40 imported facility profiles, and 578,014 lbs in loaded TRI releases.

Michigan Houghton County 1 cleanup pages 40 facilities
Overview

What this county page is saying

This live county page is generated from the ingested EPA datasets. It merges ECHO facility compliance rows, TRI release totals, and any Superfund sites attached to Houghton County.

The latest loaded TRI year is 2024, with 578,014 lbs in county-level on-site releases tied to the imported facility set.

Focus points

Design and product notes

  • County pages combine facility compliance history with chemical release totals.

  • TRI chemistry shows what is being reported, while ECHO shows who keeps drawing enforcement attention.

  • Superfund records add legacy cleanup context even when live contaminant detail is still sparse.

Superfund layer

Cleanup sites in this county

Listed site Houghton County 0503034

Torch Lake

Torch Lake is in EPA's Superfund layer for Houghton County, MI. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.

Facilities

Worst polluters and compliance pressure

Violation Identified TRI + Clean Water Act + RCRA Chemicals

Osmose Inc

Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.

523,923 lbs $0 penalties
Significant Violation Clean Water Act EPA-regulated facility

Chassell Twp Wwsl

Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.

0 lbs $0 penalties
Significant Violation Clean Water Act EPA-regulated facility

South Range Wwsl

Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.

0 lbs $0 penalties
Significant Violation Clean Water Act EPA-regulated facility

Torch Lake Area-tamarack Sys

Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.

0 lbs $0 penalties
Significant Violation Clean Water Act EPA-regulated facility

Torch Lake-lake Linden Wwtf

Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.

0 lbs $0 penalties
Significant Violation Clean Water Act EPA-regulated facility

North Houghton Co W&sa Cso

Significant Violation across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.

0 lbs $0 penalties
Violation Identified EPA facility EPA-regulated facility

Franklin Township

Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.

0 lbs $0 penalties
Violation Identified EPA facility EPA-regulated facility

Houghton Co Memorial Airport

Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.

0 lbs $0 penalties
Violation Identified EPA facility EPA-regulated facility

Lake Linden

Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.

0 lbs $0 penalties
Violation Identified Clean Water Act EPA-regulated facility

Adams Twp Wwsl

Violation Identified across 7 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.

0 lbs $0 penalties
Violation Identified Clean Water Act EPA-regulated facility

Adams Twp/painesdale Wwsl

Violation Identified across 6 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.

0 lbs $0 penalties
Significant noncompliance EPA facility EPA-regulated facility

South Range

Significant noncompliance across 6 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.

0 lbs $0 penalties
Significant noncompliance RCRA EPA-regulated facility

Iowa Illinois Warehouse Services Inc

Significant noncompliance across 5 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.

0 lbs $0 penalties
Significant noncompliance EPA facility EPA-regulated facility

Osceola Township

Significant noncompliance across 5 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.

0 lbs $0 penalties
No Violation Identified TRI + Clean Air Act + RCRA Plastics and Rubber

Warm Rain Corporation

No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2026-03-17.

52,160 lbs $0 penalties
Significant noncompliance Clean Water Act + RCRA EPA-regulated facility

Isle Royale National Park

Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.

0 lbs $0 penalties
Significant noncompliance EPA facility EPA-regulated facility

Adams Township

Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.

0 lbs $0 penalties
Significant noncompliance Clean Water Act EPA-regulated facility

Glm/chassell Painesdale Sand Pit

Significant noncompliance across 3 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.

0 lbs $0 penalties
Violation Identified Clean Water Act EPA-regulated facility

Isle Royale Np-mott Island Wtp

Violation Identified across 3 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.

0 lbs $0 penalties
Chemical Group Facilities Total pounds
Ammonia TRI-listed chemical 2 524,594 lbs
Styrene Volatile organic compound 1 52,160 lbs
Formaldehyde TRI-listed chemical 1 500 lbs
Copper compounds TRI-listed chemical 1 500 lbs
Nitric acid TRI-listed chemical 1 255 lbs
Cyanide compounds TRI-listed chemical 1 5 lbs
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) TRI-listed chemical 1 0 lbs
Nickel Metals and metal compounds 1 0 lbs
Lead Metals and metal compounds 1 0 lbs
Silver compounds TRI-listed chemical 1 0 lbs
Hydroquinone TRI-listed chemical 1 0 lbs
Lead compounds Metals and metal compounds 1 0 lbs
Copper TRI-listed chemical 1 0 lbs