EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Betz Industries
Grand Rapids, MI
- Total releases
- 20.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 6
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Betz Industries: how the 20.8K lbs splits
20.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 16.2K lbs 78.1%
- Air Releases 4.6K lbs 21.9%
Betz Industries's 20.8K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 78.1% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 21.9%. Leading chemical by pounds: Manganese.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Betz Industries is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Grand Rapids, MI, in the primary metals sector. It reported 2.2K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 20.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 8,153 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Michigan's 791 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Betz Industries is pounds #304 and chemical-count #168 at 20.8K lbs. Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works leads reported pounds (53.0M lbs) at 17 chemicals (chemical-count #27). Eq Detroit Inc leads chemical count at 71 chemicals (14.0M lbs, pounds #5). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Haviland Consumer Products Inc.; Haviland Enterprises Inc; Jedco Inc; Flexible Steel Lacing Co. D/b/a Flexco Inc.. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Michigan: Gerdau Long Steel Na-Charlotte Mill; Winsert Inc; Pacific Alloy Castings; Grede LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese; Nickel; Copper; Chromium.
Betz Industries stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (78.1% off-site transfers) across 6 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 20.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Gerdau Long Steel Na-Charlotte Mill and Winsert Inc.
Betz Industries vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
21K lbs Top 31% higher than 69% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Betz Industries: Manganese-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Betz Industries reports the 638th-largest volume (20.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Manganese alone is 75.6% of the total. Scale peers outside Michigan include Gerdau Long Steel Na-Charlotte Mill and Winsert Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Betz Industries's pounds in one chemical - here Manganese at 75.6%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Betz Industries's total reported releases fell from 4.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Betz Industries's off-site transfers fell from 3.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Betz Industries's air releases fell from 948 lb in 2022 to 656 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Betz Industries's chemicals reported fell from 6 in 2022 to 5 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Betz Industries Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Betz Industries releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 20.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 57% (5.2K lbs to 2.2K lbs).
Betz Industries: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Betz Industries year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 57% from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Manganese.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5.2K lbs | 6 |
| 2020 | 4.6K lbs | 6 |
| 2021 | 4.8K lbs | 6 |
| 2022 | 4.0K lbs | 6 |
| 2023 | 2.2K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 6 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
Betz Industries · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Betz Industries
Closest other reporters in Michigan - including Haviland Consumer Products Inc., Haviland Enterprises Inc, Jedco Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Michigan - e.g. Gerdau Long Steel Na-Charlotte Mill, Winsert Inc, Pacific Alloy Castings.
Compare beyond Michigan
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Betz Industries on cumulative reported pounds (20.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (6). Release-pound peers include Goodrich Aircraft Wheels & Brakes, Lozier Corp North Plant, United Abrasives Inc. Chemical-count peers include Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd, Leoni Wire Inc, Turf Care Supply-Hatfield Plant. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Goodrich Aircraft Wheels & Brakes Troy, OH · Transportation Equipment 20.8K lbs reported
- Lozier Corp North Plant Omaha, NE · Furniture 20.8K lbs reported
- United Abrasives Inc North Windham, CT · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 20.8K lbs reported
- Johns Manville Berlin, NJ · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 20.8K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Manganese, Nickel, Copper, Chromium; nearby reporters include Haviland Consumer Products Inc.. Betz Industries stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Betz Industries TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Betz Industries totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Grand Rapids, MI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331511 · Primary Metals. 0.6% of Kent TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Goodrich Aircraft Wheels & Brakes (Δ 10 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Betz Industries stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov