Arkema INC
Total reported releases 8k lb held roughly steady year over year (-0%). Total releases concentrations have fallen 23% since 2010.
1415 STEELE AVE SW, Grand Rapids, Michigan · 325211 · Chemicals · operated by Arkema Delaware INC
Notable Signals
No notable signals at this facility for the current reporting year. See chemicals and equity context below for the full picture.
What This Facility Releases
Xylene (mixed isomers)
Xylene (mixed isomers) concentrations are up 32% since 2010.
Ethylbenzene
Ethylbenzene concentrations are up 39% since 2010.
Phthalic anhydride
Phthalic anhydride concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Certain glycol ethers
Certain glycol ethers concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Toluene
Toluene concentrations have more than doubled since 2012.
Ethylene glycol
Ethylene glycol concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
sec-Butyl alcohol
sec-Butyl alcohol concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Styrene
Styrene concentrations have more than halved since 2014.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (102 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 141,192. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.