TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year

Betz Industries

Total reported releases 3k lb rose sharply year over year (+36%). Total releases concentrations have fallen 20% since 2010.

2029 BRISTOL AVE NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan · 331511 · Primary Metals

TOTAL RELEASES · 20102024
Bar chart of annual values from 2010 to 2024, in lb. Most recent year (2024): 3k.7k'10'12'14'16'18'20'22'243k
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Notable Signals

No notable signals at this facility for the current reporting year. See chemicals and equity context below for the full picture.

Chemicals reported · most recent year

What This Facility Releases

RESPIRATORYCAS 7439-96-5

Manganese

2k lb · +49% YoY

Manganese concentrations have fallen 33% since 2010.

CARCINOGENCAS 7440-02-0

Nickel

405 lb · -12% YoY

Nickel concentrations are up 59% since 2010.

GENERALCAS 7440-50-8

Copper

319 lb · +11% YoY

Copper concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS 7440-47-3

Chromium

115 lb · YoY

Chromium concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.

PBTCAS 7439-92-1

Lead

11 lb · +0% YoY

Lead concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS 80-05-7

4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol

2 lb · 0% YoY

4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol concentrations have fallen 33% since 2012.

Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics

Who Lives Next To This Facility

Within 3 miles of this facility (59 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 71,931. Why we surface this →

POPULATION SHARE
32.5%

Low-income

POPULATION SHARE
26.6%

People of color

POPULATION SHARE
5.7%

Under age 5

POPULATION SHARE
14.3%

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.