Lacks Trim Systems-Airlane
Total reported releases 62k lb fell modestly year over year (-14%). Total releases concentrations are up 21% since 2010.
4260 AIRLANE SE, Kentwood, Michigan · 332813 · Fabricated Metals · operated by Lacks Enterprises 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
Methanol
Methanol concentrations have fallen 35% since 2010.
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations have more than halved since 2014.
Nickel And Nickel Compounds
Nickel And Nickel Compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Copper And Copper Compounds
Copper And Copper Compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde concentrations have fallen 39% since 2010.
Nitric acid
Nitric acid concentrations have fallen 37% since 2010.
Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region)
Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Lead
Lead concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (33 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 53,487. 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.