Emerson Electric Co
21 facilities · 14 states · 224.1K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Emerson Electric Co is the reported parent of 21 Form R facilities across 14 states, disclosing 224.1K lbs of toxic releases. 6 of 53 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Colorado (203.9K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Emerson Electric Co, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Emerson Electric Co: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-59.4%
17 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-59.4%
79.9 thousand lb → 32.4 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 1 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Emerson Electric Co's total reported releases fell from 79.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 32.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Emerson Electric Co's water releases rose from 4 lb in 2022 to 21 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Emerson Electric Co's off-site transfers fell from 77.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 30.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Emerson Electric Co's air releases fell from 2.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Emerson Electric Co from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Micro Motion Inc.; Appleton Group LLC; Appleton Group LLC; Emerson Electric Co. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Freeport-McMoran Inc; Newmont Mining Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium; Nickel; Manganese; Diisocyanates; Copper. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Colorado; Texas; Alabama. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Computers and Electronic Products; Electrical Equipment; Fabricated Metals; Primary Metals. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Micro Motion Inc.; Appleton Group LLC; Appleton Group LLC; Emerson Electric Co. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Freeport-McMoran Inc; Newmont Mining Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium; Nickel; Manganese; Diisocyanates; Copper. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Colorado; Texas; Alabama. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Computers and Electronic Products; Electrical Equipment; Fabricated Metals; Primary Metals.
Emerson Electric Co ranks #1,237 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Emerson Electric Co spans 14 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Releases are facility-concentrated: Micro Motion Inc. accounts for most of Emerson Electric Co's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Emerson Electric Co follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Freeport-McMoran Inc; Newmont Mining Corp) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Emerson Electric Co sits among TRI parents
Emerson Electric Co sits on a disclosure ladder beside Freeport-McMoran Inc and Newmont Mining Corp. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Freeport-McMoran Inc · rank #1,235 · 33.1M lbs
- Newmont Mining Corp · rank #1,236 · 22.9M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Emerson Electric Co
Chromium; Nickel; Manganese; Diisocyanates; Copper lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Micro Motion Inc.. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Chromium | 121.6K lbs |
| Nickel | 71.4K lbs |
| Manganese | 12.0K lbs |
| Diisocyanates | 5.5K lbs |
| Copper | 5.4K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado | 2 | 203.9K lbs |
| Texas | 4 | 6.0K lbs |
| Alabama | 1 | 5.3K lbs |
| Kentucky | 2 | 5.1K lbs |
| Iowa | 1 | 1.7K lbs |
| Minnesota | 3 | 1.6K lbs |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 328 lbs |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 200 lbs |
| Virginia | 1 | 12 lbs |
| South Carolina | 1 | 2 lbs |
| Michigan | 1 | 1 lbs |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Ohio | 1 | 0 lbs |
| North Carolina | 1 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (21)
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Emerson Electric Co on total disclosed release pounds (224.1K lbs) and reporting facility count (21). Release-volume peers include Superior Essex Inc, Paulo Products Co, Barnes Group Inc. Facility-count peers include Ball Corp, Bcd Parent Inc, Deere & Co. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Colorado, Texas, Alabama; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Emerson Electric Co's TRI parent record
From Emerson Electric Co, open Micro Motion Inc. or compare against Freeport-McMoran Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Emerson Electric Co (Micro Motion Inc. in CO). Largest facility
- Compare against Newmont Mining Corp, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Emerson Electric Co sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Freeport-McMoran Inc, Newmont Mining Corp) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Emerson Electric Co's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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