Explore Industries USA Inc
3 facilities · 3 states · 4.4M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Explore Industries USA Inc is the reported parent of 3 Form R facilities across 3 states, disclosing 4.4M lbs of toxic releases. 2 of 5 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Tennessee (3.2M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Explore Industries USA Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Explore Industries USA Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-16.4%
3 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-16.4%
1.0 million lb → 845.4 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Explore Industries USA Inc's total reported releases fell from 1.0 million lb in 2022 to 845.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Explore Industries USA Inc's air releases fell from 1.0 million lb in 2022 to 845.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Explore Industries USA Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Explore Industries USA Inc; Explore Industries USA Inc.; Leisure Pools & Spas Manufacturing N.a. Inc.. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Nyrstar US Inc; The Chemours Co; Tyson Foods Inc; Hitachi Metals America Ltd. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Styrene; Dichloromethane; Methyl methacrylate. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Tennessee; South Carolina; Texas. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Plastics and Rubber; Transportation Equipment. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Explore Industries USA Inc; Explore Industries USA Inc.; Leisure Pools & Spas Manufacturing N.a. Inc.. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Nyrstar US Inc; The Chemours Co; Tyson Foods Inc; Hitachi Metals America Ltd. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Styrene; Dichloromethane; Methyl methacrylate. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Tennessee; South Carolina; Texas. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Plastics and Rubber; Transportation Equipment.
Explore Industries USA Inc ranks #288 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Explore Industries USA Inc files across 3 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: Explore Industries USA Inc accounts for most of Explore Industries USA Inc's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Explore Industries USA Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Nyrstar US Inc; The Chemours Co; Tyson Foods Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Explore Industries USA Inc sits among TRI parents
Explore Industries USA Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Nyrstar US Inc and The Chemours Co and Tyson Foods Inc and Hitachi Metals America Ltd. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Nyrstar US Inc · rank #286 · 114.9M lbs
- The Chemours Co · rank #287 · 40.5M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Tyson Foods Inc · rank #289 · 3.7M lbs
- Hitachi Metals America Ltd · rank #290 · 3.5M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Explore Industries USA Inc
Styrene; Dichloromethane; Methyl methacrylate lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Explore Industries USA Inc. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Styrene | 4.2M lbs |
| Dichloromethane | 159.0K lbs |
| Methyl methacrylate | 3.3K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 1 | 3.2M lbs |
| South Carolina | 1 | 898.1K lbs |
| Texas | 1 | 341.7K lbs |
Facilities (3)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Explore Industries USA Inc Knoxville, TN | 3.2M lbs |
| Explore Industries USA Inc. Marion, SC | 898.1K lbs |
| Leisure Pools & Spas Manufacturing N.a. Inc. New Braunfels, TX | 341.7K lbs |
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Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Explore Industries USA Inc on total disclosed release pounds (4.4M lbs) and reporting facility count (3). Release-volume peers include Malibu Boats LLC, Evonik Corp, Valmont Industries Inc. Facility-count peers include A-Gas US Holdings Inc, Abb Holdings Inc, Adams Resources & Energy Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
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Similar facility count
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About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Tennessee, South Carolina, Texas; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Explore Industries USA Inc's TRI parent record
From Explore Industries USA Inc, open Explore Industries USA Inc or compare against Nyrstar US Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Explore Industries USA Inc (Explore Industries USA Inc in TN). Largest facility
- Compare against The Chemours Co, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Explore Industries USA Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Nyrstar US Inc, The Chemours Co) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
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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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