Lear Corp
3 facilities · 3 states · 153.5K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Lear Corp is the reported parent of 3 Form R facilities across 3 states, disclosing 153.5K lbs of toxic releases. 3 of 10 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Michigan (120.4K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Lear Corp, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Lear Corp: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+56.6%
2 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-17.1%
25.6 thousand lb → 21.3 thousand lb, every facility that filed
These two measures point in opposite directions. Releases from the facilities present in both years rose, while the inventory-wide total fell. The difference is which facilities filed, not a different estimate of the same plants.
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.
- Lear Corp's total reported releases rose from 13.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 21.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Lear Corp's air releases rose from 20 lb in 2022 to 40 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Lear Corp's off-site transfers rose from 13.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 21.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Lear Corp from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Lear Corp Farwell Plant; Lear Corp; Lear Corportion. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; US Ecology Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Diisocyanates; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Diethanolamine; Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate; Toluene-2,6-diisocyanate. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Michigan; North Carolina; Alabama. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Plastics and Rubber; Textiles. 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: Lear Corp Farwell Plant; Lear Corp; Lear Corportion. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; US Ecology Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Diisocyanates; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Diethanolamine; Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate; Toluene-2,6-diisocyanate. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Michigan; North Carolina; Alabama. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Plastics and Rubber; Textiles.
Lear Corp ranks #1,412 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Lear Corp files across 3 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: Lear Corp Farwell Plant accounts for most of Lear Corp's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Lear Corp follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; US Ecology Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Lear Corp sits among TRI parents
Lear Corp sits on a disclosure ladder beside Cleveland-Cliffs Inc and US Ecology Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Cleveland-Cliffs Inc · rank #1,410 · 53.0M lbs
- US Ecology Inc · rank #1,411 · 39.8M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Lear Corp
Diisocyanates; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Diethanolamine; Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate; Toluene-2,6-diisocyanate lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Lear Corp Farwell Plant. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Diisocyanates | 111.9K lbs |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 26.4K lbs |
| Diethanolamine | 15.2K lbs |
| Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate | 5 lbs |
| Toluene-2,6-diisocyanate | 5 lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 1 | 120.4K lbs |
| North Carolina | 1 | 26.4K lbs |
| Alabama | 1 | 6.8K lbs |
Facilities (3)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Lear Corp Farwell Plant Farwell, MI | 120.4K lbs |
| Lear Corp Kenansville, NC | 26.4K lbs |
| Lear Corportion Selma, AL | 6.8K lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Lear Corp on total disclosed release pounds (153.5K lbs) and reporting facility count (3). Release-volume peers include Balchem Corp, Arclight Energy Partners Fund VII LP, Reladyne LLC. 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.
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 Michigan, North Carolina, Alabama; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Lear Corp's TRI parent record
From Lear Corp, open Lear Corp Farwell Plant or compare against Cleveland-Cliffs Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Lear Corp (Lear Corp Farwell Plant in MI). Largest facility
- Compare against US Ecology Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Lear Corp sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, US Ecology Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Lear Corp'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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