Meritor Inc
5 facilities · 4 states · 18.7K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Meritor Inc is the reported parent of 5 Form R facilities across 4 states, disclosing 18.7K lbs of toxic releases. 2 of 17 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is North Carolina (12.9K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Meritor Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Meritor Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+45.1%
4 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+45.1%
2.3 thousand lb → 3.4 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Meritor Inc's total reported releases rose from 2.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Meritor Inc's off-site transfers rose from 1.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Meritor Inc's air releases fell from 517 lb in 2022 to 462 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Meritor Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC; Meritor Heavy Braking Systems LLC; Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC; Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Befesa Zinc US Inc.; Duke Energy Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese; Lead; Copper; Chromium; Nickel. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: North Carolina; Kentucky; Tennessee. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Transportation Equipment; Primary Metals; Fabricated 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: Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC; Meritor Heavy Braking Systems LLC; Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC; Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Befesa Zinc US Inc.; Duke Energy Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese; Lead; Copper; Chromium; Nickel. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: North Carolina; Kentucky; Tennessee. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Transportation Equipment; Primary Metals; Fabricated Metals.
Meritor Inc ranks #2,484 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Meritor Inc files across 4 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Meritor Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 5 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Meritor Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Befesa Zinc US Inc.; Duke Energy Corp) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Meritor Inc sits among TRI parents
Meritor Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Befesa Zinc US Inc. and Duke Energy Corp. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Befesa Zinc US Inc. · rank #2,482 · 43.1M lbs
- Duke Energy Corp · rank #2,483 · 24.1M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Meritor Inc
Manganese; Lead; Copper; Chromium; Nickel lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 2 | 12.9K lbs |
| Kentucky | 1 | 5.7K lbs |
| Tennessee | 1 | 188 lbs |
| Illinois | 1 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (5)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC Fletcher, NC | 12.7K lbs |
| Meritor Heavy Braking Systems LLC Franklin, KY | 5.7K lbs |
| Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC Morristown, TN | 188 lbs |
| Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC Morganton, NC | 150 lbs |
| Meritor Industrial Products LLC Chicago, IL | 0 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Meritor Inc on total disclosed release pounds (18.7K lbs) and reporting facility count (5). Release-volume peers include Tecomet Inc, Astronics Corp, Minerals Technologies Inc. Facility-count peers include Abb Motors & Mechanical Inc, Advansix Inc, Aes Corp. 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 North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Meritor Inc's TRI parent record
From Meritor Inc, open Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC or compare against Befesa Zinc US Inc. rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Meritor Inc (Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC in NC). Largest facility
- Compare against Duke Energy Corp, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Meritor Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Befesa Zinc US Inc., Duke Energy Corp) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Meritor Inc'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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