Tenneco Inc
26 facilities · 12 states · 1.5M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Tenneco Inc is the reported parent of 26 Form R facilities across 12 states, disclosing 1.5M lbs of toxic releases. 3 of 76 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Tennessee (451.8K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Tenneco Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Tenneco Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-16.8%
20 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-16.9%
348.4 thousand lb → 289.6 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 1 facility filed for the first time and 1 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Tenneco Inc's total reported releases fell from 347.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 289.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tenneco Inc's water releases rose from 126 lb in 2022 to 343 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tenneco Inc's off-site transfers fell from 278.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 219.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tenneco Inc's chemicals reported rose from 19 in 2022 to 20 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Tenneco Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc); Driv Automotive Inc.; Tenneco; Federal-Mogul Corp. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Nyrstar US Inc; The Chemours Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc (fume or dust); Chromium; Certain glycol ethers; Zinc compounds; Copper And Copper Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Tennessee; Wisconsin; Arkansas. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Transportation Equipment; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; 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: Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc); Driv Automotive Inc.; Tenneco; Federal-Mogul Corp. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Nyrstar US Inc; The Chemours Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc (fume or dust); Chromium; Certain glycol ethers; Zinc compounds; Copper And Copper Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Tennessee; Wisconsin; Arkansas. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Transportation Equipment; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Fabricated Metals; Primary Metals.
Tenneco Inc ranks #520 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Tenneco Inc spans 12 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Tenneco Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 26 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Tenneco Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Nyrstar US Inc; The Chemours Co) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Tenneco Inc sits among TRI parents
Tenneco Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Nyrstar US Inc and The Chemours Co. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Nyrstar US Inc · rank #518 · 114.9M lbs
- The Chemours Co · rank #519 · 40.5M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Tenneco Inc
Zinc (fume or dust); Chromium; Certain glycol ethers; Zinc compounds; Copper And Copper Compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc). Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Zinc (fume or dust) | 317.6K lbs |
| Chromium | 263.3K lbs |
| Certain glycol ethers | 223.7K lbs |
| Zinc compounds | 108.9K lbs |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 106.9K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 3 | 451.8K lbs |
| Wisconsin | 2 | 311.6K lbs |
| Arkansas | 1 | 308.9K lbs |
| Michigan | 5 | 174.6K lbs |
| Ohio | 4 | 161.3K lbs |
| Virginia | 1 | 40.0K lbs |
| Minnesota | 1 | 34.6K lbs |
| Georgia | 1 | 23.5K lbs |
| Indiana | 5 | 12.8K lbs |
| Missouri | 1 | 3.4K lbs |
| Nebraska | 1 | 301 lbs |
| Alabama | 1 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (26)
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Tenneco Inc on total disclosed release pounds (1.5M lbs) and reporting facility count (26). Release-volume peers include Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP, Univar Solutions LLC, Carbo Ceramics Inc. Facility-count peers include Arcosa Inc, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, General Motors LLC. 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 Tennessee, Wisconsin, Arkansas; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Tenneco Inc's TRI parent record
From Tenneco Inc, open Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc) or compare against Nyrstar US Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Tenneco Inc (Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc) 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 Tenneco 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.
Use and verify this record
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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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