EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Ascorium N.a. Inc.
Tuscaloosa, AL
- Total releases
- 30.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Ascorium N.a. Inc.: how the 30.5K lbs splits
30.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 28.8K lbs 94.3%
- Air Releases 1.8K lbs 5.7%
Ascorium N.a. Inc.'s 30.5K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 94.3% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 5.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Certain glycol ethers.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Ascorium N.a. Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Tuscaloosa, AL, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 6.6K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 30.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,281 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Alabama's 559 reporting TRI sites, Chemical Waste Management leads both reported pounds (95.6M lbs) and chemical count (98 chemicals). The two rankings do not invert in this pool. Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Motherson Electroplating US LLC; Hanna Steel Corp; Abraservice LLC; Elk Co of Texas LLC. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Alabama: Zf Passive Safety Systems Inc - Mesa Operations; US Engine Valve; Sikorsky Aircraft Stratford Facility; Nissan N.a. Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Certain glycol ethers; Diisocyanates; Diethanolamine; Ethylene glycol.
Ascorium N.a. Inc. stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (94.3% off-site transfers) across 4 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 30.5K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Zf Passive Safety Systems Inc - Mesa Operations and US Engine Valve.
Ascorium N.a. Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
31K lbs Top 28% higher than 72% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Ascorium N.a. Inc. in the Transportation Equipment sector extract
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Ascorium N.a. Inc. reports the 474th-largest volume (30.5K lbs). Scale peers outside Alabama include Zf Passive Safety Systems Inc - Mesa Operations and US Engine Valve.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Ascorium N.a. Inc.'s total reported releases rose from 4.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 6.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ascorium N.a. Inc.'s off-site transfers rose from 4.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 6.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ascorium N.a. Inc.'s air releases rose from 185 lb in 2022 to 244 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Ascorium N.a. Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Ascorium N.a. Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 30.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 1142% (530 lbs to 6.6K lbs).
Ascorium N.a. Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Ascorium N.a. Inc. year-over-year reported totals (increased by 1142% from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Certain glycol ethers.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 530 lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 530 lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 18.1K lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 4.8K lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 6.6K lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Certain glycol ethers | 15.7K lbs | - |
| Diisocyanates | 9.3K lbs | - |
| Diethanolamine | 3.2K lbs | - |
| Ethylene glycol | 2.3K lbs | - |
Ascorium N.a. Inc. · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Ascorium N.a. Inc.
Closest other reporters in Alabama - including Motherson Electroplating US LLC, Hanna Steel Corp, Abraservice LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 558 other reporting facilities in Alabama.
Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Alabama - e.g. Zf Passive Safety Systems Inc - Mesa Operations, US Engine Valve, Sikorsky Aircraft Stratford Facility.
Compare beyond Alabama
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Ascorium N.a. Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (30.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (4). Release-pound peers include Power Service Products Inc, Paxxus, Zf Passive Safety Systems Inc - Mesa Operations. Chemical-count peers include Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc., Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC, Solenis LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Power Service Products Inc Weatherford, TX · Chemicals 30.5K lbs reported
- Paxxus Addison, IL · Plastics and Rubber 30.5K lbs reported
- Zf Passive Safety Systems Inc - Mesa Operations Mesa, AZ · Transportation Equipment 30.6K lbs reported
- Sharon Coating LLC Sharon, PA · Fabricated Metals 30.5K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
- Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc. Santa Isabel, PR · Transportation Equipment 4 chemicals
- Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC Vega Baja, PR · Electrical Equipment 4 chemicals
- Solenis LLC Chicopee, MA · Chemicals 4 chemicals
- Adhesive Applications Inc. - O'Neill St Easthampton Easthampton, MA · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 4 chemicals
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Certain glycol ethers, Diisocyanates, Diethanolamine, Ethylene glycol; nearby reporters include Motherson Electroplating US LLC. Ascorium N.a. Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Ascorium N.a. Inc. TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Ascorium N.a. Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Tuscaloosa, AL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336360 · Transportation Equipment. 0.3% of Tuscaloosa TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Power Service Products Inc (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Ascorium N.a. Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov