EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Gates Corp
Red Bay, AL · Parent: Gates Corp
- Total releases
- 21.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Gates Corp: how the 21.8K lbs splits
21.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 21.8K lbs 99.9%
- Water Discharges 26 lbs 0.1%
- Air Releases 1 lbs <0.1%
Gates Corp's 21.8K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Gates Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Red Bay, AL, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 5.7K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 21.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 8,043 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: Tiffin Motorhomes Inc.; Tru Riverbirch; Certainteed LLC; B&b Roadway. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Alabama: Mantaline Corp; Janco Engineered Products LLC; K& D Cultured Marble Inc.; Henkel Global Supply Chain. Other Gates Corp sites in this extract: Gates Corp; Gates Corp; Gates Corp; Gates Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds.
Compare Gates Corp with
Nearest reporters in Alabama
- Tiffin Motorhomes Inc. Red Bay · 178.6K lbs
- Tru Riverbirch Hackleburg · 764 lbs
- Certainteed LLC Russellville · 23.3K lbs
- B&b Roadway Russellville · 0 lbs
Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber sites elsewhere: Mantaline Corp (TX) · Janco Engineered Products LLC (IN) · K& D Cultured Marble Inc. (MS)
Gates Corp stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.9% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 21.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Mantaline Corp and Janco Engineered Products LLC.
Gates Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
22K lbs Top 31% higher than 69% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Gates Corp: Zinc compounds-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Gates Corp reports the 675th-largest volume (21.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Alabama include Mantaline Corp and Janco Engineered Products LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Gates Corp's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Gates Corp's total reported releases rose from 4.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 5.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gates Corp's off-site transfers rose from 4.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 5.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Gates Corp Form-R facts
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Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Gates Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 21.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 33% (4.3K lbs to 5.7K lbs).
Gates Corp: 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 Gates Corp year-over-year reported totals (increased by 33% 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 3.7K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 4.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 4.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 5.7K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 21.8K lbs | - |
Gates Corp · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Alabama - including Tiffin Motorhomes Inc., Tru Riverbirch, Certainteed LLC, ordered by distance.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Gates Corp on cumulative reported pounds (21.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include J C Steele & Sons Inc, Williams Country Sausage, Mantaline Corp. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
Similar chemical count
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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 Zinc compounds; nearby reporters include Tiffin Motorhomes Inc.. Gates Corp 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 Gates Corp TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Gates Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Red Bay, AL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326220 · Plastics and Rubber. 5.2% of Franklin TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: J C Steele & Sons Inc (Δ 8 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Gates Corp stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds. 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