EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Firestone Tube Co
Russellville, AR · Parent: Bridgestone Americas Inc
- Total releases
- 54.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
MIXED Form-R mix
Firestone Tube Co: how the 54.8K lbs splits
54.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 32.2K lbs 58.7%
- Off-site Transfers 22.4K lbs 40.9%
- Water Discharges 205 lbs 0.4%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Firestone Tube Co's 54.8K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 58.7% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 40.9%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
LIGHT volume MIXED pathway CLEAN
Firestone Tube Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Russellville, AR, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 6.8K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 54.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,928 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Arkansas's 350 reporting TRI sites, Clean Harbors el Dorado LLC leads both reported pounds (16.6M lbs) and chemical count (251 chemicals). The two rankings do not invert in this pool. Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Hackney Ladish Inc; Conagra Foods Packaged Foods Llc- Russellville; Taber Extrusions LLC; Mahle Engine Components USA Inc. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Arkansas: Blue Water Dynamics LLC DBA Dougherty Manufacturing; Barnhardt Manufacturing Co Ncfi Polyurethanes Div; Air Liquide Advanced Separations; Akzonobel. Other Bridgestone Americas Inc sites in this extract: Firestone Polymers LLC; Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC; Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC; Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC Aiken County Off. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Thiram; Benzo[g,h,i]perylene.
Firestone Tube Co is a LIGHT · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Russellville, AR: 54.8K lbs across 3 chemicals. No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 58.7%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Blue Water Dynamics LLC DBA Dougherty Manufacturing and Barnhardt Manufacturing Co Ncfi Polyurethanes Div.
Firestone Tube Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
55K lbs Top 23% higher than 77% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Firestone Tube Co: Zinc compounds-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Firestone Tube Co reports the 456th-largest volume (54.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 94.3% of the total. Scale peers outside Arkansas include Blue Water Dynamics LLC DBA Dougherty Manufacturing and Barnhardt Manufacturing Co Ncfi Polyurethanes Div.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Firestone Tube Co's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 94.3%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Firestone Tube Co's total reported releases fell from 7.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 6.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Firestone Tube Co's water releases fell from 93 lb in 2022 to 40 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Firestone Tube Co's off-site transfers rose from 1.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Firestone Tube Co's air releases fell from 6.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Firestone Tube Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Firestone Tube Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 54.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 61% (17.5K lbs to 6.8K lbs).
Firestone Tube Co: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Firestone Tube Co year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 61% 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 | 17.5K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 8.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 14.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 7.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 6.8K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 51.7K lbs | - |
| Thiram | 3.1K lbs | - |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 11 lbs | - |
Firestone Tube Co in Pope
Nearest TRI Facilities to Firestone Tube Co
Closest other reporters in Arkansas - including Hackney Ladish Inc, Conagra Foods Packaged Foods Llc- Russellville, Taber Extrusions LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 349 other reporting facilities in Arkansas.
Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Arkansas - e.g. Blue Water Dynamics LLC DBA Dougherty Manufacturing, Barnhardt Manufacturing Co Ncfi Polyurethanes Div, Air Liquide Advanced Separations.
Compare beyond Arkansas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Firestone Tube Co on cumulative reported pounds (54.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Bradford Industries, Cleveland Plating LLC Formerly Barker Products Co, US Doe National Training Center. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. 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.
- Bradford Industries Lowell, MA · Textiles 54.8K lbs reported
- Cleveland Plating LLC Formerly Barker Products Co Cleveland, OH · Fabricated Metals 54.8K lbs reported
- US Doe National Training Center Albuquerque, NM · Other 54.8K lbs reported
- Azz Galvanizing-Bristol Bristol, VA · Fabricated Metals 54.9K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Bridgestone Americas Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Firestone Polymers LLC, Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC, Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC.
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, Thiram, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene; nearby reporters include Hackney Ladish Inc. Firestone Tube Co stamps LIGHT volume · MIXED 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 Firestone Tube Co TRI extract (LIGHT · MIXED · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Firestone Tube Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Russellville, AR, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326211 · Plastics and Rubber. 9.4% of Pope TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Bradford Industries (Δ 15 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Firestone Tube Co stamps LIGHT · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 58.7%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. 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