EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Aearo Technologies LLC
Newark, DE · Parent: 3M Co
- Total releases
- 38 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Aearo Technologies LLC: how the 43 lbs splits
43 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 43 lbs 100.0%
Aearo Technologies LLC's 43 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers).
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Aearo Technologies LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Newark, DE, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 5 lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2024, and 38 lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 17,485 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Delaware's 53 reporting TRI sites, Delaware City Refinery leads both reported pounds (27.7M lbs) and chemical count (42 chemicals). The two rankings do not invert in this pool. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Vp Racing Fuels; Duhadaway Tool & Die Shop Inc; Dupont Electronic Materials Cmp LLC B2 B3 B8; Dupont Electronic Materials Cmp LLC-B5 B6. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Delaware: Holcim Solutions & Products; Atlas Roofing Corp; Axillon Aerospace (erlanger) LLC; Hunter Panels a Div of Carlisle Construction Materials. Other 3M Co sites in this extract: 3M Chemical Operations' Cottage Grove Facility; 3M Co - Tonawanda; 3M Co - Little Rock; 3M Co-Hutchinson. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers); Diisocyanates; Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate; Mixture.
Aearo Technologies LLC stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 38 lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Holcim Solutions & Products and Atlas Roofing Corp.
Aearo Technologies LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
38 lbs 33rd percentile higher than 33% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Aearo Technologies LLC in the Plastics and Rubber sector extract
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Aearo Technologies LLC reports the 1,183rd-largest volume (38 lbs). Scale peers outside Delaware include Holcim Solutions & Products and Atlas Roofing Corp.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Aearo Technologies LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Aearo Technologies LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 43 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 36% (8 lbs to 5 lbs).
Aearo Technologies LLC: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Aearo Technologies LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 36% from 2019 to 2024). 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: Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 8 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 8 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 9 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 7 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 6 lbs | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 1 of 4 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) | 25 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Diisocyanates | 18 lbs | - |
| Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate | 0 lbs | - |
| Mixture | 0 lbs | - |
Aearo Technologies LLC · AIR-pathway site
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Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Delaware - e.g. Holcim Solutions & Products, Atlas Roofing Corp, Axillon Aerospace (erlanger) LLC.
Other 3M Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including 3M Chemical Operations' Cottage Grove Facility, 3M Co - Tonawanda, 3M Co - Little Rock.
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 Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers), Diisocyanates, Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate, Mixture; nearby reporters include Vp Racing Fuels. Aearo Technologies LLC stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Aearo Technologies LLC TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Aearo Technologies LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Newark, DE, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 326150 · Plastics and Rubber. 0.0% of New Castle TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Synqor Inc. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Aearo Technologies LLC stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers). 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