EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Continental Tire the Americas LLC
Mount Vernon, IL · Parent: Continental Tire Holding US LLC
- Total releases
- 573.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Carcinogens
- 4
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
MIXED Form-R mix
Continental Tire the Americas LLC: how the 573.9K lbs splits
573.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 334.6K lbs 58.3%
- Air Releases 239.4K lbs 41.7%
Continental Tire the Americas LLC's 573.9K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - off-site transfers is 58.3% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 41.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
MID volume MIXED pathway CARC-LEAN
Continental Tire the Americas LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Mount Vernon, IL, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 260.0K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 573.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,792 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Illinois's 951 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Continental Tire the Americas LLC is pounds #69 and chemical-count #118 at 573.9K lbs. Prairie State Generating Co leads reported pounds (37.9M lbs) at 31 chemicals (chemical-count #8). Veolia N.a. Inc. leads chemical count at 141 chemicals (1.9M lbs, pounds #34). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Ppg Industries Inc; National Railway; Mount Vernon Neon; Southern Illinois Storm Shelters. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Illinois: Goldshield Fiberglass Inc 43-2; Inoac Exterior Systems LLC; McClarin Plastics LLC; Wilsonart LLC. Other Continental Tire Holding US LLC sites in this extract: Continental Tire the Americas Llc/aldora Plant; Hoosier Racing Tire Corp; Continental Tire - Clinton. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Certain glycol ethers; Methyl isobutyl ketone; Cobalt compounds.
Continental Tire the Americas LLC is a MID · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Mount Vernon, IL: 573.9K lbs across 8 chemicals (4 carcinogen-classified, CARC-LEAN). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment off-site transfers at 58.3%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Goldshield Fiberglass Inc 43-2 and Inoac Exterior Systems LLC.
Continental Tire the Americas LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
574K lbs Top 7% higher than 93% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Continental Tire the Americas LLC inside Jefferson's TRI pounds
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Continental Tire the Americas LLC reports the 74th-largest volume, placing it in the top 4.9% of its sector. This one site accounts for 98.9% of every pound reported in Jefferson. Scale peers outside Illinois include Goldshield Fiberglass Inc 43-2 and Inoac Exterior Systems LLC.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Jefferson's reported pounds (580.3K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Continental Tire the Americas LLC's total reported releases rose from 24.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 260.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Continental Tire the Americas LLC's off-site transfers rose from 24.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 259.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Continental Tire the Americas LLC's air releases fell from 257 lb in 2022 to 173 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Continental Tire the Americas LLC's chemicals reported rose from 4 in 2022 to 5 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Continental Tire the Americas LLC Form-R facts
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106.3× more than the comparison
33% more than the comparison
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 Continental Tire the Americas LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 573.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 25% (208.3K lbs to 260.0K lbs).
Continental Tire the Americas LLC: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Continental Tire the Americas LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 25% 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 | 208.3K lbs | 7 |
| 2020 | 54.0K lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 27.3K lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 24.3K lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 260.0K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 4 of 8 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 323.1K lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 181.6K lbs | - |
| Methyl isobutyl ketone | 56.7K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Cobalt compounds | 9.2K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead compounds | 2.9K lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 297 lbs | Carcinogen |
| 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Diphenylamine | 0 lbs | - |
Continental Tire the Americas LLC in Jefferson
Nearest TRI Facilities to Continental Tire the Americas LLC
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Ppg Industries Inc, National Railway, Mount Vernon Neon, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 950 other reporting facilities in Illinois.
Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Goldshield Fiberglass Inc 43-2, Inoac Exterior Systems LLC, McClarin Plastics LLC.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Continental Tire the Americas LLC on cumulative reported pounds (573.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include Sonneborn LLC, Nov Quality Tubing, Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC. Chemical-count peers include Prepa-South Coast Power Plant, Argos Puerto Rico Corp., US Tsubaki Automotive 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Continental Tire Holding US LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Continental Tire the Americas Llc/aldora Plant, Hoosier Racing Tire Corp, Continental Tire - Clinton.
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, Certain glycol ethers, Methyl isobutyl ketone, Cobalt compounds; nearby reporters include Ppg Industries Inc. Continental Tire the Americas LLC stamps MID volume · MIXED pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Continental Tire the Americas LLC TRI extract (MID · MIXED · CARC-LEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Continental Tire the Americas LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Mount Vernon, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326211 · Plastics and Rubber. 98.9% of Jefferson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Sonneborn LLC (Δ 47 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Continental Tire the Americas LLC stamps MID · MIXED pathway (off-site transfers leads at 58.3%). 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