EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Tower Automotive
Chicago, IL · Parent: Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC
- Total releases
- 1.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Tower Automotive: how the 1.7K lbs splits
1.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 1.7K lbs 100.0%
Tower Automotive's 1.7K 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: Manganese.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Tower Automotive is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Chicago, IL, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 242 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 1.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 13,086 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. Tower Automotive is pounds #588 and chemical-count #443 at 1.7K 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Pvs Chemical Solutions Inc; Cargill Inc. Industrial Oils & Lubricants; Ford Motor Co Chicago Assembly; Befesa Zinc US Inc.. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Illinois: Kalida Manufacturing Inc; Navistar San Antonio Manufacturing; Aptiv North River Road Facility; Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese; Lead And Lead Compounds; Lead compounds.
Tower Automotive stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.7K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Kalida Manufacturing Inc and Navistar San Antonio Manufacturing.
Tower Automotive vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.7K lbs Top 50% higher than 50% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Tower Automotive: Manganese-led volume
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Tower Automotive reports the 820th-largest volume (1.7K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Manganese alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Kalida Manufacturing Inc and Navistar San Antonio Manufacturing.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Tower Automotive's pounds in one chemical - here Manganese at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Tower Automotive Form-R facts
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92% less than the comparison
3.0× 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 Tower Automotive releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 52% (500 lbs to 242 lbs).
Tower Automotive: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Tower Automotive year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 52% 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: Manganese.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 500 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 331 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 356 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 244 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 242 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Manganese | 1.7K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Tower Automotive · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Tower Automotive
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Pvs Chemical Solutions Inc, Cargill Inc. Industrial Oils & Lubricants, Ford Motor Co Chicago Assembly, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 950 other reporting facilities in Illinois.
Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Kalida Manufacturing Inc, Navistar San Antonio Manufacturing, Aptiv North River Road Facility.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Tower Automotive on cumulative reported pounds (1.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Columbia City Mill Services, US Naval Air Station Fallon Bravo 20, State Metal Industries Inc. 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.
- Columbia City Mill Services Columbia City, IN · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 1.7K lbs reported
- US Naval Air Station Fallon Bravo 20 Fallon, NV · Other 1.7K lbs reported
- State Metal Industries Inc Camden, NJ · Primary Metals 1.7K lbs reported
- Kenamerican Resources Inc Central City, KY · Coal Mining 1.7K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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 Manganese, Lead And Lead Compounds, Lead compounds; nearby reporters include Pvs Chemical Solutions Inc. Tower Automotive stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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 Tower Automotive TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Manganese) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Tower Automotive totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Chicago, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336390 · Transportation Equipment. 0.0% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Columbia City Mill Services (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Tower Automotive stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Manganese. 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