EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Aearo Technologies LLC
Indianapolis, IN · Parent: 3M Co
- Total releases
- 12.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Aearo Technologies LLC: how the 12.6K lbs splits
12.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 12.5K lbs 99.9%
- Air Releases 16 lbs 0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Aearo Technologies LLC's 12.6K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Antimony compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Aearo Technologies LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Indianapolis, IN, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 5.5K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 12.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 9,323 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Indiana's 871 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Aearo Technologies LLC is pounds #430 and chemical-count #142 at 12.6K lbs. Uss Gary Works leads reported pounds (77.4M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #9). Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC leads chemical count at 98 chemicals (11.9M lbs, pounds #12). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Accurate Manufactured Products Group; Asterion Finishing Technologies; Four O Corp; Piezotech LLC. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Indiana: Barrette Outdoor Living Inc.; Peterson Products; Berry Global Films LLC; General Plastics Manufacturing Co. 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: Antimony compounds; Antimony And Antimony Compounds; N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone; Lead And Lead Compounds.
Aearo Technologies LLC stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.9% off-site transfers) across 7 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 12.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Barrette Outdoor Living Inc. and Peterson Products.
Aearo Technologies LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
13K lbs Top 36% higher than 64% 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: Antimony compounds-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Aearo Technologies LLC reports the 766th-largest volume (12.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Antimony compounds alone is 61.8% of the total. Scale peers outside Indiana include Barrette Outdoor Living Inc. and Peterson Products.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Aearo Technologies LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Antimony compounds at 61.8%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Aearo Technologies LLC's total reported releases rose from 4.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 5.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Aearo Technologies LLC's off-site transfers rose from 4.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 5.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
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: 12.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 1822571% (0 lbs to 5.5K lbs).
Aearo Technologies LLC: 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 Aearo Technologies LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 1822571% 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: Antimony compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 1.7K lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 959 lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 4.4K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 5.5K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Antimony compounds | 7.8K lbs | - |
| Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 4.4K lbs | - |
| N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 433 lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 1 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 0 lbs | - |
| Diisocyanates | 0 lbs | - |
Aearo Technologies LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Aearo Technologies LLC
Closest other reporters in Indiana - including Accurate Manufactured Products Group, Asterion Finishing Technologies, Four O Corp, ordered by distance.
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Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Indiana - e.g. Barrette Outdoor Living Inc., Peterson Products, Berry Global Films LLC.
Compare beyond Indiana
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Aearo Technologies LLC on cumulative reported pounds (12.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Vertex Refining la LLC, Diamond Animal Health, Qg Printing II LLC. Chemical-count peers include Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. 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 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 Antimony compounds, Antimony And Antimony Compounds, N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone, Lead And Lead Compounds; nearby reporters include Accurate Manufactured Products Group. Aearo Technologies LLC 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.
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This Aearo Technologies LLC TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Antimony compounds) 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 Indianapolis, IN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326150 · Plastics and Rubber. 0.0% of Marion TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Vertex Refining la LLC (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Aearo Technologies LLC stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Antimony 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