EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Explorer Van Inc
Warsaw, IN
- Total releases
- 32.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Explorer Van Inc: how the 32.7K lbs splits
32.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 32.7K lbs 100.0%
Explorer Van Inc's 32.7K 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: Styrene.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Explorer Van Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Warsaw, IN, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 3.6K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 32.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,100 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. Explorer Van Inc is pounds #330 and chemical-count #709 at 32.7K 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Front Line Manufacturing Warsaw; Front Line Manufacturing; Lsc Communications / Warsaw; Akzo Nobel Coatings. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Indiana: Vectorworks Merritt Island; Design Concepts/marine Concepts; Ge Engine Services McAllen LP; Pratt & Whitney. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Styrene.
Explorer Van Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 32.7K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Vectorworks Merritt Island and Design Concepts/marine Concepts.
Explorer Van Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
33K lbs Top 27% higher than 73% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Explorer Van Inc: Styrene-led volume
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Explorer Van Inc reports the 463rd-largest volume (32.7K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Styrene alone is 100% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 100% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Indiana include Vectorworks Merritt Island and Design Concepts/marine Concepts.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Explorer Van Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Styrene at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Explorer Van Inc's total reported releases fell from 3.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Explorer Van Inc's air releases fell from 3.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Explorer Van Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Explorer Van Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 32.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 64% (10.0K lbs to 3.6K lbs).
Explorer Van Inc: 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 Explorer Van Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 64% 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: Styrene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 10.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 8.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 7.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 3.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 3.6K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 1 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Styrene | 32.7K lbs | Carcinogen |
Explorer Van Inc · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Explorer Van Inc
Closest other reporters in Indiana - including Front Line Manufacturing Warsaw, Front Line Manufacturing, Lsc Communications / Warsaw, ordered by distance.
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Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Indiana - e.g. Vectorworks Merritt Island, Design Concepts/marine Concepts, Ge Engine Services McAllen LP.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Explorer Van Inc on cumulative reported pounds (32.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Azz Galvanizing Services-St. Louis, M-I LLC, Alamo Marble Ltd. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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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 Styrene; nearby reporters include Front Line Manufacturing Warsaw. Explorer Van Inc stamps LIGHT 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.
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This Explorer Van Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Styrene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Explorer Van Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Warsaw, IN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336211 · Transportation Equipment. 0.4% of Kosciusko TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Azz Galvanizing Services-St. Louis (Δ 4 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Explorer Van Inc stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Styrene. 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