EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Tenneco
Ligonier, IN · Parent: Tenneco Inc
- Total releases
- 5.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Tenneco: how the 5.0K lbs splits
5.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 5.0K lbs 98.6%
- Air Releases 70 lbs 1.4%
Tenneco's 5.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 98.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 1.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Chromium.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Tenneco is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Ligonier, IN, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 679 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 5.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 11,203 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. Tenneco is pounds #496 and chemical-count #410 at 5.0K 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: Vibracoustic North America LP; Wabash Ligonier DBA Tower Structural Laminating; Tenneco; Structural Composites of India Na Inc. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Indiana: Adac Automotive Muskegon Plant Port City & Keating; Barnes Aerospace - Lansing Div; Karavan Trailers Inc; Spectrum E-Coat Inc. Other Tenneco Inc sites in this extract: Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc); Driv Automotive Inc.; Tenneco; Federal-Mogul Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium; Nickel; Manganese.
Tenneco stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (98.6% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 5.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Adac Automotive Muskegon Plant Port City & Keating and Barnes Aerospace - Lansing Div.
Tenneco vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
5.0K lbs Top 43% higher than 57% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Tenneco: Chromium-led volume
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Tenneco reports the 696th-largest volume (5.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Chromium alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Indiana include Adac Automotive Muskegon Plant Port City & Keating and Barnes Aerospace - Lansing Div.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Tenneco's pounds in one chemical - here Chromium at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Tenneco's total reported releases rose from 528 lb in 2022 to 679 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tenneco's off-site transfers rose from 508 lb in 2022 to 659 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Tenneco Form-R facts
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See how Tenneco stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
44% 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 Tenneco releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 5.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 419% (131 lbs to 679 lbs).
Tenneco: 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 Tenneco year-over-year reported totals (increased by 419% 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: Chromium.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 131 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 101 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 3.6K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 528 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 679 lbs | 3 |
Tenneco · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Tenneco
Closest other reporters in Indiana - including Vibracoustic North America LP, Wabash Ligonier DBA Tower Structural Laminating, Tenneco, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 870 other reporting facilities in Indiana.
Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Indiana - e.g. Adac Automotive Muskegon Plant Port City & Keating, Barnes Aerospace - Lansing Div, Karavan Trailers Inc.
Compare beyond Indiana
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Tenneco on cumulative reported pounds (5.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Mobley Gas Plant, Pmc Organometallix Inc, Sonoco Metal Packaging LLC. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Tenneco Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc), Driv Automotive Inc., Tenneco.
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 Chromium, Nickel, Manganese; nearby reporters include Vibracoustic North America LP. Tenneco 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.
Use and verify this record
This Tenneco TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Chromium) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Tenneco totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Ligonier, IN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336390 · Transportation Equipment. 0.1% of Noble TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Mobley Gas Plant (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Tenneco stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Chromium. 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