EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Thor Wakarusa LLC
Wakarusa, IN · Parent: Thor Industries Inc
- Total releases
- 274.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 6
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Thor Wakarusa LLC: how the 274.8K lbs splits
274.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 274.8K lbs 100.0%
Thor Wakarusa LLC's 274.8K 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: Toluene.
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 AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Thor Wakarusa LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Wakarusa, IN, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 22.7K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 274.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,723 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. Thor Wakarusa LLC is pounds #137 and chemical-count #155 at 274.8K 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: Newmar Corp; Kountry Wood Products LLC; Lippert Components Inc -148; Kountry Wood Products LLC. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Indiana: Weatherford Aerospace LLC; Fineline Industries LLC; Viking Yacht Co Inc; Dynax America Corp. Other Thor Industries Inc sites in this extract: Tiffin Motorhomes Inc.; Jayco Inc.; K-Z Inc.; Vixen Composites LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Toluene; Methanol; Methyl isobutyl ketone; Xylene (mixed isomers).
Thor Wakarusa LLC stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 6 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 274.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Weatherford Aerospace LLC and Fineline Industries LLC.
Thor Wakarusa LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
275K lbs Top 10% higher than 90% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Thor Wakarusa LLC in the Transportation Equipment sector extract
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Thor Wakarusa LLC reports the 146th-largest volume, placing it in the top 9.1% of its sector. Scale peers outside Indiana include Weatherford Aerospace LLC and Fineline Industries LLC.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Thor Wakarusa LLC's total reported releases fell from 52.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 22.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Thor Wakarusa LLC's air releases fell from 52.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 22.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Thor Wakarusa LLC's chemicals reported fell from 6 in 2022 to 3 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Thor Wakarusa LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Thor Wakarusa LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 274.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 61% (57.7K lbs to 22.7K lbs).
Thor Wakarusa LLC: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Thor Wakarusa LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 61% 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: Toluene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 57.7K lbs | 6 |
| 2020 | 65.9K lbs | 6 |
| 2021 | 76.5K lbs | 6 |
| 2022 | 52.0K lbs | 6 |
| 2023 | 22.7K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 6 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Toluene | 134.5K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 62.0K lbs | - |
| Methyl isobutyl ketone | 54.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 23.7K lbs | - |
| Lead | 1 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Diisocyanates | 0 lbs | - |
Thor Wakarusa LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Thor Wakarusa LLC
Closest other reporters in Indiana - including Newmar Corp, Kountry Wood Products LLC, Lippert Components Inc -148, 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. Weatherford Aerospace LLC, Fineline Industries LLC, Viking Yacht Co Inc.
Compare beyond Indiana
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Thor Wakarusa LLC on cumulative reported pounds (274.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (6). Release-pound peers include Ash Grove Cement South Texas LLC, Arizona Environmental Container Corp, Linde Geismar Facility. Chemical-count peers include Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd, Leoni Wire Inc, Turf Care Supply-Hatfield Plant. 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.
- Ash Grove Cement South Texas LLC New Braunfels, TX · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 274.8K lbs reported
- Arizona Environmental Container Corp Eloy, AZ · Plastics and Rubber 274.9K lbs reported
- Linde Geismar Facility Geismar, LA · Chemicals 274.7K lbs reported
- Bostik Inc. Ashland, OH · Chemicals 274.9K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Thor Industries Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Tiffin Motorhomes Inc., Jayco Inc., K-Z Inc..
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 Toluene, Methanol, Methyl isobutyl ketone, Xylene (mixed isomers); nearby reporters include Newmar Corp. Thor Wakarusa LLC stamps MID volume · AIR 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 Thor Wakarusa LLC TRI extract (MID · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Toluene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Thor Wakarusa LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Wakarusa, IN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336213 · Transportation Equipment. 1.5% of Elkhart TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Ash Grove Cement South Texas LLC (Δ 21 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Thor Wakarusa LLC stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Toluene. 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