EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Gates Corp
Iola, KS · Parent: Gates Corp
- Total releases
- 100.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Gates Corp: how the 100.8K lbs splits
100.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 100.8K lbs 100.0%
Gates Corp's 100.8K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Gates Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Iola, KS, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 24.3K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 100.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,564 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Kansas's 317 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Gates Corp is pounds #73 and chemical-count #143 at 100.8K lbs. Ecovyst Catalyst Technologies LLC leads reported pounds (19.3M lbs) at 9 chemicals (chemical-count #32). Ash Grove Cement Co leads chemical count at 45 chemicals (929.5K lbs, pounds #26). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Precision International; Monarch Cement Co; Ash Grove Cement Co; Hbd/thermoid Inc. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Kansas: Daramic LLC; Great Lakes Composites LLC; Global Composites Inc Plant 3; Precision Tank & Equipment. Other Gates Corp sites in this extract: Gates Corp; Gates Corp; Gates Corp; Gates Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Antimony compounds; Certain glycol ethers.
Gates Corp stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 100.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Daramic LLC and Great Lakes Composites LLC.
Gates Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
101K lbs Top 18% higher than 82% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Gates Corp inside Allen's TRI pounds
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Gates Corp reports the 320th-largest volume, placing it in the top 21.3% of its sector. This one site accounts for 34.3% of every pound reported in Allen. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 68.6% of the total. Scale peers outside Kansas include Daramic LLC and Great Lakes Composites LLC.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Allen's reported pounds (294.2K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Gates Corp's total reported releases rose from 20.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 24.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gates Corp's off-site transfers rose from 20.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 24.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Gates Corp Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Gates Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 100.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 11% (22.0K lbs to 24.3K lbs).
Gates Corp: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Gates Corp year-over-year reported totals (increased by 11% 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 22.0K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 16.4K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 17.9K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 20.2K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 24.3K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 69.2K lbs | - |
| Antimony compounds | 16.8K lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 14.8K lbs | - |
Gates Corp · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Gates Corp
Closest other reporters in Kansas - including Precision International, Monarch Cement Co, Ash Grove Cement Co, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 316 other reporting facilities in Kansas.
Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kansas - e.g. Daramic LLC, Great Lakes Composites LLC, Global Composites Inc Plant 3.
Compare beyond Kansas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Gates Corp on cumulative reported pounds (100.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Acme Brick Co-Elgin Plant, Green Plains Mount Vernon LLC, US Army National Guard Camp Grayling Jmtc North Ranges. 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.
- Acme Brick Co-Elgin Plant Elgin, TX · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 100.8K lbs reported
- Green Plains Mount Vernon LLC Mount Vernon, IN · Chemicals 100.8K lbs reported
- US Army National Guard Camp Grayling Jmtc North Ranges Camp Grayling, MI · Other 100.8K lbs reported
- Federal Mogul Corp Van Wert, OH · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 100.9K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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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 Zinc compounds, Antimony compounds, Certain glycol ethers; nearby reporters include Precision International. Gates Corp stamps MID 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 Gates Corp TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Gates Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Iola, KS, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326220 · Plastics and Rubber. 34.3% of Allen TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Acme Brick Co-Elgin Plant (Δ 33 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Gates Corp stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Zinc 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