EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Akebono Brake Corp-Glasgow
Glasgow, KY
- Total releases
- 455.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Akebono Brake Corp-Glasgow: how the 455.3K lbs splits
455.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 454.9K lbs 99.9%
- Air Releases 395 lbs 0.1%
Akebono Brake Corp-Glasgow's 455.3K 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: Copper.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Akebono Brake Corp-Glasgow is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Glasgow, KY, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 90.8K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 455.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,061 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Kentucky's 422 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Akebono Brake Corp-Glasgow is pounds #62 and chemical-count #120 at 455.3K lbs. North American Stainless leads reported pounds (35.2M lbs) at 15 chemicals (chemical-count #36). Safety-Kleen Systems Inc. leads chemical count at 50 chemicals (725.8K lbs, pounds #50). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Lsc Communications / Glasgow; Bluegrass Dairy & Food Inc; Nemak; Glasgow Plant #2; Felker Brothers Corp. Plant 2. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Kentucky: Turbine Engine Component Technology Corp; Prestige Painting Belmont; Arcosa Marine Products Inc Plt 296; Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc). Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper; Zinc (fume or dust); Zinc compounds; Antimony And Antimony Compounds.
Akebono Brake Corp-Glasgow stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.9% off-site transfers) across 5 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 455.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Turbine Engine Component Technology Corp and Prestige Painting Belmont.
Akebono Brake Corp-Glasgow vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
455K lbs Top 8% higher than 92% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Akebono Brake Corp-Glasgow inside Barren's TRI pounds
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Akebono Brake Corp-Glasgow reports the 86th-largest volume, placing it in the top 5.4% of its sector. This one site accounts for 42.7% of every pound reported in Barren. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Copper alone is 89.2% of the total. Scale peers outside Kentucky include Turbine Engine Component Technology Corp and Prestige Painting Belmont.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Barren's reported pounds (1.1M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Akebono Brake Corp-Glasgow's total reported releases fell from 91.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 90.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Akebono Brake Corp-Glasgow's off-site transfers fell from 91.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 90.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Akebono Brake Corp-Glasgow Form-R facts
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86.1× more than the comparison
5.0× 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 Akebono Brake Corp-Glasgow releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 455.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 37% (145.0K lbs to 90.8K lbs).
Akebono Brake Corp-Glasgow: 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 Akebono Brake Corp-Glasgow year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 37% 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: Copper.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 145.0K lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 72.1K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 55.7K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 91.8K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 90.8K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Copper | 405.9K lbs | - |
| Zinc (fume or dust) | 24.6K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 19.8K lbs | - |
| Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 3.8K lbs | - |
| Antimony compounds | 1.2K lbs | - |
Akebono Brake Corp-Glasgow · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Akebono Brake Corp-Glasgow
Closest other reporters in Kentucky - including Lsc Communications / Glasgow, Bluegrass Dairy & Food Inc, Nemak; Glasgow Plant #2, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 421 other reporting facilities in Kentucky.
Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kentucky - e.g. Turbine Engine Component Technology Corp, Prestige Painting Belmont, Arcosa Marine Products Inc Plt 296.
Compare beyond Kentucky
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Akebono Brake Corp-Glasgow on cumulative reported pounds (455.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Hexion Inc-Fayetteville Facility, Duncan Galvanizing Corp., US Battery Manufacturing Co. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of Puerto Rico LLC. 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.
- Hexion Inc-Fayetteville Facility Fayetteville, NC · Chemicals 455.3K lbs reported
- Duncan Galvanizing Corp. Everett, MA · Fabricated Metals 455.2K lbs reported
- US Battery Manufacturing Co Augusta, GA · Electrical Equipment 455.5K lbs reported
- Allegheny & Tsingshan Stainless LLC Midland, PA · Primary Metals 455.6K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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 Copper, Zinc (fume or dust), Zinc compounds, Antimony And Antimony Compounds; nearby reporters include Lsc Communications / Glasgow. Akebono Brake Corp-Glasgow 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 Akebono Brake Corp-Glasgow TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Copper) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Akebono Brake Corp-Glasgow totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Glasgow, KY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336340 · Transportation Equipment. 42.7% of Barren TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Hexion Inc-Fayetteville Facility (Δ 24 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Akebono Brake Corp-Glasgow stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Copper. 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