EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Akebono - Elizabethtown Plant
Elizabethtown, KY · Parent: Akebono Brake Industry Co Ltd
- Total releases
- 372.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 9
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Akebono - Elizabethtown Plant: how the 372.3K lbs splits
372.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 364.5K lbs 97.9%
- Air Releases 7.8K lbs 2.1%
Akebono - Elizabethtown Plant's 372.3K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 97.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 2.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
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 OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Akebono - Elizabethtown Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Elizabethtown, KY, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 83.0K lbs of releases across 6 chemicals in 2023, and 372.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,298 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 - Elizabethtown Plant is pounds #67 and chemical-count #66 at 372.3K 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Cytech Products Inc; Flint Cps Inks N.a. LLC; Metalsa Light Vehilcle USA - Elizabethtown; Altec Industries Inc. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Kentucky: Gmvm-Lansing Grand River Assembly; Water Way Inc; Sea Ray Boats Inc Merritt Island; Caymas Boats LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Ammonia.
Akebono - Elizabethtown Plant stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (97.9% off-site transfers) across 9 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 372.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Gmvm-Lansing Grand River Assembly and Water Way Inc.
Akebono - Elizabethtown Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
372K lbs Top 9% higher than 91% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Akebono - Elizabethtown Plant in the Transportation Equipment sector extract
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Akebono - Elizabethtown Plant reports the 108th-largest volume, placing it in the top 6.7% of its sector. Scale peers outside Kentucky include Gmvm-Lansing Grand River Assembly and Water Way Inc.
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
- Akebono - Elizabethtown Plant's total reported releases rose from 53.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 83.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Akebono - Elizabethtown Plant's off-site transfers rose from 52.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 81.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Akebono - Elizabethtown Plant Form-R facts
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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 - Elizabethtown Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 372.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 3% (80.7K lbs to 83.0K lbs).
Akebono - Elizabethtown Plant: 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 - Elizabethtown Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 3% 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 | 80.7K lbs | 8 |
| 2020 | 71.7K lbs | 6 |
| 2021 | 83.3K lbs | 6 |
| 2022 | 53.6K lbs | 6 |
| 2023 | 83.0K lbs | 6 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 9 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 165.2K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 87.6K lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 65.5K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 31.8K lbs | - |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 17.0K lbs | - |
| Nickel compounds | 3.8K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Antimony compounds | 750 lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 750 lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Akebono - Elizabethtown Plant · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Compare beyond Kentucky
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Akebono - Elizabethtown Plant on cumulative reported pounds (372.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (9). Release-pound peers include Ag Processing Inc, Vpgc LLC Hinton Facility, Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. Chemical-count peers include Viatris Pharmaceuticals LLC, Prepa - San Juan Steam Plant, Solutia 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).
- Viatris Pharmaceuticals LLC Barceloneta, PR · Chemicals 9 chemicals
- Prepa - San Juan Steam Plant Puerto Nuevo, PR · Electric Utilities 9 chemicals
- Solutia Inc Springfield, MA · Plastics and Rubber 9 chemicals
- O'Connell Oil Co Merrill Road Facility Pittsfield, MA · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 9 chemicals
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, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Ammonia; nearby reporters include Cytech Products Inc. Akebono - Elizabethtown Plant stamps MID volume · OFFSITE 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 Akebono - Elizabethtown Plant TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Akebono - Elizabethtown Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Elizabethtown, KY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336340 · Transportation Equipment. 17.7% of Hardin TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Ag Processing Inc (Δ 139 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Akebono - Elizabethtown Plant stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · 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