EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Cooper Standard Automotive
Mount Sterling, KY · Parent: Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc
- Total releases
- 77.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Cooper Standard Automotive: how the 77.2K lbs splits
77.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 77.2K lbs 100.0%
- Air Releases 11 lbs <0.1%
Cooper Standard Automotive's 77.2K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Cooper Standard Automotive is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Mount Sterling, KY, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 13.6K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 77.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,146 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. Cooper Standard Automotive is pounds #136 and chemical-count #342 at 77.2K 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: Nestle Prepared Foods Co; Cabinetworks Group Mt. Sterling; Key Oil Co Mount Sterling Bulk Plant; E. Kentucky Power Corp. - J.k. Smith Power Station. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Kentucky: Spunstrand Inc.; Newbasis LLC; Charter Next Generation - Massillon; Aquatic Co. Other Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc sites in this extract: Cooper Standard Automotive; Cooper Standard Automotive Inc; Cooper Standard Automotive Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds.
Cooper Standard Automotive stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 77.2K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Spunstrand Inc. and Newbasis LLC.
Cooper Standard Automotive vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
77K lbs Top 20% higher than 80% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cooper Standard Automotive inside Montgomery's TRI pounds
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Cooper Standard Automotive reports the 382nd-largest volume (77.2K lbs). This one site accounts for 34.3% of every pound reported in Montgomery. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Kentucky include Spunstrand Inc. and Newbasis LLC.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Montgomery's reported pounds (225.2K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Cooper Standard Automotive's total reported releases fell from 14.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 13.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cooper Standard Automotive's off-site transfers fell from 14.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 13.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Cooper Standard Automotive Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cooper Standard Automotive releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 77.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 22% (17.4K lbs to 13.6K lbs).
Cooper Standard Automotive: 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 Cooper Standard Automotive year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 22% 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 | 17.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 19.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 12.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 14.7K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 13.6K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 77.2K lbs | - |
Cooper Standard Automotive · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Cooper Standard Automotive
Closest other reporters in Kentucky - including Nestle Prepared Foods Co, Cabinetworks Group Mt. Sterling, Key Oil Co Mount Sterling Bulk Plant, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 421 other reporting facilities in Kentucky.
Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kentucky - e.g. Spunstrand Inc., Newbasis LLC, Charter Next Generation - Massillon.
Compare beyond Kentucky
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cooper Standard Automotive on cumulative reported pounds (77.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Yusa Corp, Polynt Composites USA Inc, US Navy Nas Whidbey Island Ault Field. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa 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.
- Yusa Corp Washington Court House, OH · Transportation Equipment 77.2K lbs reported
- Polynt Composites USA Inc North Kansas City, MO · Chemicals 77.2K lbs reported
- US Navy Nas Whidbey Island Ault Field Oak Harbor, WA · Other 77.3K lbs reported
- Oilfield Solutions Inc Midland, TX · Chemicals 77.3K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Cooper Standard Automotive, Cooper Standard Automotive Inc, Cooper Standard Automotive 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 Zinc compounds; nearby reporters include Nestle Prepared Foods Co. Cooper Standard Automotive 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.
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This Cooper Standard Automotive TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cooper Standard Automotive totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Mount Sterling, KY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326220 · Plastics and Rubber. 34.3% of Montgomery TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Yusa Corp (Δ 13 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cooper Standard Automotive stamps LIGHT 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