EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Firestone Industrial Products
Williamsburg, KY · Parent: Bridgestone Americas Holding Inc
- Total releases
- 1.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Firestone Industrial Products: how the 1.6K lbs splits
1.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 1.4K lbs 82.7%
- Water Discharges 284 lbs 17.3%
Firestone Industrial Products's 1.6K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 82.7% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 17.3%. 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.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
Firestone Industrial Products is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Williamsburg, KY, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 304 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 1.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 13,110 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. Firestone Industrial Products is pounds #299 and chemical-count #222 at 1.6K 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: Kowa Kentucky Inc.; McCreary US Penitentary; Cta Acoustics Inc; Rapiscan Systems. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Kentucky: Freudenberg-Nok Shelbyville Plant; Hexpol Kennedale; Longwood Elastomers Inc; The D S Brown Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Polycyclic aromatic compounds; Benzo[g,h,i]perylene.
Firestone Industrial Products stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (82.7% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Freudenberg-Nok Shelbyville Plant and Hexpol Kennedale.
Firestone Industrial Products vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.6K lbs Top 50% higher than 50% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Firestone Industrial Products inside Whitley's TRI pounds
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Firestone Industrial Products reports the 999th-largest volume (1.6K lbs). This one site accounts for more than 99.9% of every pound reported in Whitley. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 99.8% of the total. Scale peers outside Kentucky include Freudenberg-Nok Shelbyville Plant and Hexpol Kennedale.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Whitley's reported pounds (1.6K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Firestone Industrial Products's total reported releases fell from 346 lb in 2022 to 304 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Firestone Industrial Products's off-site transfers fell from 320 lb in 2022 to 279 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Firestone Industrial Products Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Firestone Industrial Products releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 14% (356 lbs to 304 lbs).
Firestone Industrial Products: 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 Firestone Industrial Products year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 14% 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 | 356 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 291 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 345 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 346 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 304 lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 3 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 1.6K lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 3 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lbs | - |
Firestone Industrial Products · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Firestone Industrial Products
Closest other reporters in Kentucky - including Kowa Kentucky Inc., McCreary US Penitentary, Cta Acoustics Inc, 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. Freudenberg-Nok Shelbyville Plant, Hexpol Kennedale, Longwood Elastomers Inc.
Compare beyond Kentucky
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Firestone Industrial Products on cumulative reported pounds (1.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Cleanedge LLP, Vmc Specialty Alloys LLC, Pittsburgh Glass Works LLC. 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.
- Cleanedge LLP Baltimore, MD · Chemicals 1.6K lbs reported
- Vmc Specialty Alloys LLC Adairsville, GA · Primary Metals 1.6K lbs reported
- Pittsburgh Glass Works LLC Crestline, OH · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 1.6K lbs reported
- Navistar San Antonio Manufacturing San Antonio, TX · Transportation Equipment 1.6K 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 Zinc compounds, Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene; nearby reporters include Kowa Kentucky Inc.. Firestone Industrial Products stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Firestone Industrial Products TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Firestone Industrial Products totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Williamsburg, KY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326291 · Plastics and Rubber. more than 99.9% of Whitley TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Cleanedge LLP (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Firestone Industrial Products stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · 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