EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
General Motors LLC Bowling Green Assembly Plant
Bowling Green, KY · Parent: General Motors LLC
- Total releases
- 563.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 14
- Carcinogens
- 4
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
General Motors LLC Bowling Green Assembly Plant: how the 563.0K lbs splits
563.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 416.3K lbs 74.0%
- Off-site Transfers 146.6K lbs 26.0%
General Motors LLC Bowling Green Assembly Plant's 563.0K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 74.0% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 26.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Certain glycol ethers.
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 AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
General Motors LLC Bowling Green Assembly Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Bowling Green, KY, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 166.8K lbs of releases across 14 chemicals in 2023, and 563.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,811 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. General Motors LLC Bowling Green Assembly Plant is pounds #55 and chemical-count #39 at 563.0K 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: Hennessy Industries Inc Bada Div; Trace Die Cast Inc; Pan Oston Co; Bowling Green Metalforming. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Kentucky: Boeing Commercial Airplanes - Auburn; Western Pneumatic Tube Co LLC; Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama LLC; Key West Boats Inc. Plant 1 (ridgeville). Other General Motors LLC sites in this extract: Gm Truck Group Fort Wayne Assembly; Gm Truck Group Flint Assembly Plant; General Motors Wentzville Assembly; Gm Mlcg Fairfax Assembly. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Certain glycol ethers; 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene; Xylene (mixed isomers); n-Butyl alcohol.
General Motors LLC Bowling Green Assembly Plant stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (74.0% air releases) across 14 chemicals · 4 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 563.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Boeing Commercial Airplanes - Auburn and Western Pneumatic Tube Co LLC.
General Motors LLC Bowling Green Assembly Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
563K lbs Top 7% higher than 93% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
General Motors LLC Bowling Green Assembly Plant in the Transportation Equipment sector extract
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, General Motors LLC Bowling Green Assembly Plant reports the 70th-largest volume, placing it in the top 4.4% of its sector. Scale peers outside Kentucky include Boeing Commercial Airplanes - Auburn and Western Pneumatic Tube Co LLC.
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
- General Motors LLC Bowling Green Assembly Plant's total reported releases rose from 135.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 166.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- General Motors LLC Bowling Green Assembly Plant's off-site transfers rose from 33.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 46.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- General Motors LLC Bowling Green Assembly Plant's air releases rose from 102.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 120.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- General Motors LLC Bowling Green Assembly Plant's chemicals reported rose from 13 in 2022 to 14 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
General Motors LLC Bowling Green Assembly Plant Form-R facts
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See how General Motors LLC Bowling Green Assembly Plant stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How General Motors LLC Bowling Green Assembly Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 563.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 85% (90.4K lbs to 166.8K lbs).
General Motors LLC Bowling Green Assembly Plant: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows General Motors LLC Bowling Green Assembly Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 85% 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: Certain glycol ethers.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 90.4K lbs | 9 |
| 2020 | 72.6K lbs | 10 |
| 2021 | 97.5K lbs | 10 |
| 2022 | 135.7K lbs | 13 |
| 2023 | 166.8K lbs | 14 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 4 of 14 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Certain glycol ethers | 177.1K lbs | - |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 100.5K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 91.4K lbs | - |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 63.7K lbs | - |
| Methyl isobutyl ketone | 54.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Methanol | 33.1K lbs | - |
| Toluene | 16.7K lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 16.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Diisocyanates | 4.4K lbs | - |
| Ethylene glycol | 2.6K lbs | - |
| Benzene | 1.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| n-Hexane | 1.2K lbs | - |
| Naphthalene | 92 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Cyclohexane | 1 lbs | - |
General Motors LLC Bowling Green Assembly Plant · AIR-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Kentucky - including Hennessy Industries Inc Bada Div, Trace Die Cast Inc, Pan Oston Co, ordered by distance.
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Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kentucky - e.g. Boeing Commercial Airplanes - Auburn, Western Pneumatic Tube Co LLC, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama LLC.
Compare beyond Kentucky
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest General Motors LLC Bowling Green Assembly Plant on cumulative reported pounds (563.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (14). Release-pound peers include White River Seymour LLC, Aalberts Integrated Piping Systems Americas, Western Extrusions Corp. Chemical-count peers include Shell New Haven Terminal, Chambers Cogeneration L.P., Avantor Performance Materials. 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.
- White River Seymour LLC Seymour, IN · Food 562.8K lbs reported
- Aalberts Integrated Piping Systems Americas Pageland, SC · Primary Metals 563.2K lbs reported
- Western Extrusions Corp Carrollton, TX · Primary Metals 563.5K lbs reported
- Boeing Commercial Airplanes - Auburn Auburn, WA · Transportation Equipment 563.6K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other General Motors LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Gm Truck Group Fort Wayne Assembly, Gm Truck Group Flint Assembly Plant, General Motors Wentzville Assembly.
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 Certain glycol ethers, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, Xylene (mixed isomers), n-Butyl alcohol; nearby reporters include Hennessy Industries Inc Bada Div. General Motors LLC Bowling Green Assembly Plant stamps MID volume · AIR 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 General Motors LLC Bowling Green Assembly Plant TRI extract (MID · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
General Motors LLC Bowling Green Assembly Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Bowling Green, KY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336111 · Transportation Equipment. 21.9% of Warren TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: White River Seymour LLC (Δ 189 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
General Motors LLC Bowling Green Assembly Plant stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers. 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