EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Lord Corp
Bowling Green, KY · Parent: Lord Corp
- Total releases
- 61.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Lord Corp: how the 61.8K lbs splits
61.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 49.7K lbs 80.4%
- Air Releases 12.1K lbs 19.6%
Lord Corp's 61.8K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 80.4% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 19.6%. Leading chemical by pounds: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
LIGHT volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Lord Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Bowling Green, KY, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 250 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 61.8K lbs in total across its 2021-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,656 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. Lord Corp is pounds #146 and chemical-count #270 at 61.8K 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: Bando USA Inc; Henkel US Operations Corp; Kobelco Aluminum Automotive Products LLC; Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Kentucky: Pentair Water Pool & Spa Inc.; Dolphin Industries Ltd; Freudenberg-Nok General Ptnr; Delivery Concepts Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Xylene (mixed isomers).
Lord Corp stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant LAND pathway (80.4% land disposal) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 61.8K lbs (2021–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Pentair Water Pool & Spa Inc. and Dolphin Industries Ltd.
Lord Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
62K lbs Top 22% higher than 78% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Lord Corp: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Lord Corp reports the 436th-largest volume (61.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) alone is 80.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Kentucky include Pentair Water Pool & Spa Inc. and Dolphin Industries Ltd.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Lord Corp's pounds in one chemical - here Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) at 80.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Lord Corp's total reported releases fell from 37.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 250 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Lord Corp's land releases fell from 25.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Lord Corp's air releases fell from 11.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 250 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Lord Corp's chemicals reported fell from 2 in 2022 to 1 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Lord Corp Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Lord Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 61.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2021 to 2023, total releases decreased by 99% (24.6K lbs to 250 lbs).
Lord Corp: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2021–2023
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Lord Corp year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 99% from 2021 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: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 24.6K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 37.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 250 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2021–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 49.7K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 12.1K lbs | - |
Lord Corp · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Lord Corp
Closest other reporters in Kentucky - including Bando USA Inc, Henkel US Operations Corp, Kobelco Aluminum Automotive Products LLC, ordered by distance.
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Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kentucky - e.g. Pentair Water Pool & Spa Inc., Dolphin Industries Ltd, Freudenberg-Nok General Ptnr.
Compare beyond Kentucky
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Lord Corp on cumulative reported pounds (61.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Abraservice LLC, Matthews International Corp, Rubber Seal. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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).
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 Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Xylene (mixed isomers); nearby reporters include Bando USA Inc. Lord Corp stamps LIGHT volume · LAND 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 Lord Corp TRI extract (LIGHT · LAND · CLEAN · lead Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Lord Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Bowling Green, KY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2021–2023 (3 years). NAICS 326299 · Plastics and Rubber. 2.4% of Warren TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Abraservice LLC (Δ 19 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Lord Corp stamps LIGHT volume · LAND pathway · CLEAN · lead Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size). 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