EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC
Frankfort, KY · Parent: Cummins Inc
- Total releases
- 177 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC: how the 177 lbs splits
177 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 159 lbs 89.8%
- Air Releases 18 lbs 10.2%
Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC's 177 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 89.8% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 10.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Manganese.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Frankfort, KY, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 39 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 177 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 15,966 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. Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC is pounds #355 and chemical-count #399 at 177 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Nashville Wire Products; Topy America Inc; Greenheck Fan Corp - Kentucky; Mitsui Kinzoku Catalysts America Inc. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Kentucky: Pierce Manufacturing Inc; Galion-Godwin Truck Body Co LLC; Dynamic Manufacturing Inc.; Harley-Davidson Motor Co. Other Cummins Inc sites in this extract: Consolidated Diesel Co; Cummins Inc.; Cummins Inc Columbus Midrange Engine Plant; Cummins Inc Jamestown Engine Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese.
Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (89.8% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 177 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Pierce Manufacturing Inc and Galion-Godwin Truck Body Co LLC.
Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
177 lbs 39th percentile higher than 39% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC in the Transportation Equipment sector extract
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC reports the 1,053rd-largest volume (177 lbs). Scale peers outside Kentucky include Pierce Manufacturing Inc and Galion-Godwin Truck Body Co LLC.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 177 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 30% (30 lbs to 39 lbs).
Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 30% 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: Manganese.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 30 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 27 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 40 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 41 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 39 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Manganese | 177 lbs | - |
Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kentucky - e.g. Pierce Manufacturing Inc, Galion-Godwin Truck Body Co LLC, Dynamic Manufacturing Inc..
Other Cummins Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Consolidated Diesel Co, Cummins Inc., Cummins Inc Columbus Midrange Engine Plant.
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 Manganese; nearby reporters include Nashville Wire Products. Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC stamps TRACE 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 Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Manganese) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Frankfort, KY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336340 · Transportation Equipment. 0.2% of Franklin TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Arconic Technology Center (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Manganese. 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