EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Tower Automotive
Bardstown, KY · Parent: Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC
- Total releases
- 1.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Tower Automotive: how the 1.0K lbs splits
1.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 1.0K lbs 100.0%
Tower Automotive's 1.0K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Manganese.
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 AIR pathway TRACE-CARC
Tower Automotive is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Bardstown, KY, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 264 lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 1.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 13,839 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. Tower Automotive is pounds #315 and chemical-count #173 at 1.0K 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: Toyota Boshoku Kentucky L.L.C. - Bardstown; Inoac Packaging Group; Tower Automotive; Npr of America Corp. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Kentucky: Amsted Rail Co Inc.; Futaba Indiana America; Lockheed Martin Space; Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC. Other Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC sites in this extract: Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC; Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC; Tower Automotive. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese; Chromium; Nickel; Copper.
Tower Automotive stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 4 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Amsted Rail Co Inc. and Futaba Indiana America.
Tower Automotive vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.0K lbs 47th percentile higher than 47% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Tower Automotive: Manganese-led volume
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Tower Automotive reports the 871st-largest volume (1.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Manganese alone is 99.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Kentucky include Amsted Rail Co Inc. and Futaba Indiana America.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Tower Automotive's pounds in one chemical - here Manganese at 99.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Tower Automotive's total reported releases rose from 227 lb in 2022 to 264 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tower Automotive's chemicals reported rose from 3 in 2022 to 4 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tower Automotive's air releases rose from 227 lb in 2022 to 264 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Tower Automotive Form-R facts
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See how Tower Automotive stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
81% less than the comparison
2.0× more than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Tower Automotive releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 59% (166 lbs to 264 lbs).
Tower Automotive: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Tower Automotive year-over-year reported totals (increased by 59% 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 | 166 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 176 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 191 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 227 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 264 lbs | 4 |
Tower Automotive · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Tower Automotive
Closest other reporters in Kentucky - including Toyota Boshoku Kentucky L.L.C. - Bardstown, Inoac Packaging Group, Tower Automotive, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 421 other reporting facilities in Kentucky.
Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kentucky - e.g. Amsted Rail Co Inc., Futaba Indiana America, Lockheed Martin Space.
Compare beyond Kentucky
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Tower Automotive on cumulative reported pounds (1.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (4). Release-pound peers include Pentair Flow Technologies, Amsted Rail Co Inc., Reladyne Sun Coast LLC. Chemical-count peers include Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc., Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC, Solenis 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
- Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc. Santa Isabel, PR · Transportation Equipment 4 chemicals
- Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC Vega Baja, PR · Electrical Equipment 4 chemicals
- Solenis LLC Chicopee, MA · Chemicals 4 chemicals
- Adhesive Applications Inc. - O'Neill St Easthampton Easthampton, MA · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 4 chemicals
Other Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC, Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC, Tower Automotive.
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, Chromium, Nickel, Copper; nearby reporters include Toyota Boshoku Kentucky L.L.C. - Bardstown. Tower Automotive stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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 Tower Automotive TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · TRACE-CARC · lead Manganese) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Tower Automotive totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Bardstown, KY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336370 · Transportation Equipment. 1.7% of Nelson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Pentair Flow Technologies (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Tower Automotive stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC · 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