EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Benteler Automotive Hagen Facility
Grand Rapids, MI · Parent: Benteler Automotive Corp
- Total releases
- 10.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Benteler Automotive Hagen Facility: how the 10.6K lbs splits
10.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 10.5K lbs 99.4%
- Off-site Transfers 39 lbs 0.4%
- Air Releases 20 lbs 0.2%
Benteler Automotive Hagen Facility's 10.6K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 99.4% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 0.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Chromium.
LIGHT volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Benteler Automotive Hagen Facility is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Grand Rapids, MI, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 731 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 10.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 9,715 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Michigan's 791 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Benteler Automotive Hagen Facility is pounds #373 and chemical-count #662 at 10.6K lbs. Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works leads reported pounds (53.0M lbs) at 17 chemicals (chemical-count #27). Eq Detroit Inc leads chemical count at 71 chemicals (14.0M lbs, pounds #5). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Valley City Plating; Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC Dba: Country Fresh; Worthen Coated Fabrics; Schreiber Food Inc.. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Michigan: Johnson Matthey Inc; Collins Aerospace San Marcos; North American Lighting; Gillig. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium.
Benteler Automotive Hagen Facility stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant LAND pathway (99.4% land disposal) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 10.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Johnson Matthey Inc and Collins Aerospace San Marcos.
Benteler Automotive Hagen Facility vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
11K lbs Top 37% higher than 63% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Benteler Automotive Hagen Facility: Chromium-led volume
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Benteler Automotive Hagen Facility reports the 615th-largest volume (10.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Chromium alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Michigan include Johnson Matthey Inc and Collins Aerospace San Marcos.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Benteler Automotive Hagen Facility's pounds in one chemical - here Chromium at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Benteler Automotive Hagen Facility's total reported releases fell from 3.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 731 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Benteler Automotive Hagen Facility's off-site transfers rose from 3 lb in 2022 to 15 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Benteler Automotive Hagen Facility's land releases fell from 3.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 711 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Benteler Automotive Hagen Facility Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Benteler Automotive Hagen Facility releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 10.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 63% (2.0K lbs to 731 lbs).
Benteler Automotive Hagen Facility: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Benteler Automotive Hagen Facility year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 63% 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: Chromium.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 1.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 2.7K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 3.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 731 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Chromium | 10.6K lbs | - |
Benteler Automotive Hagen Facility · LAND-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Michigan - including Valley City Plating, Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC Dba: Country Fresh, Worthen Coated Fabrics, ordered by distance.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Benteler Automotive Hagen Facility on cumulative reported pounds (10.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Michelin Na Inc-Starr Facility, Frit Industries, Ahf Products. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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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 Chromium; nearby reporters include Valley City Plating. Benteler Automotive Hagen Facility 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.
Use and verify this record
This Benteler Automotive Hagen Facility TRI extract (LIGHT · LAND · CLEAN · lead Chromium) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Benteler Automotive Hagen Facility totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Grand Rapids, MI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336390 · Transportation Equipment. 0.3% of Kent TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Michelin Na Inc-Starr Facility (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Benteler Automotive Hagen Facility stamps LIGHT volume · LAND pathway · CLEAN · lead Chromium. 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