EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Bowers Manufacturing
Portage, MI
- Total releases
- 2.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2020
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Bowers Manufacturing: how the 2.8K lbs splits
2.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 2.8K lbs 99.3%
- Off-site Transfers 20 lbs 0.7%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Bowers Manufacturing's 2.8K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 99.3% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 0.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitric acid.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Bowers Manufacturing is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Portage, MI, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 1.4K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2020, and 2.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2020 reporting years. That ranks 12,233 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. Bowers Manufacturing is pounds #463 and chemical-count #688 at 2.8K 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Pharmacia & Upjohn Co LLC a Subsidiary of Pfizer Inc; Humphrey Products Co; Kaiser Aluminum Fabricated Products LLC; Dimplex Thermal Solutions. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Michigan: Southwire Co Douglas Plant 2; Banker Steel Co LLC; Chrome Craft; Shaw el Dorado LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid.
Bowers Manufacturing stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (99.3% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.8K lbs (2019–2020). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Southwire Co Douglas Plant 2 and Banker Steel Co LLC.
Bowers Manufacturing vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.8K lbs Top 47% higher than 53% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Bowers Manufacturing: Nitric acid-led volume
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Bowers Manufacturing reports the 1,501st-largest volume (2.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitric acid alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Michigan include Southwire Co Douglas Plant 2 and Banker Steel Co LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Bowers Manufacturing's pounds in one chemical - here Nitric acid at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Bowers Manufacturing Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Bowers Manufacturing releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2020, total releases held roughly flat (1.4K lbs to 1.4K lbs).
Bowers Manufacturing: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2020
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
What this shows Bowers Manufacturing year-over-year reported totals (held roughly flat from 2019 to 2020). 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: Nitric acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 1.4K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2020). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 2.8K lbs | - |
Bowers Manufacturing · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Bowers Manufacturing
Closest other reporters in Michigan - including Pharmacia & Upjohn Co LLC a Subsidiary of Pfizer Inc, Humphrey Products Co, Kaiser Aluminum Fabricated Products LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 790 other reporting facilities in Michigan.
Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Michigan - e.g. Southwire Co Douglas Plant 2, Banker Steel Co LLC, Chrome Craft.
Compare beyond Michigan
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Bowers Manufacturing on cumulative reported pounds (2.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Honda Development & Manufacturing of America Transmission, Southwire Co Douglas Plant 2, Baker Petrolite Kilgore Blend Plant. 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.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Honda Development & Manufacturing of America Transmission Tallapoosa, GA · Transportation Equipment 2.8K lbs reported
- Southwire Co Douglas Plant 2 Douglas, GA · Fabricated Metals 2.8K lbs reported
- Baker Petrolite Kilgore Blend Plant Kilgore, TX · Chemical Wholesalers 2.8K lbs reported
- Martin Operating Ptnr-Galveston Galveston, TX · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 2.8K lbs reported
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 Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Pharmacia & Upjohn Co LLC a Subsidiary of Pfizer Inc. Bowers Manufacturing stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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 Bowers Manufacturing TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Bowers Manufacturing totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Portage, MI, latest year 2020. Form-R rows span 2019–2020 (2 years). NAICS 332813 · Fabricated Metals. 0.1% of Kalamazoo TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Honda Development & Manufacturing of America Transmission (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Bowers Manufacturing stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid. 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