EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site
Auburn, MI · Parent: Dow Inc
- Total releases
- 5.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site: how the 5.1K lbs splits
5.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 4.8K lbs 94.4%
- Air Releases 288 lbs 5.6%
Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site's 5.1K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 94.4% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 5.6%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Auburn, MI, in the chemicals sector. It reported 2.0K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 5.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 11,163 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. Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site is pounds #427 and chemical-count #494 at 5.1K 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Cabot Fumed Silica - Midland Plant; Ddp Specialty Electronic Materials US LLC; Nutrition & Biosciences USA 1 LLC Midland; Sk Saran Americas LLC. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Michigan: Watson Standard Co Harwick Plant; Protech Powder Coatings Inc; Ardex Laboratories Inc; The Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Co. Other Dow Inc sites in this extract: The Dow Chemical Co - Louisiana Operations; The Dow Chemical Co - Beaumont Aniline; Dow Sabine River Operations; St Charles Operations (taft/star) Union Carbide Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Aluminum (fume or dust).
Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (94.4% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 5.1K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Watson Standard Co Harwick Plant and Protech Powder Coatings Inc.
Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
5.1K lbs Top 43% higher than 57% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site: Zinc compounds-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site reports the 2,306th-largest volume (5.1K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 86.7% of the total. Scale peers outside Michigan include Watson Standard Co Harwick Plant and Protech Powder Coatings Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 86.7%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site's total reported releases rose from 1.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site's air releases fell from 55 lb in 2022 to 40 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site's off-site transfers rose from 1.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 5.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 315% (482 lbs to 2.0K lbs).
Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site year-over-year reported totals (increased by 315% 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 482 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 519 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 316 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 1.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 2.0K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 4.4K lbs | - |
| Aluminum (fume or dust) | 679 lbs | - |
Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site
Closest other reporters in Michigan - including Cabot Fumed Silica - Midland Plant, Ddp Specialty Electronic Materials US LLC, Nutrition & Biosciences USA 1 LLC Midland, ordered by distance.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site on cumulative reported pounds (5.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Flex-N-Gate Rockford, Waterbury Peaking Elec Generating Plant, Roper Pump Co. 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.
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Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Dow Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including The Dow Chemical Co - Louisiana Operations, The Dow Chemical Co - Beaumont Aniline, Dow Sabine River Operations.
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 Zinc compounds, Aluminum (fume or dust); nearby reporters include Cabot Fumed Silica - Midland Plant. Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site stamps LIGHT 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.
Use and verify this record
This Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Auburn, MI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325211 · Chemicals. 0.1% of Bay TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Flex-N-Gate Rockford (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds. 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