EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Fca US Sterling Heights Assembly Plant
Sterling Heights, MI · Parent: Fca US LLC
- Total releases
- 415.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 19
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
MIXED Form-R mix
Fca US Sterling Heights Assembly Plant: how the 415.3K lbs splits
415.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 229.4K lbs 55.2%
- Off-site Transfers 185.9K lbs 44.8%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Fca US Sterling Heights Assembly Plant's 415.3K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 55.2% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 44.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
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.
MID volume MIXED pathway CARC-LEAN
Fca US Sterling Heights Assembly Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Sterling Heights, MI, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 85.9K lbs of releases across 18 chemicals in 2023, and 415.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,183 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. Fca US Sterling Heights Assembly Plant is pounds #75 and chemical-count #25 at 415.3K 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: Fca US Sterling Stamping Plant; Ford Motor Company-Sterling I Plant; Superior Materials 39; Innovative Design Solutions. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Michigan: Honda Developlement & Manufacturing LLC - Iap; Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi Inc; Highwater Marine Llc. DBA Godfrey Marine; Eaton Corp. Other Fca US LLC sites in this extract: Fca US Warren Truck Assembly Plant; Fca US Jefferson North Assembly Plant; Fca US Toledo Assembly Complex; Fca US Belvidere Assembly Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Xylene (mixed isomers); Certain glycol ethers; Methyl isobutyl ketone.
Fca US Sterling Heights Assembly Plant is a MID · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Sterling Heights, MI: 415.3K lbs across 19 chemicals (3 carcinogen-classified, CARC-LEAN). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 55.2%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Honda Developlement & Manufacturing LLC - Iap and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi Inc.
Fca US Sterling Heights Assembly Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
415K lbs Top 8% higher than 92% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Fca US Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in the Transportation Equipment sector extract
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Fca US Sterling Heights Assembly Plant reports the 96th-largest volume, placing it in the top 6% of its sector. Scale peers outside Michigan include Honda Developlement & Manufacturing LLC - Iap and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi Inc.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Fca US Sterling Heights Assembly Plant's total reported releases fell from 87.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 85.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Fca US Sterling Heights Assembly Plant's off-site transfers fell from 48.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 46.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Fca US Sterling Heights Assembly Plant's air releases rose from 39.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 39.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Fca US Sterling Heights Assembly Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Fca US Sterling Heights Assembly Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 415.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 18% (72.9K lbs to 85.9K lbs).
Fca US Sterling Heights Assembly Plant: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Fca US Sterling Heights Assembly Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 18% 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 | 72.9K lbs | 18 |
| 2020 | 62.8K lbs | 18 |
| 2021 | 106.2K lbs | 18 |
| 2022 | 87.4K lbs | 18 |
| 2023 | 85.9K lbs | 18 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 19 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 67.8K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 57.3K lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 50.3K lbs | - |
| Methyl isobutyl ketone | 40.2K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ethylene glycol | 29.1K lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 29.0K lbs | - |
| n-Hexane | 25.6K lbs | - |
| Toluene | 18.9K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 17.5K lbs | - |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 17.2K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 15.0K lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 12.7K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Sodium nitrite | 9.6K lbs | - |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 8.6K lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 7.4K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 5.1K lbs | - |
| Benzene | 2.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Diisocyanates | 1.3K lbs | - |
| Tetrabromobisphenol A | 773 lbs | - |
Fca US Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in Macomb
Nearest TRI Facilities to Fca US Sterling Heights Assembly Plant
Closest other reporters in Michigan - including Fca US Sterling Stamping Plant, Ford Motor Company-Sterling I Plant, Superior Materials 39, ordered by distance.
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Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Michigan - e.g. Honda Developlement & Manufacturing LLC - Iap, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi Inc, Highwater Marine Llc. DBA Godfrey Marine.
Compare beyond Michigan
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Fca US Sterling Heights Assembly Plant on cumulative reported pounds (415.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (19). Release-pound peers include Honda Developlement & Manufacturing LLC - Iap, Darling Ingredients Inc., Batesville Manufacturing LLC. Chemical-count peers include Allnex USA Inc. Wallingford Ct Site, Johnson Matthey, Colver Green Energy. 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 Developlement & Manufacturing LLC - Iap Greensburg, IN · Transportation Equipment 415.8K lbs reported
- Darling Ingredients Inc. Union City, TN · Food 414.3K lbs reported
- Batesville Manufacturing LLC Manchester, TN · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 416.2K lbs reported
- Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi Inc Blue Springs, MS · Transportation Equipment 416.3K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Fca US LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Fca US Warren Truck Assembly Plant, Fca US Jefferson North Assembly Plant, Fca US Toledo Assembly Complex.
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, Xylene (mixed isomers), Certain glycol ethers, Methyl isobutyl ketone; nearby reporters include Fca US Sterling Stamping Plant. Fca US Sterling Heights Assembly Plant stamps MID volume · MIXED pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Fca US Sterling Heights Assembly Plant TRI extract (MID · MIXED · CARC-LEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Fca US Sterling Heights Assembly Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Sterling Heights, MI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336111 · Transportation Equipment. 8.3% of Macomb TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Rec Boat Holdings Llc-Sport/engineering (Δ 14 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Fca US Sterling Heights Assembly Plant stamps MID · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 55.2%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. 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