EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Ford Motor Co Dearborn Engine Plant
Dearborn, MI · Parent: Ford Motor Co
- Total releases
- 404 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 11
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
MIXED Form-R mix
Ford Motor Co Dearborn Engine Plant: how the 404 lbs splits
404 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 217 lbs 53.7%
- Off-site Transfers 187 lbs 46.3%
Ford Motor Co Dearborn Engine Plant's 404 lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 53.7% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 46.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Copper.
TRACE volume MIXED pathway CARC-LEAN
Ford Motor Co Dearborn Engine Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Dearborn, MI, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 122 lbs of releases across 6 chemicals in 2023, and 404 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 15,057 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. Ford Motor Co Dearborn Engine Plant is pounds #576 and chemical-count #81 at 404 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: Ford Motor Co Dearborn Truck Plant; Ford Motor Co Dearborn Tool & Die Plant; Ford Motor Co Dearborn Diversified Manufacturing; Ford Motor Co Dearborn Stamping Plant. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Michigan: Great Dane Trailers; Christensen Shipyards LLC; Carry on Trailer Corp; Dexter Axle. Other Ford Motor Co sites in this extract: Ford Motor Company--Kansas City Assembly Plant; Ford Motor Co Dearborn Truck Plant; Ford Motor Co Kentucky Truck Plant; Ford Motor Co Chicago Assembly. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Lead; Manganese.
Ford Motor Co Dearborn Engine Plant is a TRACE · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Dearborn, MI: 404 lbs across 11 chemicals (3 carcinogen-classified, CARC-LEAN). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 53.7%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Great Dane Trailers and Christensen Shipyards LLC.
Ford Motor Co Dearborn Engine Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
404 lbs 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Ford Motor Co Dearborn Engine Plant in the Transportation Equipment sector extract
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Ford Motor Co Dearborn Engine Plant reports the 981st-largest volume (404 lbs). Scale peers outside Michigan include Great Dane Trailers and Christensen Shipyards LLC.
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
- Ford Motor Co Dearborn Engine Plant's total reported releases rose from 7 lb in 2022 to 122 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ford Motor Co Dearborn Engine Plant's air releases rose from 2 lb in 2022 to 82 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ford Motor Co Dearborn Engine Plant's off-site transfers rose from 5 lb in 2022 to 40 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ford Motor Co Dearborn Engine Plant's chemicals reported rose from 2 in 2022 to 6 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Ford Motor Co Dearborn Engine Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Ford Motor Co Dearborn Engine Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 404 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 3% (125 lbs to 122 lbs).
Ford Motor Co Dearborn Engine Plant: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Ford Motor Co Dearborn Engine Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 3% 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: Copper.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 125 lbs | 7 |
| 2020 | 103 lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 48 lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 7 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 122 lbs | 6 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 11 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Copper | 202 lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 91 lbs | - |
| Lead | 46 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Manganese | 34 lbs | - |
| Nickel | 23 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Toluene | 3 lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 2 lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 1 lbs | - |
| Cumene | 1 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Sodium nitrite | 1 lbs | - |
| Ethylene glycol | 0 lbs | - |
Ford Motor Co Dearborn Engine Plant in Wayne
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Other Ford Motor Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Ford Motor Company--Kansas City Assembly Plant, Ford Motor Co Dearborn Truck Plant, Ford Motor Co Kentucky Truck Plant.
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 Copper, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead, Manganese; nearby reporters include Ford Motor Co Dearborn Truck Plant. Ford Motor Co Dearborn Engine Plant stamps TRACE 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.
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This Ford Motor Co Dearborn Engine Plant TRI extract (TRACE · MIXED · CARC-LEAN · lead Copper) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Ford Motor Co Dearborn Engine Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Dearborn, MI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336310 · Transportation Equipment. 0.0% of Wayne TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: US Gypsum Co (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Ford Motor Co Dearborn Engine Plant stamps TRACE · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 53.7%). 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