EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Ford Motor Co Dearborn Truck Plant
Dearborn, MI · Parent: Ford Motor Co
- Total releases
- 2.1M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 20
- Carcinogens
- 7
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Ford Motor Co Dearborn Truck Plant: how the 2.1M lbs splits
2.1M lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 2.1M lbs 99.7%
- Off-site Transfers 5.7K lbs 0.3%
Ford Motor Co Dearborn Truck Plant's 2.1M lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 99.7% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 0.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Certain glycol ethers.
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.
HEAVY volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Ford Motor Co Dearborn Truck Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Dearborn, MI, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 431.3K lbs of releases across 14 chemicals in 2023, and 2.1M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 829 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 Truck Plant is pounds #22 and chemical-count #23 at 2.1M 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 Tool & Die Plant; Ford Motor Co Dearborn Diversified Manufacturing; Ford Motor Co Dearborn Stamping Plant; Ford Motor Co Dearborn Engine Plant. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Michigan: Chaparral Boats Inc; General Motors Wentzville Assembly; Malibu Boats LLC; Honda Development & Manufacturing of America LLC - Alabama. Other Ford Motor Co sites in this extract: Ford Motor Company--Kansas City Assembly Plant; Ford Motor Co Kentucky Truck Plant; Ford Motor Co Chicago Assembly; Ford Motor Co Michigan Assembly Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Certain glycol ethers; n-Butyl alcohol; Xylene (mixed isomers); 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene.
Compare Ford Motor Co Dearborn Truck Plant with
Nearest reporters in Michigan
- Ford Motor Co Dearborn Tool & Die Plant Dearborn · 17.5K lbs
- Ford Motor Co Dearborn Diversified Manufacturing Dearborn · 4.7K lbs
- Ford Motor Co Dearborn Stamping Plant Dearborn · 2.7K lbs
- Ford Motor Co Dearborn Engine Plant Dearborn · 404 lbs
Similar-scale Transportation Equipment sites elsewhere: Chaparral Boats Inc (GA) · General Motors Wentzville Assembly (MO) · Malibu Boats LLC (TN)
Ford Motor Co Dearborn Truck Plant stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant AIR pathway (99.7% air releases) across 20 chemicals · 7 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.1M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Chaparral Boats Inc and General Motors Wentzville Assembly.
Ford Motor Co Dearborn Truck Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.1M lbs Top 3% higher than 97% 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 Truck Plant in the Transportation Equipment sector extract
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Ford Motor Co Dearborn Truck Plant reports the 13th-largest volume, placing it in the top 0.8% of its sector. Scale peers outside Michigan include Chaparral Boats Inc and General Motors Wentzville Assembly.
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 Truck Plant's total reported releases rose from 414.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 431.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ford Motor Co Dearborn Truck Plant's air releases rose from 413.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 430.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Ford Motor Co Dearborn Truck Plant Form-R facts
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See how Ford Motor Co Dearborn Truck Plant stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
120.1× more than the comparison
67% more than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Ford Motor Co Dearborn Truck Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.1M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 20% (538.1K lbs to 431.3K lbs).
Ford Motor Co Dearborn Truck Plant: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Ford Motor Co Dearborn Truck Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 20% 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: Certain glycol ethers.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 538.1K lbs | 20 |
| 2020 | 338.6K lbs | 19 |
| 2021 | 384.5K lbs | 16 |
| 2022 | 414.0K lbs | 14 |
| 2023 | 431.3K lbs | 14 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 7 of 20 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Certain glycol ethers | 796.8K lbs | - |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 515.5K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 407.1K lbs | - |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 236.0K lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 84.4K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Naphthalene | 18.3K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Cumene | 13.5K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Toluene | 11.5K lbs | - |
| N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 9.7K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 5.7K lbs | - |
| Methyl isobutyl ketone | 3.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 2.9K lbs | - |
| Ethylene glycol | 1.9K lbs | - |
| Benzene | 182 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Zinc compounds | 164 lbs | - |
| Copper | 3 lbs | - |
| Lead | 2 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Sodium nitrite | 0 lbs | - |
Ford Motor Co Dearborn Truck Plant · AIR-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Michigan - including Ford Motor Co Dearborn Tool & Die Plant, Ford Motor Co Dearborn Diversified Manufacturing, Ford Motor Co Dearborn Stamping Plant, ordered by distance.
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Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Michigan - e.g. Chaparral Boats Inc, General Motors Wentzville Assembly, Malibu Boats LLC.
Compare beyond Michigan
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Ford Motor Co Dearborn Truck Plant on cumulative reported pounds (2.1M lbs) and distinct chemical count (20). Release-pound peers include Jost Chemical Co Inc, Chaparral Boats Inc, Global Advanced Metals USA. Chemical-count peers include Pixelle Specialty Solutions, Chemours Chambers Works, Fisher Scientific Co. L.L.C.. 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.
- Jost Chemical Co Inc Saint Louis, MO · Chemicals 2.1M lbs reported
- Chaparral Boats Inc Nashville, GA · Transportation Equipment 2.1M lbs reported
- Global Advanced Metals USA Boyertown, PA · Primary Metals 2.1M lbs reported
- McIntosh Electric Generating Plant Rincon, GA · Electric Utilities 2.1M lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Ford Motor Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Ford Motor Company--Kansas City Assembly Plant, Ford Motor Co Kentucky Truck Plant, Ford Motor Co Chicago Assembly.
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 Certain glycol ethers, n-Butyl alcohol, Xylene (mixed isomers), 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene; nearby reporters include Ford Motor Co Dearborn Tool & Die Plant. Ford Motor Co Dearborn Truck Plant stamps HEAVY volume · AIR 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 Ford Motor Co Dearborn Truck Plant TRI extract (HEAVY · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Ford Motor Co Dearborn Truck Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Dearborn, MI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336112 · Transportation Equipment. 1.6% of Wayne TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Jost Chemical Co Inc (Δ 1.1K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Ford Motor Co Dearborn Truck Plant stamps HEAVY volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers. 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