EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
General Motors Gm Va Factory Zero Assembly Plant
Detroit, MI · Parent: General Motors LLC
- Total releases
- 145.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 12
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
General Motors Gm Va Factory Zero Assembly Plant: how the 145.1K lbs splits
145.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 135.8K lbs 93.6%
- Off-site Transfers 9.3K lbs 6.4%
General Motors Gm Va Factory Zero Assembly Plant's 145.1K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 93.6% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 6.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene.
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 AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
General Motors Gm Va Factory Zero Assembly Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Detroit, MI, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 13.4K lbs of releases across 6 chemicals in 2023, and 145.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,807 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. General Motors Gm Va Factory Zero Assembly Plant is pounds #125 and chemical-count #55 at 145.1K 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Arco Alloys Corp; Euclid Manufacturing Co. Inc.; Eq Detroit Inc; US Ecology Michigan Inc.. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Michigan: Bath Iron Works-Structural Fabrication Facility (formerly Ha; Blue Bird Body Co; Daimler Trucks Na Llc-Cleveland; Forest River Inc. Coachmen Div. Other General Motors LLC sites in this extract: Gm Truck Group Fort Wayne Assembly; Gm Truck Group Flint Assembly Plant; General Motors Wentzville Assembly; Gm Mlcg Fairfax Assembly. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene; n-Butyl alcohol; Xylene (mixed isomers); Certain glycol ethers.
General Motors Gm Va Factory Zero Assembly Plant stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (93.6% air releases) across 12 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 145.1K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Bath Iron Works-Structural Fabrication Facility (formerly Ha and Blue Bird Body Co.
General Motors Gm Va Factory Zero Assembly Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
145K lbs Top 15% higher than 85% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
General Motors Gm Va Factory Zero Assembly Plant in the Transportation Equipment sector extract
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, General Motors Gm Va Factory Zero Assembly Plant reports the 236th-largest volume, placing it in the top 14.7% of its sector. Scale peers outside Michigan include Bath Iron Works-Structural Fabrication Facility (formerly Ha and Blue Bird Body Co.
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
- General Motors Gm Va Factory Zero Assembly Plant's total reported releases fell from 15.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 13.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- General Motors Gm Va Factory Zero Assembly Plant's off-site transfers rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 181 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- General Motors Gm Va Factory Zero Assembly Plant's chemicals reported rose from 3 in 2022 to 6 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- General Motors Gm Va Factory Zero Assembly Plant's air releases fell from 15.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 13.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
General Motors Gm Va Factory Zero Assembly Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How General Motors Gm Va Factory Zero Assembly Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 145.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 87% (104.5K lbs to 13.4K lbs).
General Motors Gm Va Factory Zero Assembly Plant: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows General Motors Gm Va Factory Zero Assembly Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 87% 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: 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 104.5K lbs | 11 |
| 2020 | 9.5K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 2.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 15.3K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 13.4K lbs | 6 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 12 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 53.4K lbs | - |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 23.2K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 19.4K lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 16.6K lbs | - |
| Toluene | 12.1K lbs | - |
| n-Hexane | 8.9K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 4.7K lbs | - |
| Methyl isobutyl ketone | 4.4K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ethylbenzene | 1.9K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzene | 524 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ethylene glycol | 7 lbs | - |
| Sodium nitrite | 0 lbs | - |
General Motors Gm Va Factory Zero Assembly Plant · AIR-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Michigan - including Arco Alloys Corp, Euclid Manufacturing Co. Inc., Eq Detroit Inc, ordered by distance.
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Compare beyond Michigan
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest General Motors Gm Va Factory Zero Assembly Plant on cumulative reported pounds (145.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (12). Release-pound peers include Huntsman Building Solutions, Tyson Farms Inc., Actus Nutrition - Monroe. Chemical-count peers include Fmc Agricultural Caribe Industries Ltd, Peerless Oil & Chemicals Inc., Prepa - Aguirre Power Generati on Complex. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
- Fmc Agricultural Caribe Industries Ltd Manati, PR · Chemicals 12 chemicals
- Peerless Oil & Chemicals Inc. Penuelas, PR · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 12 chemicals
- Prepa - Aguirre Power Generati on Complex Aguirre, PR · Electric Utilities 12 chemicals
- Citgo Petroleum Corp Braintree, MA · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 12 chemicals
Other General Motors LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Gm Truck Group Fort Wayne Assembly, Gm Truck Group Flint Assembly Plant, General Motors Wentzville 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 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, n-Butyl alcohol, Xylene (mixed isomers), Certain glycol ethers; nearby reporters include Arco Alloys Corp. General Motors Gm Va Factory Zero Assembly Plant stamps MID 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 General Motors Gm Va Factory Zero Assembly Plant TRI extract (MID · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
General Motors Gm Va Factory Zero Assembly Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Detroit, MI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336111 · Transportation Equipment. 0.1% of Wayne TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Huntsman Building Solutions (Δ 21 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
General Motors Gm Va Factory Zero Assembly Plant stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene. 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