EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Gm - Romulus Engine Operations
Romulus, MI · Parent: General Motors LLC
- Total releases
- 107.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Gm - Romulus Engine Operations: how the 107.6K lbs splits
107.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 107.6K lbs 100.0%
- Water Discharges 15 lbs <0.1%
- Air Releases 1 lbs <0.1%
Gm - Romulus Engine Operations's 107.6K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Copper.
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 OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Gm - Romulus Engine Operations is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Romulus, MI, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 17.5K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 107.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,437 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. Gm - Romulus Engine Operations is pounds #150 and chemical-count #201 at 107.6K 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: US Ecology Romulus Inc.; Ford Motor Co Wayne Integral Stamping; Polychemie Inc; Plant 822 - Progressive. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Michigan: Ford Motor Co - Ohio Assembly Plant; Ge Aerospace Additive Technology Center; Fineline Industries; Ge Aerospace Plant 1. 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: Copper; Manganese; Nickel; Chromium.
Compare Gm - Romulus Engine Operations with
Nearest reporters in Michigan
- US Ecology Romulus Inc. Romulus · 14.6K lbs
- Ford Motor Co Wayne Integral Stamping Wayne · 165 lbs
- Polychemie Inc Wayne · 728 lbs
- Plant 822 - Progressive Wayne · 1.3K lbs
Similar-scale Transportation Equipment sites elsewhere: Ford Motor Co - Ohio Assembly Plant (OH) · Ge Aerospace Additive Technology Center (OH) · Fineline Industries (GA)
Gm - Romulus Engine Operations stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 5 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 107.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Ford Motor Co - Ohio Assembly Plant and Ge Aerospace Additive Technology Center.
Gm - Romulus Engine Operations vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
108K lbs Top 17% higher than 83% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Gm - Romulus Engine Operations: Copper-led volume
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Gm - Romulus Engine Operations reports the 284th-largest volume, placing it in the top 17.7% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Copper alone is 81.6% of the total. Scale peers outside Michigan include Ford Motor Co - Ohio Assembly Plant and Ge Aerospace Additive Technology Center.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Gm - Romulus Engine Operations's pounds in one chemical - here Copper at 81.6%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Gm - Romulus Engine Operations's total reported releases fell from 22.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 17.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gm - Romulus Engine Operations's off-site transfers fell from 22.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 17.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Gm - Romulus Engine Operations Form-R facts
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67% more than the comparison
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Gm - Romulus Engine Operations releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 107.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 34% (26.4K lbs to 17.5K lbs).
Gm - Romulus Engine Operations: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Gm - Romulus Engine Operations year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 34% 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 | 26.4K lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 21.6K lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 19.8K lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 22.3K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 17.5K lbs | 5 |
Gm - Romulus Engine Operations · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Gm - Romulus Engine Operations
Closest other reporters in Michigan - including US Ecology Romulus Inc., Ford Motor Co Wayne Integral Stamping, Polychemie Inc, 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. Ford Motor Co - Ohio Assembly Plant, Ge Aerospace Additive Technology Center, Fineline Industries.
Compare beyond Michigan
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Gm - Romulus Engine Operations on cumulative reported pounds (107.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Quad County Corn Processors, Sherwin-Williams Co, Dave Gates Generating Station. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of Puerto Rico LLC. 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).
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 Copper, Manganese, Nickel, Chromium; nearby reporters include US Ecology Romulus Inc.. Gm - Romulus Engine Operations stamps MID volume · OFFSITE 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 Gm - Romulus Engine Operations TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Copper) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Gm - Romulus Engine Operations totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Romulus, MI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336310 · Transportation Equipment. 0.1% of Wayne TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Quad County Corn Processors (Δ 22 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Gm - Romulus Engine Operations stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Copper. 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