EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Tawas Plating Co
Tawas City, MI
- Total releases
- 37.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Tawas Plating Co: how the 37.7K lbs splits
37.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 37.5K lbs 99.6%
- Air Releases 156 lbs 0.4%
Tawas Plating Co's 37.7K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitric acid.
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.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-MID
Tawas Plating Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Tawas City, MI, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 24.4K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 37.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 6,786 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. Tawas Plating Co is pounds #251 and chemical-count #463 at 37.7K 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: Gold Bond Building Products - National City; Tip-Top Screw Manufacturing Inc; Cooper Standard Automotive Inc; Blue Diamond Steel Casting,inc.. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Michigan: Steris Corp; Aluminum Finishers LLC; Ranch Hand - 153; Azz Galvanizing -Denver. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid; Nickel And Nickel Compounds.
Tawas Plating Co stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.6% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 37.7K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Steris Corp and Aluminum Finishers LLC.
Tawas Plating Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
38K lbs Top 26% higher than 74% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Tawas Plating Co inside Iosco's TRI pounds
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Tawas Plating Co reports the 767th-largest volume, placing it in the top 22.4% of its sector. This one site accounts for 88.5% of every pound reported in Iosco. Scale peers outside Michigan include Steris Corp and Aluminum Finishers LLC.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Iosco's reported pounds (42.6K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Tawas Plating Co's total reported releases rose from 3.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 24.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tawas Plating Co's off-site transfers rose from 3.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 24.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Tawas Plating Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Tawas Plating Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 37.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 438% (4.5K lbs to 24.4K lbs).
Tawas Plating Co: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Tawas Plating Co year-over-year reported totals (increased by 438% 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: Nitric acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 2.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 2.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 3.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 24.4K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 2 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 21.1K lbs | - |
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 16.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
Tawas Plating Co · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Tawas Plating Co
Closest other reporters in Michigan - including Gold Bond Building Products - National City, Tip-Top Screw Manufacturing Inc, Cooper Standard Automotive Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Michigan - e.g. Steris Corp, Aluminum Finishers LLC, Ranch Hand - 153.
Compare beyond Michigan
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Tawas Plating Co on cumulative reported pounds (37.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Emmi Roth Platteville, Highline Warren - Dallas, Multi-Color Corp. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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).
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 Nitric acid, Nickel And Nickel Compounds; nearby reporters include Gold Bond Building Products - National City. Tawas Plating Co stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-MID 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 Tawas Plating Co TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-MID · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Tawas Plating Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Tawas City, MI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332813 · Fabricated Metals. 88.5% of Iosco TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Emmi Roth Platteville (Δ 17 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Tawas Plating Co stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-MID · lead Nitric acid. 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