EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC
Elkton, MI · Parent: Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC
- Total releases
- 1.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 6
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC: how the 1.6K lbs splits
1.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 1.6K lbs 100.0%
Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC's 1.6K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Manganese.
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 AIR pathway TRACE-CARC
Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Elkton, MI, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 345 lbs of releases across 6 chemicals in 2023, and 1.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 13,116 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. Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC is pounds #505 and chemical-count #183 at 1.6K 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Blue Diamond Steel Casting,inc.; Huron Casting Inc; Valley Enterprises Inc.; Michigan Sugar Co - Sebewaing Factory. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Michigan: Aptiv North River Road Facility; Navistar San Antonio Manufacturing; Kalida Manufacturing Inc; Whiting Door Manufacturing Corp. Other Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC sites in this extract: Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC; Tower Automotive; Tower Automotive. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese; Chromium; Nickel; Copper.
Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 6 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Aptiv North River Road Facility and Navistar San Antonio Manufacturing.
Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.6K lbs Top 50% higher than 50% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC: Manganese-led volume
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC reports the 824th-largest volume (1.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Manganese alone is 99.3% of the total. Scale peers outside Michigan include Aptiv North River Road Facility and Navistar San Antonio Manufacturing.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Manganese at 99.3%. Not a toxicity score.
Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 36% (253 lbs to 345 lbs).
Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 36% 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: Manganese.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 253 lbs | 6 |
| 2020 | 345 lbs | 6 |
| 2021 | 345 lbs | 6 |
| 2022 | 345 lbs | 6 |
| 2023 | 345 lbs | 6 |
Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC
Closest other reporters in Michigan - including Blue Diamond Steel Casting,inc., Huron Casting Inc, Valley Enterprises Inc., ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 790 other reporting facilities in Michigan.
Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Michigan - e.g. Aptiv North River Road Facility, Navistar San Antonio Manufacturing, Kalida Manufacturing Inc.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC on cumulative reported pounds (1.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (6). Release-pound peers include Superior Concrete Materials Inc. - Dulles, Mersen USA Gstn Corp., Afglobal Corp. Chemical-count peers include Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd, Leoni Wire Inc, Turf Care Supply-Hatfield Plant. 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.
- Superior Concrete Materials Inc. - Dulles Chantilly, VA · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 1.6K lbs reported
- Mersen USA Gstn Corp. Columbia, TN · Electrical Equipment 1.6K lbs reported
- Afglobal Corp Houston, TX · Fabricated Metals 1.6K lbs reported
- Tdc LLC - Westlake Plant Westlake, LA · Chemicals 1.6K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC, Tower Automotive, Tower Automotive.
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 Manganese, Chromium, Nickel, Copper; nearby reporters include Blue Diamond Steel Casting,inc.. Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · TRACE-CARC · lead Manganese) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Elkton, MI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336370 · Transportation Equipment. 0.0% of Huron TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Superior Concrete Materials Inc. - Dulles (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Manganese. 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