EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Tower Automotive
Madison, MS · Parent: Autokiniton US Holdings Inc
- Total releases
- 156.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Tower Automotive: how the 156.7K lbs splits
156.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 156.7K lbs 100.0%
Tower Automotive's 156.7K 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.
MID volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Tower Automotive is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Madison, MS, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 30.7K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 156.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,667 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Mississippi's 328 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Tower Automotive is pounds #72 and chemical-count #216 at 156.7K lbs. Tronox LLC leads reported pounds (64.0M lbs) at 17 chemicals (chemical-count #12). Chevron Products Co Pascagoula Refinery leads chemical count at 46 chemicals (7.4M lbs, pounds #9). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Kasai N.a. Inc Madison Plant; Westlake Compounds LLC; Mmc Materials Inc - Gluckstadt; Mmc Materials Inc - Ragsdale Road. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Mississippi: Kasai N.a. Inc.; C&c Marine & Repair L.L.C.; Ventra Ionia Main LLC; Braking Products Group US LLC. Other Autokiniton US Holdings Inc sites in this extract: Tower Automotive Plymouth; Autokiniton Plant 3; Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC; Southtec LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese.
Tower Automotive stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 156.7K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Kasai N.a. Inc. and C&c Marine & Repair L.L.C..
Tower Automotive vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
157K lbs Top 14% higher than 86% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Tower Automotive: Manganese-led volume
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Tower Automotive reports the 219th-largest volume, placing it in the top 13.7% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Manganese alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Mississippi include Kasai N.a. Inc. and C&c Marine & Repair L.L.C..
Concentrated means ≥60% of Tower Automotive's pounds in one chemical - here Manganese at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Tower Automotive's total reported releases fell from 32.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 30.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tower Automotive's air releases fell from 32.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 30.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Tower Automotive Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Tower Automotive releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 156.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 20% (38.2K lbs to 30.7K lbs).
Tower Automotive: 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 Tower Automotive 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: Manganese.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 38.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 25.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 29.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 32.6K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 30.7K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Manganese | 156.7K lbs | - |
Tower Automotive · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Tower Automotive
Closest other reporters in Mississippi - including Kasai N.a. Inc Madison Plant, Westlake Compounds LLC, Mmc Materials Inc - Gluckstadt, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 327 other reporting facilities in Mississippi.
Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Mississippi - e.g. Kasai N.a. Inc., C&c Marine & Repair L.L.C., Ventra Ionia Main LLC.
Compare beyond Mississippi
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Tower Automotive on cumulative reported pounds (156.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Texas Instruments- Lehi Fab, Kasai N.a. Inc., Siemens Energy Winston Service Center. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa 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.
- Texas Instruments- Lehi Fab Lehi, UT · Computers and Electronic Products 156.6K lbs reported
- Kasai N.a. Inc. Upper Sandusky, OH · Transportation Equipment 156.6K lbs reported
- Siemens Energy Winston Service Center Rural Hall, NC · Machinery 156.8K lbs reported
- Steel Dynamics Inc. Jeffersonville, IN · Fabricated Metals 156.9K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Autokiniton US Holdings Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Tower Automotive Plymouth, Autokiniton Plant 3, Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC.
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; nearby reporters include Kasai N.a. Inc Madison Plant. Tower Automotive stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN 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 TRI extract (MID · AIR · CLEAN · lead Manganese) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Tower Automotive totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Madison, MS, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336390 · Transportation Equipment. 9.6% of Madison TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Texas Instruments- Lehi Fab (Δ 46 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Tower Automotive stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · 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