EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Tower Automotive
Meridian, MS
- Total releases
- 1.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Tower Automotive: how the 1.9K lbs splits
1.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 1.9K lbs 100.0%
Tower Automotive's 1.9K 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 is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Meridian, MS, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 354 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 1.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 12,908 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 #189 and chemical-count #134 at 1.9K 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: Structural Steel Services Inc Plant 2; Atlas Roofing Corp; Mmc Materials Inc - Meridian Plant; Mgc Terminal LLC. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Mississippi: Honeywell Tempe; Dynamic Manufacturing Inc; Jlg Industries Inc-Hykes Road Facility; General Motors LLC Parma Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese; Nickel; Chromium.
Tower Automotive stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.9K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Honeywell Tempe and Dynamic Manufacturing Inc.
Tower Automotive vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.9K 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: Manganese-led volume
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Tower Automotive reports the 808th-largest volume (1.9K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Manganese alone is 99.6% of the total. Scale peers outside Mississippi include Honeywell Tempe and Dynamic Manufacturing Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Tower Automotive's pounds in one chemical - here Manganese at 99.6%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Tower Automotive's total reported releases fell from 412 lb in 2022 to 354 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tower Automotive's air releases fell from 412 lb in 2022 to 354 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: 1.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 1% (358 lbs to 354 lbs).
Tower Automotive: 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 year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 1% 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 | 358 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 356 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 412 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 412 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 354 lbs | 2 |
Tower Automotive · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Tower Automotive
Closest other reporters in Mississippi - including Structural Steel Services Inc Plant 2, Atlas Roofing Corp, Mmc Materials Inc - Meridian Plant, 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. Honeywell Tempe, Dynamic Manufacturing Inc, Jlg Industries Inc-Hykes Road Facility.
Compare beyond Mississippi
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Tower Automotive on cumulative reported pounds (1.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Sepro Research & Technology Campus, US Tva Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Honeywell Tempe. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. 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.
- Sepro Research & Technology Campus Whitakers, NC · Chemicals 1.9K lbs reported
- US Tva Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Spring City, TN · Electric Utilities 1.9K lbs reported
- Honeywell Tempe Tempe, AZ · Transportation Equipment 1.9K lbs reported
- Dynamic Manufacturing Inc Hillside, IL · Transportation Equipment 1.9K lbs reported
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 Manganese, Nickel, Chromium; nearby reporters include Structural Steel Services Inc Plant 2. Tower Automotive 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.
Use and verify this record
This Tower Automotive 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 totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Meridian, MS, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336370 · Transportation Equipment. 0.7% of Lauderdale TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Sepro Research & Technology Campus (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Tower Automotive 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