EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Gates Corp
Poplar Bluff, MO · Parent: Gates Corp
- Total releases
- 97.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Gates Corp: how the 97.0K lbs splits
97.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 97.0K lbs 100.0%
Gates Corp's 97.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Gates Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Poplar Bluff, MO, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 19.8K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 97.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,650 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Missouri's 491 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Gates Corp is pounds #108 and chemical-count #219 at 97.0K lbs. Buick Mine/mill leads reported pounds (48.2M lbs) at 8 chemicals (chemical-count #66). Buzzi Unicem Usa-Cape Girardeau leads chemical count at 87 chemicals (904.5K lbs, pounds #44). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Mid Continent Steel & Wire Inc; Briggs & Stratton LLC; US Army National Guard Wappapello Ts Ranges; W W Wood Products Inc. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Missouri: Cooling Tower Composites & Fabrication; Shaw Ind Inc Plant Rp; Osborne Industries Inc; Flexible Technologies Inc.. Other Gates Corp sites in this extract: Gates Corp; Gates Corp; Gates Corp; Gates Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Certain glycol ethers; Antimony compounds.
Gates Corp stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 97.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Cooling Tower Composites & Fabrication and Shaw Ind Inc Plant Rp.
Gates Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
97K lbs Top 18% higher than 82% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Gates Corp inside Butler's TRI pounds
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Gates Corp reports the 324th-largest volume, placing it in the top 21.5% of its sector. This one site accounts for 34.1% of every pound reported in Butler. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 91.2% of the total. Scale peers outside Missouri include Cooling Tower Composites & Fabrication and Shaw Ind Inc Plant Rp.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Butler's reported pounds (284.7K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Gates Corp's total reported releases fell from 20.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 19.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gates Corp's off-site transfers fell from 20.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 19.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Gates Corp Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Gates Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 97.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 16% (23.5K lbs to 19.8K lbs).
Gates Corp: 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 Gates Corp year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 16% 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 23.5K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 14.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 18.6K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 20.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 19.8K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 88.5K lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 5.5K lbs | - |
| Antimony compounds | 3.0K lbs | - |
Gates Corp · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Gates Corp
Closest other reporters in Missouri - including Mid Continent Steel & Wire Inc, Briggs & Stratton LLC, US Army National Guard Wappapello Ts Ranges, ordered by distance.
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Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Missouri - e.g. Cooling Tower Composites & Fabrication, Shaw Ind Inc Plant Rp, Osborne Industries Inc.
Compare beyond Missouri
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Gates Corp on cumulative reported pounds (97.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Iowa Steel & Wire Co Inc, Cooling Tower Composites & Fabrication, Sherwin-Williams Co. 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.
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Similar chemical count
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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 Zinc compounds, Certain glycol ethers, Antimony compounds; nearby reporters include Mid Continent Steel & Wire Inc. Gates Corp stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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 Gates Corp TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Gates Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Poplar Bluff, MO, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326220 · Plastics and Rubber. 34.1% of Butler TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Iowa Steel & Wire Co Inc (Δ 72 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Gates Corp stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds. 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