EPA TRI Facility · Textiles
Lear Corp
Kenansville, NC · Parent: Lear Corp
- Total releases
- 26.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2022
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Lear Corp: how the 26.4K lbs splits
26.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 26.2K lbs 99.3%
- Land Disposal 190 lbs 0.7%
Lear Corp's 26.4K lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 99.3% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 0.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
LIGHT volume WATER pathway CLEAN
Lear Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Kenansville, NC, in the textiles sector. It reported 12.1K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2022, and 26.4K lbs in total across its 2021-2022 reporting years. That ranks 7,613 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In North Carolina's 787 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Lear Corp is pounds #250 and chemical-count #548 at 26.4K lbs. Befesa Zinc Metal LLC leads reported pounds (43.1M lbs) at 4 chemicals (chemical-count #158). Pcs Phosphate Co Inc leads chemical count at 29 chemicals (22.9M lbs, pounds #2). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Butterball LLC; House of Raeford Farms Inc; Darling Ingredients Inc-Rose Hill Facility; Murphy-Brown LLC Warsaw Feed Mill. Similar-scale Textiles peers outside North Carolina: Fiberweb Inc.; Majilite Manufacturing Inc; Cooley Inc; 3G Mermet. Other Lear Corp sites in this extract: Lear Corp Farwell Plant; Lear Corportion. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
Lear Corp stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant WATER pathway (99.3% water discharges) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 26.4K lbs (2021–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Fiberweb Inc. and Majilite Manufacturing Inc.
Lear Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
26K lbs Top 29% higher than 71% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Lear Corp: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 97 Textiles facilities in this database, Lear Corp reports the 36th-largest volume (26.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside North Carolina include Fiberweb Inc. and Majilite Manufacturing Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Lear Corp's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Lear Corp Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Lear Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 26.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2021 to 2022, total releases decreased by 15% (14.3K lbs to 12.1K lbs).
Lear Corp: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2021–2022
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Lear Corp year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 15% from 2021 to 2022). 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 14.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 12.1K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2021–2022). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 26.4K lbs | - |
Lear Corp · WATER-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Lear Corp
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including Butterball LLC, House of Raeford Farms Inc, Darling Ingredients Inc-Rose Hill Facility, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 786 other reporting facilities in North Carolina.
Similar Textiles Facilities
Other Textiles facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Carolina - e.g. Fiberweb Inc., Majilite Manufacturing Inc, Cooley Inc.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Lear Corp on cumulative reported pounds (26.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Stepan Co, Genesis Custom Chemical Blending, Heraeus Epurio LLC. 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.
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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).
Other Lear Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Lear Corp Farwell Plant, Lear Corportion.
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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); nearby reporters include Butterball LLC. Lear Corp stamps LIGHT volume · WATER 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 Lear Corp TRI extract (LIGHT · WATER · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Lear Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Kenansville, NC, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2021–2022 (2 years). NAICS 313310 · Textiles. 4.3% of Duplin TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Brp US Inc (Δ 11 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Lear Corp stamps LIGHT volume · WATER pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). 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