EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Cooper Standard Automotive
Bowling Green, OH · Parent: Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc
- Total releases
- 788.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Cooper Standard Automotive: how the 788.6K lbs splits
788.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 777.4K lbs 98.6%
- Air Releases 11.2K lbs 1.4%
Cooper Standard Automotive's 788.6K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 98.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 1.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
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.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-MID
Cooper Standard Automotive is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Bowling Green, OH, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 104.1K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 788.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,500 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Ohio's 1,299 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Cooper Standard Automotive is pounds #79 and chemical-count #424 at 788.6K lbs. Ineos Nitriles USA LLC leads reported pounds (42.4M lbs) at 31 chemicals (chemical-count #10). Heritage Thermal Services leads chemical count at 217 chemicals (431.4K lbs, pounds #116). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Lubrizol Advanced Materials Inc Bowling Green; Regal Beloit America; Betco Corp - Bg; A-Gas US Inc. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Ohio: Bmca Cedar City LLC (bmca); 3M Co - Menomonie; Xerxes Corp; Xerxes Corp. Other Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc sites in this extract: Cooper Standard Automotive; Cooper Standard Automotive Inc; Cooper Standard Automotive Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole; Ethylene thiourea; Thiram.
Cooper Standard Automotive stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (98.6% off-site transfers) across 4 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 788.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Bmca Cedar City LLC (bmca) and 3M Co - Menomonie.
Cooper Standard Automotive vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
789K lbs Top 6% higher than 94% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cooper Standard Automotive in the Plastics and Rubber sector extract
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Cooper Standard Automotive reports the 48th-largest volume, placing it in the top 3.2% of its sector. Scale peers outside Ohio include Bmca Cedar City LLC (bmca) and 3M Co - Menomonie.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Cooper Standard Automotive's total reported releases fell from 125.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 104.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cooper Standard Automotive's off-site transfers fell from 122.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 101.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cooper Standard Automotive's air releases fell from 2.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Cooper Standard Automotive Form-R facts
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See how Cooper Standard Automotive stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
11.3× more than the comparison
50% less than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cooper Standard Automotive releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 788.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 128% (45.6K lbs to 104.1K lbs).
Cooper Standard Automotive: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Cooper Standard Automotive year-over-year reported totals (increased by 128% 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 | 45.6K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 368.0K lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 145.0K lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 125.8K lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 104.1K lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 4 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 281.1K lbs | - |
| 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole | 184.9K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ethylene thiourea | 164.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Thiram | 158.6K lbs | - |
Cooper Standard Automotive · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Cooper Standard Automotive
Closest other reporters in Ohio - including Lubrizol Advanced Materials Inc Bowling Green, Regal Beloit America, Betco Corp - Bg, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,298 other reporting facilities in Ohio.
Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Ohio - e.g. Bmca Cedar City LLC (bmca), 3M Co - Menomonie, Xerxes Corp.
Compare beyond Ohio
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cooper Standard Automotive on cumulative reported pounds (788.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (4). Release-pound peers include Port Hamilton Refining & Transportation Lllp, Arkema Inc, Bristol Metals LP. Chemical-count peers include Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc., Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC, Solenis 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
- Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc. Santa Isabel, PR · Transportation Equipment 4 chemicals
- Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC Vega Baja, PR · Electrical Equipment 4 chemicals
- Solenis LLC Chicopee, MA · Chemicals 4 chemicals
- Adhesive Applications Inc. - O'Neill St Easthampton Easthampton, MA · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 4 chemicals
Other Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Cooper Standard Automotive, Cooper Standard Automotive Inc, Cooper Standard Automotive Inc.
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, 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole, Ethylene thiourea, Thiram; nearby reporters include Lubrizol Advanced Materials Inc Bowling Green. Cooper Standard Automotive stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-MID 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 Cooper Standard Automotive TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CARC-MID · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cooper Standard Automotive totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Bowling Green, OH, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326291 · Plastics and Rubber. 9.4% of Wood TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Port Hamilton Refining & Transportation Lllp (Δ 32 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cooper Standard Automotive stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-MID · 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