EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Gt Technologies Defiance Plant 1
Defiance, OH · Parent: Gt Technologies Inc
- Total releases
- 20.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Gt Technologies Defiance Plant 1: how the 20.3K lbs splits
20.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 20.2K lbs 99.5%
- Air Releases 101 lbs 0.5%
Gt Technologies Defiance Plant 1's 20.3K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.5% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Chromium.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Gt Technologies Defiance Plant 1 is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Defiance, OH, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 3.1K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 20.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 8,211 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. Gt Technologies Defiance Plant 1 is pounds #553 and chemical-count #800 at 20.3K 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: Gt Technologies Defiance Plant 2; Johns Manville Plant 2; Johns Manville Corp Plant 8; General Motors LLC Global Propulsion Systems -Defiance. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Ohio: II Stanley Co Inc; Vigor Shipyards Inc-Seattle; Turbocombustor Technology Inc.; Weatherford Aerospace LLC. Other Gt Technologies Inc sites in this extract: Gt Technologies Defiance Plant 2. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium; Copper.
Gt Technologies Defiance Plant 1 stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.5% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 20.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include II Stanley Co Inc and Vigor Shipyards Inc-Seattle.
Gt Technologies Defiance Plant 1 vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
20K lbs Top 32% higher than 68% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Gt Technologies Defiance Plant 1: Chromium-led volume
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Gt Technologies Defiance Plant 1 reports the 534th-largest volume (20.3K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Chromium alone is 77.1% of the total. Scale peers outside Ohio include II Stanley Co Inc and Vigor Shipyards Inc-Seattle.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Gt Technologies Defiance Plant 1's pounds in one chemical - here Chromium at 77.1%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Gt Technologies Defiance Plant 1's total reported releases fell from 7.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gt Technologies Defiance Plant 1's air releases fell from 23 lb in 2022 to 9 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gt Technologies Defiance Plant 1's off-site transfers fell from 7.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gt Technologies Defiance Plant 1's chemicals reported fell from 2 in 2022 to 1 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Gt Technologies Defiance Plant 1 Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Gt Technologies Defiance Plant 1 releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 20.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases held roughly flat (3.2K lbs to 3.1K lbs).
Gt Technologies Defiance Plant 1: 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 Gt Technologies Defiance Plant 1 year-over-year reported totals (held roughly flat 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: Chromium.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 3.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 3.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 7.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 3.1K lbs | 1 |
Gt Technologies Defiance Plant 1 · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Gt Technologies Defiance Plant 1 on cumulative reported pounds (20.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include The Pittsburgh Paints Co., Patrick Industries Inc. DBA Baymont Composites, II Stanley Co Inc. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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.
- The Pittsburgh Paints Co. Carrollton, TX · Chemicals 20.3K lbs reported
- Patrick Industries Inc. DBA Baymont Composites Burnsville, MS · Plastics and Rubber 20.4K lbs reported
- II Stanley Co Inc Battle Creek, MI · Transportation Equipment 20.3K lbs reported
- Mf&h Textiles Inc Butler, GA · Textiles 20.4K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Gt Technologies Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Gt Technologies Defiance Plant 2.
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 Chromium, Copper; nearby reporters include Gt Technologies Defiance Plant 2. Gt Technologies Defiance Plant 1 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.
Use and verify this record
This Gt Technologies Defiance Plant 1 TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Chromium) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Gt Technologies Defiance Plant 1 totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Defiance, OH, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336350 · Transportation Equipment. 0.9% of Defiance TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: The Pittsburgh Paints Co. (Δ 9 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Gt Technologies Defiance Plant 1 stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Chromium. 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