EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC
Bellevue, OH · Parent: Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC
- Total releases
- 33.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC: how the 33.2K lbs splits
33.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 33.2K lbs 100.0%
Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC's 33.2K 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: Sodium nitrite.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Bellevue, OH, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 11.6K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 33.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,064 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. Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC is pounds #464 and chemical-count #606 at 33.2K 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: McPp - Bellevue; Bunge N.a. (east) L.L.C.; Magretech LLC; Whirlpool Corp - Clyde Operations. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Ohio: Dexsys; Wyman-Gordon Dillon; Ge Engine Services McAllen LP; Triumph Insulation System. Other Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC sites in this extract: Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC; Tower Automotive; Tower Automotive. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Sodium nitrite; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Zinc compounds.
Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 33.2K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Dexsys and Wyman-Gordon Dillon.
Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
33K lbs Top 27% higher than 73% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC: Sodium nitrite-led volume
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC reports the 459th-largest volume (33.2K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Sodium nitrite alone is 90.5% of the total. Scale peers outside Ohio include Dexsys and Wyman-Gordon Dillon.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Sodium nitrite at 90.5%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC's total reported releases rose from 9.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 11.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC's off-site transfers rose from 9.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 11.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 33.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 150% (4.7K lbs to 11.6K lbs).
Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC: 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 Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 150% 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: Sodium nitrite.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4.7K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 1.9K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 5.3K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 9.8K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 11.6K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Sodium nitrite | 30.1K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 2.9K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 268 lbs | - |
Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC
Closest other reporters in Ohio - including McPp - Bellevue, Bunge N.a. (east) L.L.C., Magretech LLC, ordered by distance.
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Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Ohio - e.g. Dexsys, Wyman-Gordon Dillon, Ge Engine Services McAllen LP.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC on cumulative reported pounds (33.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Brenntag Mid-South Inc., De Pere Foundry Inc, Upaco Adhesives Inc. 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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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 Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Tower Automotive Operations USA I LLC, Tower Automotive, Tower Automotive.
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 Sodium nitrite, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Zinc compounds; nearby reporters include McPp - Bellevue. Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC 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 Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Sodium nitrite) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Bellevue, OH, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336390 · Transportation Equipment. 0.1% of Sandusky TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Brenntag Mid-South Inc. (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Tower Automotive Operations USA 1 LLC stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Sodium nitrite. 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