EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Eaton Aerospace
North Charleston, SC · Parent: Eaton Corp
- Total releases
- 985 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Eaton Aerospace: how the 985 lbs splits
985 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 730 lbs 74.1%
- Air Releases 255 lbs 25.9%
Eaton Aerospace's 985 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 74.1% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 25.9%. Leading chemical by pounds: Copper.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Eaton Aerospace is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in North Charleston, SC, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 260 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 985 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 13,899 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In South Carolina's 574 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Eaton Aerospace is pounds #372 and chemical-count #469 at 985 lbs. Oceanagold Haile Gold Mine leads reported pounds (30.2M lbs) at 19 chemicals (chemical-count #14). Giant Cement Co leads chemical count at 90 chemicals (53.3K lbs, pounds #185). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Safety-Kleen Systems (317901); North Charleston Plant; Everris Na Inc; US Dod Usaf Joint Base Charleston Air Ranges. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside South Carolina: Andrews Laser Works; Strattec Security Corp; Hino Motors Mfg. USA Inc.; L3HARRIS Technologies Integrated Systems L.P.. Other Eaton Corp sites in this extract: Cooper Power Systems LLC; Eaton Corp; Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd; Eaton Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper.
Eaton Aerospace stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (74.1% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 985 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Andrews Laser Works and Strattec Security Corp.
Eaton Aerospace vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
985 lbs 47th percentile higher than 47% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Eaton Aerospace in the Transportation Equipment sector extract
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Eaton Aerospace reports the 875th-largest volume (985 lbs). Scale peers outside South Carolina include Andrews Laser Works and Strattec Security Corp.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Eaton Aerospace Form-R facts
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9.7× 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 Eaton Aerospace releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 985 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 64% (725 lbs to 260 lbs).
Eaton Aerospace: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Eaton Aerospace year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 64% 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: Copper.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 725 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 260 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Copper | 985 lbs | - |
Eaton Aerospace · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Eaton Aerospace
Closest other reporters in South Carolina - including Safety-Kleen Systems (317901), North Charleston Plant, Everris Na Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 573 other reporting facilities in South Carolina.
Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside South Carolina - e.g. Andrews Laser Works, Strattec Security Corp, Hino Motors Mfg. USA Inc..
Other Eaton Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Cooper Power Systems LLC, Eaton Corp, Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd.
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 Copper; nearby reporters include Safety-Kleen Systems (317901). Eaton Aerospace stamps TRACE 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 Eaton Aerospace TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Copper) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Eaton Aerospace totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for North Charleston, SC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (3 years). NAICS 336413 · Transportation Equipment. 0.0% of Charleston TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Ttm Printed Circuit Group (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Eaton Aerospace stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Copper. 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
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