EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Volvo Car USA LLC
Ridgeville, SC · Parent: Volvo Car N.a. LLC
- Total releases
- 239.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
MIXED Form-R mix
Volvo Car USA LLC: how the 239.3K lbs splits
239.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 124.6K lbs 52.1%
- Air Releases 114.7K lbs 47.9%
Volvo Car USA LLC's 239.3K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - off-site transfers is 52.1% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 47.9%. 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 MIXED pathway TRACE-CARC
Volvo Car USA LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Ridgeville, SC, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 70.8K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 239.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,941 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. Volvo Car USA LLC is pounds #93 and chemical-count #89 at 239.3K 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). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Dawkins On-Site. LLC - Walmart Portable; Key West Boats Inc. Plant 1 (ridgeville); Concrete Supply Co LLC - Summerville; Concrete Pipe & Precast Llc-Summerville Precast Plant. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside South Carolina: Oldcastle Infrastructure Inc; Autoliv Asp Inc Promontory; Advics Manufacturing Georgia LLC; Ventra Fowlerville LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Certain glycol ethers; 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene; Toluene.
Volvo Car USA LLC is a MID · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Ridgeville, SC: 239.3K lbs across 7 chemicals (1 carcinogen-classified, TRACE-CARC). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment off-site transfers at 52.1%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Oldcastle Infrastructure Inc and Autoliv Asp Inc Promontory.
Volvo Car USA LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
239K lbs Top 11% higher than 89% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Volvo Car USA LLC in the Transportation Equipment sector extract
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Volvo Car USA LLC reports the 162nd-largest volume, placing it in the top 10.1% of its sector. Scale peers outside South Carolina include Oldcastle Infrastructure Inc and Autoliv Asp Inc Promontory.
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
- Volvo Car USA LLC's total reported releases rose from 29.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 70.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Volvo Car USA LLC's off-site transfers rose from 15.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 49.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Volvo Car USA LLC's air releases rose from 14.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 21.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Volvo Car USA LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Volvo Car USA LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 239.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 13% (62.6K lbs to 70.8K lbs).
Volvo Car USA LLC: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Volvo Car USA LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 13% 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 | 62.6K lbs | 7 |
| 2020 | 42.9K lbs | 6 |
| 2021 | 33.2K lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 29.7K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 70.8K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 123.9K lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 113.5K lbs | - |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 994 lbs | - |
| Toluene | 510 lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 313 lbs | - |
| Benzene | 20 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ethylene glycol | 1 lbs | - |
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Closest other reporters in South Carolina - including Dawkins On-Site. LLC - Walmart Portable, Key West Boats Inc. Plant 1 (ridgeville), Concrete Supply Co LLC - Summerville, ordered by distance.
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Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside South Carolina - e.g. Oldcastle Infrastructure Inc, Autoliv Asp Inc Promontory, Advics Manufacturing Georgia LLC.
Compare beyond South Carolina
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Volvo Car USA LLC on cumulative reported pounds (239.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Medsource Trenton LLC (dba Lake Region Medical), National Refrigerants Inc., Coherent Corp.. Chemical-count peers include Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. 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.
- Medsource Trenton LLC (dba Lake Region Medical) Trenton, GA · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 239.2K lbs reported
- National Refrigerants Inc. Rosenhayn, NJ · Chemical Wholesalers 239.3K lbs reported
- Coherent Corp. Saxonburg, PA · Machinery 239.6K lbs reported
- Oldcastle Infrastructure Inc Kennedale, TX · Transportation Equipment 238.7K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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, Certain glycol ethers, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, Toluene; nearby reporters include Dawkins On-Site. LLC - Walmart Portable. Volvo Car USA LLC stamps MID volume · MIXED pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Volvo Car USA LLC TRI extract (MID · MIXED · TRACE-CARC · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Volvo Car USA LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Ridgeville, SC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336111 · Transportation Equipment. 0.8% of Berkeley TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Medsource Trenton LLC (dba Lake Region Medical) (Δ 50 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Volvo Car USA LLC stamps MID · MIXED pathway (off-site transfers leads at 52.1%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. 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