EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc)
Smithville, TN · Parent: Tenneco Inc
- Total releases
- 442.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc): how the 442.9K lbs splits
442.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 425.7K lbs 96.1%
- Air Releases 16.8K lbs 3.8%
- Water Discharges 465 lbs 0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc)'s 442.9K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 96.1% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 3.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc (fume or dust).
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc) is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Smithville, TN, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 83.3K lbs of releases across 6 chemicals in 2023, and 442.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,092 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Tennessee's 595 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc) is pounds #73 and chemical-count #75 at 442.9K lbs. Nyrstar Clarksville Inc leads reported pounds (72.9M lbs) at 13 chemicals (chemical-count #31). Tradebe Treatment & Recycling of Tn leads chemical count at 75 chemicals (6.3M lbs, pounds #13). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Tenneco Inc.; Shiroki N.a. Inc.; Nystar Gordonsville Mine & Mill; Ficosa N.a.. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Tennessee: Prestige Painting Belmont; Turbine Engine Component Technology Corp; Boeing Co of Portland; Akebono Brake Corp-Glasgow. Other Tenneco Inc sites in this extract: Driv Automotive Inc.; Tenneco; Federal-Mogul Corp; Federal Mogul Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc (fume or dust); Phenol; Antimony And Antimony Compounds; Copper.
Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc) stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (96.1% off-site transfers) across 8 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 442.9K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Prestige Painting Belmont and Turbine Engine Component Technology Corp.
Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc) vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
443K lbs Top 8% higher than 92% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc) inside Dekalb's TRI pounds
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc) reports the 90th-largest volume, placing it in the top 5.6% of its sector. This one site accounts for 98.1% of every pound reported in Dekalb. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc (fume or dust) alone is 71.7% of the total. Scale peers outside Tennessee include Prestige Painting Belmont and Turbine Engine Component Technology Corp.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Dekalb's reported pounds (451.6K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc)'s total reported releases fell from 105.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 83.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc)'s water releases rose from 62 lb in 2022 to 290 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc)'s air releases fell from 3.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc)'s off-site transfers fell from 101.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 80.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc) Form-R facts
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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 Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc) releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 442.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 22% (106.7K lbs to 83.3K lbs).
Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc): 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 Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc) year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 22% 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 (fume or dust).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 106.7K lbs | 6 |
| 2020 | 69.4K lbs | 6 |
| 2021 | 78.0K lbs | 6 |
| 2022 | 105.6K lbs | 6 |
| 2023 | 83.3K lbs | 6 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc (fume or dust) | 317.6K lbs | - |
| Phenol | 47.4K lbs | - |
| Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 40.2K lbs | - |
| Copper | 21.9K lbs | - |
| Manganese | 9.6K lbs | - |
| Antimony compounds | 6.0K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 137 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 77 lbs | - |
Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc) · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc)
Closest other reporters in Tennessee - including Tenneco Inc., Shiroki N.a. Inc., Nystar Gordonsville Mine & Mill, ordered by distance.
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Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Tennessee - e.g. Prestige Painting Belmont, Turbine Engine Component Technology Corp, Boeing Co of Portland.
Compare beyond Tennessee
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc) on cumulative reported pounds (442.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include Anomatic Corp - Ohio Plant II, Basf, US Navy Naval Air Station Corpus Christi. Chemical-count peers include Prepa-South Coast Power Plant, Argos Puerto Rico Corp., US Tsubaki Automotive 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).
Other Tenneco Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Driv Automotive Inc., Tenneco, Federal-Mogul Corp.
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 (fume or dust), Phenol, Antimony And Antimony Compounds, Copper; nearby reporters include Tenneco Inc.. Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc) stamps MID 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 Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc) TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc (fume or dust)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc) totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Smithville, TN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336340 · Transportation Equipment. 98.1% of Dekalb TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Anomatic Corp - Ohio Plant II (Δ 281 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Tenneco Braking (frmly Federal-Mogul Motorparts Llc) stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Zinc (fume or dust). 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