EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Tesla Giga Texas
Austin, TX
- Total releases
- 51.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 20
- Carcinogens
- 9
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
MIXED Form-R mix
Tesla Giga Texas: how the 51.2K lbs splits
51.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 30.8K lbs 60.2%
- Air Releases 20.3K lbs 39.6%
- Water Discharges 62 lbs 0.1%
- Land Disposal 53 lbs 0.1%
Tesla Giga Texas's 51.2K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - off-site transfers is 60.2% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 39.6%. Leading chemical by pounds: n-Butyl alcohol.
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.
LIGHT volume MIXED pathway CARC-LEAN
Tesla Giga Texas is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Austin, TX, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 25.5K lbs of releases across 19 chemicals in 2023, and 51.2K lbs in total across its 2022-2023 reporting years. That ranks 6,081 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Texas's 2,016 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Tesla Giga Texas is pounds #588 and chemical-count #97 at 51.2K lbs. Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant leads reported pounds (94.0M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #35). Veolia Es Technical Solutions LLC Port Arthur Facility leads chemical count at 246 chemicals (1.5M lbs, pounds #112). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Txi-Green Ready Mix; Txi-Green Portable Ready Mix; Asphalt Inc. Harold Green; Lone Star Concrete Harold Green Plant. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Texas: Fca US Kokomo Transmission Plant; Denso Manufacturing Michigan Inc; Tower Automotive Plymouth; McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Butyl alcohol; Xylene (mixed isomers); 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene; Nickel.
Compare Tesla Giga Texas with
Nearest reporters in Texas
- Txi-Green Ready Mix Austin · 1 lbs
- Txi-Green Portable Ready Mix Austin · 0 lbs
- Asphalt Inc. Harold Green Austin · 3 lbs
- Lone Star Concrete Harold Green Plant Austin · 0 lbs
Similar-scale Transportation Equipment sites elsewhere: Fca US Kokomo Transmission Plant (IN) · Denso Manufacturing Michigan Inc (MI) · Tower Automotive Plymouth (MI)
Tesla Giga Texas is a LIGHT · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Austin, TX: 51.2K lbs across 20 chemicals (9 carcinogen-classified, CARC-LEAN). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment off-site transfers at 60.2%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Fca US Kokomo Transmission Plant and Denso Manufacturing Michigan Inc.
Tesla Giga Texas vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
51K lbs Top 23% higher than 77% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Tesla Giga Texas in the Transportation Equipment sector extract
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Tesla Giga Texas reports the 383rd-largest volume, placing it in the top 23.9% of its sector. Scale peers outside Texas include Fca US Kokomo Transmission Plant and Denso Manufacturing Michigan Inc.
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
- Tesla Giga Texas's total reported releases fell from 25.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 25.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tesla Giga Texas's land releases rose from 18 lb in 2022 to 35 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tesla Giga Texas's water releases fell from 47 lb in 2022 to 15 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tesla Giga Texas's air releases rose from 8.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 12.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Tesla Giga Texas Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Tesla Giga Texas releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 51.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2022 to 2023, total releases decreased by 1% (25.7K lbs to 25.5K lbs).
Tesla Giga Texas: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2022–2023
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Tesla Giga Texas year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 1% from 2022 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: n-Butyl alcohol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25.7K lbs | 18 |
| 2023 | 25.5K lbs | 19 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2022–2023). 9 of 20 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| n-Butyl alcohol | 10.0K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 9.9K lbs | - |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 7.3K lbs | - |
| Nickel | 6.8K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Toluene | 4.3K lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 4.0K lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 2.7K lbs | Carcinogen |
| n-Hexane | 2.6K lbs | - |
| Benzene | 1.5K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Naphthalene | 554 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Manganese | 464 lbs | - |
| Cobalt compounds | 355 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead | 354 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Copper | 87 lbs | - |
| Cumene | 79 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Diisocyanates | 70 lbs | - |
| Ethylene glycol | 37 lbs | - |
| Chromium | 27 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 15 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Cobalt And Cobalt Compounds | 1 lbs | Carcinogen |
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Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Fca US Kokomo Transmission Plant, Denso Manufacturing Michigan Inc, Tower Automotive Plymouth.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Tesla Giga Texas on cumulative reported pounds (51.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (20). Release-pound peers include Skyline Steel Llc-Armorel, Abb Installation Products Inc., Hydranautics. Chemical-count peers include Pixelle Specialty Solutions, Chemours Chambers Works, Fisher Scientific Co. L.L.C.. 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.
- Skyline Steel Llc-Armorel Armorel, AR · Fabricated Metals 51.2K lbs reported
- Abb Installation Products Inc. Jonesboro, AR · Electrical Equipment 51.2K lbs reported
- Hydranautics Oceanside, CA · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 51.2K lbs reported
- Master Finish Co Grand Rapids, MI · Fabricated Metals 51.1K 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 n-Butyl alcohol, Xylene (mixed isomers), 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, Nickel; nearby reporters include Txi-Green Ready Mix. Tesla Giga Texas stamps LIGHT volume · MIXED pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Tesla Giga Texas TRI extract (LIGHT · MIXED · CARC-LEAN · lead n-Butyl alcohol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Tesla Giga Texas totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Austin, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2022–2023 (2 years). NAICS 336110 · Transportation Equipment. 1.9% of Travis TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Skyline Steel Llc-Armorel (Δ 23 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Tesla Giga Texas stamps LIGHT · MIXED pathway (off-site transfers leads at 60.2%). 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