EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Skills Inc
Auburn, WA
- Total releases
- 39.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Skills Inc: how the 39.0K lbs splits
39.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 38.2K lbs 98.1%
- Air Releases 750 lbs 1.9%
Skills Inc's 39.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 98.1% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 1.9%. Leading chemical by pounds: Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Skills Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Auburn, WA, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 16.9K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 39.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 6,717 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Washington's 311 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Skills Inc is pounds #101 and chemical-count #167 at 39.0K lbs. Lamb Weston Inc Richland Facility leads reported pounds (13.1M lbs) at 3 chemicals (chemical-count #106). Hf Sinclair Puget Sound Refining LLC leads chemical count at 46 chemicals (711.7K lbs, pounds #26). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Fluid Motion LLC; Formula Labs Llc. DBA Formula Corp; Costco Optical Lab #190; Boeing Commercial Airplanes - Auburn. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Washington: Sabre Corp; Are Accessories LLC; Faurecia Interior Systems; Sunsation Products Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Nitric acid.
Skills Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (98.1% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 39.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Sabre Corp and Are Accessories LLC.
Skills Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
39K lbs Top 26% higher than 74% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Skills Inc: Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region)-led volume
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Skills Inc reports the 434th-largest volume (39.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) alone is 98.1% of the total. Scale peers outside Washington include Sabre Corp and Are Accessories LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Skills Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) at 98.1%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Skills Inc's total reported releases rose from 12.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 16.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Skills Inc's off-site transfers rose from 12.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 16.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Skills Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Skills Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 39.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 11173% (150 lbs to 16.9K lbs).
Skills Inc: 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 Skills Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 11173% 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: Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 150 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 150 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 8.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 12.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 16.9K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 38.2K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 750 lbs | - |
Skills Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Washington - e.g. Sabre Corp, Are Accessories LLC, Faurecia Interior Systems.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Skills Inc on cumulative reported pounds (39.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Sabre Corp, Hexion Inc - Baytown Plant, Matep LLC. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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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 Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Fluid Motion LLC. Skills Inc 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.
Use and verify this record
This Skills Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Skills Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Auburn, WA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336413 · Transportation Equipment. 0.5% of King TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Sabre Corp (Δ 5 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Skills Inc stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region). 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