Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
TOWER AUTOMOTIVE OPERATIONS USA I LLC
81 DRETTMAN DR, ELKTON, MI, 48731
Parent company: TOWER AUTOMOTIVE OPERATIONS USA I LLC
Carcinogen
PBT
— EPA classifications across all reporting years
Top chemical totals
The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.
Full release table
Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.
| All values in pounds (lbs) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Manganese | Nickel | Chromium | Lead | Copper | Total (lbs) |
| 2023 | 343 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 345 |
| 2022 | 343 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 345 |
| 2021 | 343 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 345 |
| 2020 | 343 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 345 |
| 2019 | 250 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 253 |
| 2018 | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | 6 |
| 2017 | 250 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 256 |
| 2016 | 250 | 5 | 5 | — | — | 260 |
| 2015 | 250 | 5 | 5 | — | — | 260 |
| 2014 | 250 | 5 | 5 | — | — | 260 |
| 2013 | 23 | — | — | — | — | 23 |
| 2012 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| 2011 | 250 | — | — | — | — | 250 |
| 2010 | 250 | — | — | — | — | 250 |
| 2009 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| 2008 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| 2007 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| 2006 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 4 |
| 2003 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 4 |
| 2002 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 4 |
| 2001 | 5 | — | — | 0 | — | 5 |
▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.