Total reported releases
Total reported releases at Fca US Sterling Heights Assembly Plant have more than doubled since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Fca US Sterling Heights Assembly Plant
Total reported releases 231k lb more than doubled year over year (+169%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
38111 VAN DYKE, Sterling Heights, Michigan · 336110 · Transportation Equipment · operated by Fca US LLC
Anomaly engine
Notable Signals
Methyl isobutyl ketone
Methyl isobutyl ketone releases at Fca US Sterling Heights Assembly Plant rose from 2k lb to 42k lb (17.5×) between 2023 and 2024.
Certain glycol ethers
Certain glycol ethers releases at Fca US Sterling Heights Assembly Plant rose from 7k lb to 21k lb (2.9×) between 2023 and 2024.
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds releases at Fca US Sterling Heights Assembly Plant fell from 27k lb to 4k lb (85% lower) between 2023 and 2024.
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Diisononyl Phthalates (DINP)
Diisononyl Phthalates (DINP) volumes here are too small to anchor a multi-year trend; YoY movement is still shown above.
Methyl isobutyl ketone
Methyl isobutyl ketone concentrations have more than doubled since 2013.
Certain glycol ethers
Certain glycol ethers concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Xylene (mixed isomers)
Xylene (mixed isomers) concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Nitric acid
Nitric acid concentrations have fallen 40% since 2019.
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations have fallen 28% since 2015.
n-Hexane
n-Hexane concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds concentrations have fallen 46% since 2010.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (75 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 103,727. Why we surface this →
28.0%
Low-income
20.5%
People of color
5.5%
Under age 5
16.9%
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.