Volkswagen Group Of America Chattanooga Operations Llc.
Total reported releases 127k lb fell modestly year over year (-10%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2011.
8001 VOLKSWAGEN DRIVE, Chattanooga, Tennessee · 336110 · Transportation Equipment · operated by Volkswagen Group Of America
Notable Signals
No notable signals at this facility for the current reporting year. See chemicals and equity context below for the full picture.
What This Facility Releases
Certain glycol ethers
Certain glycol ethers concentrations have more than doubled since 2011.
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone concentrations have more than doubled since 2011.
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2011.
n-Butyl alcohol
n-Butyl alcohol concentrations are up 44% since 2011.
Xylene (mixed isomers)
Xylene (mixed isomers) concentrations have more than doubled since 2011.
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene concentrations have more than doubled since 2011.
Nickel compounds
Nickel compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2012.
Ethylene glycol
Ethylene glycol concentrations have more than doubled since 2014.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (20 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 25,391. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
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.