Stellantis DAC Jefferson North

• Location & Operations: The Stellantis Detroit Assembly Complex includes Jefferson North Assembly (JNAP) at 2101 Conner Ave (east Detroit)freep.com. JNAP builds Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango SUVsfreep.comand contains frame, body, and paint operationsepa.gov. The paint shop has three coating lines (primer, basecoat, topcoat) with solvent concentrators and thermal oxidizers to control VOCs. (Main plant entrance is on Conner Ave near Jefferson.)

JNAP’s Jefferson North Assembly Plant at 2101 Conner Avenue builds Grand Cherokees and Durangosfreep.com. The paint shop (shown) includes multiple coating lines with VOC controls. Surrounding the plant are residential blocks (dense, low-income, minority neighborhoods) and schools/parks (e.g. Southeastern High, Brewer Park) within ~1 mileegle.state.mi.us.

Permitted Units & Air Permits

Stellantis JNAP is a Title V major source (Air Quality SRN N2155) under Michigan’s ROP No. MI-ROP-N2155-2017. EGLE issued major Permits-to-Install in 2019–2021 for facility upgrades: PTI 14‑19 (2019, increased body/paint capacity) and PTI 33‑20 (May 2021, new tuning coating line at JNAP, 518.1 tpy VOC)epa.gov. (PTI 33‑20 was later withdrawn in Aug 2022 after plans changedepa.gov.) The ROP requires JNAP to meet specific emission limits (e.g. 4.8 lb VOC per vehicle painted) and includes conditions from those PTIs. Paint shop VOC emissions are controlled by regenerative thermal oxidizers; particulate from paint booths is captured by dry filters.

Violation History & Enforcement

• Nov 14, 2022: EGLE issued a Violation Notice alleging JNAP exceeded its VOC limit (4.8 lb per vehicle on a rolling 12-mo basis)michigan.gov. This led to a Consent Order in Mar 2024 requiring Stellantis to pay $84,420 for the excess-emissions violationwdet.orgmichigan.gov and to implement a mitigation plan. (The plant resumed compliance with the per-vehicle VOC limit by Sept 2023wdet.org.)
• May 11, 2023: EGLE found nuisance odors (Rule 901) from the paint line and issued a Violation Noticemichigan.gov. Under the 2022 Consent Order, Stellantis agreed to pay a $5,000 stipulated penalty by July 13, 2023 for these odor violationsmichigan.gov.
• Other: No major Title V deviations or unpermitted emissions have been reported since. (Mack Assembly violations in 2021–22 were handled separately.)

TRI & Air Emissions Trends

EPA’s TRI data show JNAP emitted significant amounts of aromatic VOCs in recent years. For example, in 2020 JNAP reported 19,249 lb of ethylbenzene and 2,398 lb of cumene releasesepa.gov (both HAPs from paint solvents). Toluene, xylenes and other solvents are also present in paint emissions (though specific totals aren’t published here). Michigan’s MAERS (air emissions inventory) requires annual reporting, but detailed trends are not publicly available. Overall, JNAP’s permitted VOC and HAP emissions remain below annual Title V thresholds, thanks to the control systems.

ECHO Compliance Status

EPA’s ECHO database reflects the 2024 Consent Order (above) as the latest action. Since late 2023, the facility has reported compliance with permit limitswdet.org. No unresolved federal violations are shown. Routine stack tests and monitoring (by EGLE) are current, and no enforcement actions beyond the ones above have been announced.

Community Complaints & Impacts

Local residents have long complained of poor air quality and odors from JNAP. Eastside community groups report visible truck traffic and paint fumes. Detroiters at a 2024 town hall noted the neighborhood has “the highest rates of asthma hospitalizations in the state”fox2detroit.com. Ambient monitors by community groups (Eastside CAC, Just Air) frequently read “moderate to poor” air during plant operationsfox2detroit.com. In 2021 a civil-rights complaint argued that the facility’s pollution burden “wouldn’t be done anywhere else other than a low-income community full of Black people”fox2detroit.com. (This complaint was validated by EGLE in Mar 2022, leading to an earlier consent order and SEP funding around the paint operations.) Stellantis disputes significant off-site impacts, noting ambient standards are metfox2detroit.com, but residents remain concerned about cumulative effects.

Noise and light complaints focus on truck traffic. Neighbors east of JNAP (Clairpointe/Freud area) report continuous day-night noise from trailers. BridgeDetroit counted ~55 Stellantis trucks per hour on Freud St in March 2023bridgedetroit.com, with residents describing it as “loud…continuously” even at nightbridgedetroit.com. Many semis queue along Clairpointe and Freud, serving Stellantis’ large Crown Enterprises truck-warehouse (Detroit River Yard). (Fox2 News filmed neighborhood members noting speeding trucks on residential streets and a lack of city truck restrictionsfox2detroit.comfox2detroit.com.)

Truck Routes & Queuing

City officials acknowledge trucks to Stellantis are routed via Freud Street and Clairpointe Avenue, the main eastside arterials to the Stellantis yardsbridgedetroit.com. Freud (east–west) and Clairpointe (north–south) connect the Crown warehouse (11851/11860 Freud, leased by Stellantis) with Conner Ave. The Detroit DPW has stated these roads are designated truck routesbridgedetroit.com. Despite this, residents have petitioned for safer routing. Stellantis is partly addressing the issue by creating new truck access gates and street improvements (e.g. upgrading Terminal Street to divert trucks off Clairpointe)bridgedetroit.com.

Stormwater & Spill Records

No major chemical spills have been reported at JNAP in the period reviewed. The plant is covered by Michigan’s industrial stormwater permit (as required for metal/paint operations), with standard controls (oil-water separators, containment, housekeeping). Notably, an extreme storm on June 25, 2021 flooded the adjacent vehicle shipping yard, submerging dozens of new Jeepsfreep.com. (This event caused production delays but no known hazardous material release.) EGLE’s Spill Incident database shows no record of reportable releases at JNAP since 2019.

EJScreen / Receptors

JNAP sits amid highly impacted Detroit neighborhoods. Within ~1 mile are hundreds of homes (population density ~2,681/sq mile, ~15× state averageepa.gov), mostly in low-income/majority-minority census tracts. Local sensitive sites include Southeastern High School (3030 Fairview St, ~0.5 mi NW) and Brewer Park (4535 Fairview St, ~0.8 mi NW)egle.state.mi.us. (EGLE stipulated environmental projects at these sites as part of mitigation.) The area’s EJScreen indicators (e.g. pollution burden, minority population, asthma, poverty) rank among the highest in Michigan, reflecting a community with heightened vulnerability.

Cumulative Impact – Nearby Facilities

The JNAP neighborhood contains multiple industrial sources that add to cumulative impact. Directly south, Stellantis’ Detroit River Yard (Crown Enterprises facility at 11851–11860 Freud St) operates a large distribution/parking sitebridgedetroit.com. To the west (~1 mi), US Ecology Detroit South (hazardous waste storage/treatment at 1923 Frederick Stmichigan.gov) processes industrial liquids. Further south (~3–4 mi) lies PVS Chemicals (9100 Hubbell St, a major sulfuric acid and chemical supplier)mapquest.com. (These, along with other waste treatment sites and trucking yards, concentrate pollutants in the corridor.) Residents argue these sources magnify the overall pollution and traffic burden on the community.

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Sources

Official and media sources as cited above: Michigan EGLE enforcement documentsmichigan.govmichigan.govepa.gov; EPA/EJ dataepa.govepa.gov; Detroit Public Radio (WDET)wdet.orgwdet.org; Fox2 Detroitfox2detroit.comfox2detroit.com; BridgeDetroit/Outlierbridgedetroit.combridgedetroit.combridgedetroit.com; Detroit Free Pressfreep.com; EGLE and company web pagesepa.govmichigan.govmapquest.com. These provide the facts summarized above.