TFORCE FREIGHT INC

TForce Freight, Inc. is a private less-than-truckload carrier based in Toledo, Ohio, classified under NAICS 484122. It carries the highest two-year EPA penalty exposure in its peer set — and it runs fewer terminals than either competitor. EPA ECHO records link 37 facilities to the legal entity. Across the trailing 24 months, those facilities accumulated 77 quarters of non-compliance and an estimated $16,691,520 in allocated penalties [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

The primary driver is a single multi-jurisdiction settlement. On December 5, 2022, EPA filed a Consent Agreement covering hazardous waste handling deficiencies at TForce-operated facilities across 39 states [source: https://epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-settlement-tforce-correct-hazardous-waste-violations-39-states]. Three days later, on December 8, the Environmental Appeals Board entered a Final Order under Docket No. RCRA-HQ-2022-0943 [source: https://yosemite.epa.gov/oa/EAB_Web_Docket.nsf/a32958a86c47d3d485256fc70049e837/2274217517a48ca6852589120072d36f!OpenDocument]. That action — classified as a RCRA Section 3008 penalty proceeding — frames nearly every compliance figure in this brief.

TFI International acquired TForce Freight from United Parcel Service in 2021. The company is privately held. No 10-K, no 10-Q — the SEC-disclosure layer ESG analysts rely on to triangulate environmental risk is simply absent. Public-facing sustainability content is limited to a corporate-family statement covering reuse, recycling, fleet operating practices, and building energy programs [source: https://testweb.tforce-solutions.com/en/resources_sustainability.aspx] and a third-party emissions estimate [source: https://ditchcarbon.com/organizations/tforce-freight-inc]. Within NAICS 484122, TForce's $16.69 million 24-month penalty total exceeds ABF Freight System ($11.77 million across 96 facilities) and ABF Freight Systems, Inc. ($6.21 million across 169 facilities) on both an absolute and per-facility basis [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

EPA ECHO's exporter dataset, refreshed 2026-05-10, links 37 active facility identifiers to TForce Freight, Inc., spanning terminal, cross-dock, and equipment-maintenance operations registered to the legal entity formerly known as UPS Ground Freight, Inc. [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip] [source: https://ohio-corp.com/co/ups-ground-freight-inc]. The 24-month violation count of 77 is built from quarters-with-non-compliance flags, capped at eight per facility. The $16,691,520 figure is prorated from a five-year aggregate using ECHO's disclosed 24/60 scaling factor [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. No active NPDES, Title V, or RCRA permit appears in the dataset for the entity at the snapshot date. The latest permit-of-record date — 2015-12-17, more than a decade old — signals that recent enforcement activity originates under RCRA generator and transporter requirements rather than ongoing permitted discharges [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

The chronological arc of the trailing 24 months turns on one docket. EPA filed the Consent Agreement in Docket No. RCRA-HQ-2022-0943 on 2022-12-05; the Environmental Appeals Board entered the Final Order three days later, on 2022-12-08, classifying the action under RCRA Section 3008 as a Penalty proceeding [source: https://yosemite.epa.gov/oa/EAB_Web_Docket.nsf/a32958a86c47d3d485256fc70049e837/2274217517a48ca6852589120072d36f!OpenDocument]. On 2022-12-13, EPA's Office of Public Affairs released the settlement announcement, describing it as a corrective action covering hazardous waste handling at TForce facilities across 39 states [source: https://epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-settlement-tforce-correct-hazardous-waste-violations-39-states] [source: https://www.carsandracingstuff.com/library/articles/54266.php]. Quarterly compliance evaluations through Q1 2026 continued to register non-compliance flags at multiple terminals — compounding ECHO's 24-month total even after the headline settlement resolved [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

The 77-violation figure warrants a short methodological note. RCRA Subtitle C generator-status determinations turn on monthly waste quantities at each terminal. A single classification error replicated across a national footprint accumulates quickly in ECHO's per-facility quarterly tally. The 2025-11-10 reissuance of Tariff UPGF 102-S confirms continued operation of the LTL division under MC 109533 Sub 146 and MC 109533 Sub-No. 149-P [source: https://www.tforcefreight.com/downloads/UPGF-102-S-20251110.pdf], keeping the same terminal network within scope of the consent agreement's compliance milestones. The public ECHO record shows no second federal enforcement action of comparable scale opened in 2024 or 2025 [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

Docket No. RCRA-HQ-2022-0943 — File Date 2022-12-05, Decision Date 2022-12-08. Statute: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Program: Section 3008. Type: Penalty. Result: Final Order, Consent Agreement (unpublished). EPA Headquarters administered the matter; disposition ran through the Environmental Appeals Board docket rather than a U.S. District Court [source: https://yosemite.epa.gov/oa/EAB_Web_Docket.nsf/a32958a86c47d3d485256fc70049e837/2274217517a48ca6852589120072d36f!OpenDocument]. The public-affairs release dated 2022-12-13 described the settlement as covering hazardous waste handling violations at TForce facilities across 39 states. Corrective obligations tied to the Final Order addressed generator-status determinations, container management, and waste-shipment manifesting [source: https://epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-settlement-tforce-correct-hazardous-waste-violations-39-states]. The release was syndicated by third-party industry repositories, including the Crittenden Automotive Library [source: https://www.carsandracingstuff.com/library/articles/54266.php]. The penalty amount reflected in the consent agreement feeds the $16,691,520 24-month ECHO-derived figure — itself a scaled extract from a five-year penalty aggregate. Analysts should treat that number as the ECHO-prorated allocation rather than a single-transaction settlement check [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

Quarterly compliance evaluations across all 37 facility IDs continued to flag non-compliance through the trailing 24 months, contributing to the 77-quarter total [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. No active Clean Water Act NPDES permit and no Clean Air Act Title V permit appear in ECHO's active-permits field for the entity at the snapshot date. The latest permit-of-record date — 2015-12-17 — is consistent with terminal-class facilities that typically operate under general permits or state authorizations rather than facility-specific federal permits [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. No federal CWA or CAA judicial referrals tied to TForce Freight, Inc. appear in the research bundle [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

Facility-level reporting on TForce terminals is constrained by the structure of ECHO's exporter snapshot. The registry returns 37 active FRS IDs but does not surface per-facility violation counts or EJSCREEN index values in the aggregated payload [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. The five facilities listed below head the FRS ID list provided in the data bundle and represent the highest-priority lookups for analysts running ECHO facility-detail queries.

FRS 110002520816 — flagged in the ECHO exporter as a TForce-affiliated facility carrying quarter-with-non-compliance markers within the trailing 24 months. Site address, NAICS sub-code, and per-quarter compliance history are available by querying the ECHO facility-detail endpoint directly with this FRS identifier [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

FRS 110009490336 — a second TForce-affiliated facility appearing in the ECHO exporter list with non-compliance flags contributing to the entity's 77-quarter aggregate. The facility falls within the multi-state scope of the December 2022 RCRA Section 3008 consent agreement, which named TForce-operated facilities across 39 states [source: https://epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-settlement-tforce-correct-hazardous-waste-violations-39-states].

FRS 110038605257 — third TForce-affiliated FRS ID in the exporter list. ECHO's aggregated payload returns no per-facility EJSCREEN block for the entity. The entity-level ej_index_avg in the snapshot is 0.0 — a figure that reflects the absence of an entity-level rollup rather than a community-impact finding [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

FRS 110006241469 — fourth FRS ID in the supplied list. It sits within the regulated population covered by the RCRA Section 3008 docket and its Final Order [source: https://yosemite.epa.gov/oa/EAB_Web_Docket.nsf/a32958a86c47d3d485256fc70049e837/2274217517a48ca6852589120072d36f!OpenDocument].

FRS 110009664835 — fifth FRS ID. This facility is part of the LTL terminal network that continued operating under MC 109533 Sub 146 as of the 2025-11-10 tariff reissuance, placing it within scope of any post-settlement compliance milestones [source: https://www.tforcefreight.com/downloads/UPGF-102-S-20251110.pdf].

The ECHO exporter snapshot returns an empty top_pollutants array for TForce Freight, Inc. That result reflects the entity's regulatory posture: LTL terminal facilities appear in EPA programs principally as RCRA hazardous waste generators and transporters, not as Toxics Release Inventory reporters or as permitted air and water dischargers with quantified annual loadings [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. With that limitation stated explicitly, three waste categories are most relevant to the December 2022 RCRA Section 3008 docket, framed below using EPA's published program references.

Used oil and petroleum-derived wastes — generated at terminal maintenance shops servicing diesel tractors and trailers. RCRA Section 3008 governs how such wastes are accumulated, labeled, manifested, and transferred off-site [source: https://yosemite.epa.gov/oa/EAB_Web_Docket.nsf/a32958a86c47d3d485256fc70049e837/2274217517a48ca6852589120072d36f!OpenDocument]. Exposure pathways at terminals run principally through soil and stormwater contact at fueling and maintenance pads.

Spent solvents and parts-washer fluids — RCRA F-listed wastes common to vehicle-maintenance facilities. EPA's December 2022 settlement release identified hazardous waste handling deficiencies at facilities across 39 states, consistent with the inspection emphasis EPA Regions place on solvent management at multi-site fleet operators [source: https://epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-settlement-tforce-correct-hazardous-waste-violations-39-states].

Lead-acid batteries and universal-waste streams — governed under 40 C.F.R. Part 273, which sets accumulation and transport requirements. The EPA settlement release classifies the matter as a corrective action across the national footprint, signaling universal-waste program touchpoints alongside generator-status determinations [source: https://epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-settlement-tforce-correct-hazardous-waste-violations-39-states] [source: https://www.carsandracingstuff.com/library/articles/54266.php]. The entity-level ej_index_avg of 0.0 in the snapshot reflects the absence of a rolled-up EJSCREEN value in the supplied payload rather than a community-impact finding; per-facility EJ values are retrievable via ECHO's facility-detail interface using the 37 FRS IDs provided [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

Within NAICS 484122 — General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload — TForce Freight's 24-month penalty allocation of $16,691,520 across 37 facilities exceeds both ABF Freight legal entities on an absolute basis. ABF Freight System carries $11,770,000 across 96 facilities; ABF Freight Systems, Inc. carries $6,206,000 across 169 facilities, per the ECHO exporter snapshot [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. The per-facility divergence is sharper still: roughly $451,000 per facility for TForce, $123,000 for ABF Freight System, and $37,000 for ABF Freight Systems, Inc. At 77 quarters of non-compliance versus 10 and 12 for the two ABF entities, the gap reflects frequency of recorded non-compliance rather than a single outsized civil penalty [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

TForce Freight, Inc. is privately held by TFI International following the 2021 divestiture from United Parcel Service and files no SEC Form 10-K or 10-Q, so an Item 1A forward-looking environmental risk-factor narrative is absent from the public-filings surface [source: https://ohio-corp.com/co/ups-ground-freight-inc]. The forward-looking environmental risk record accessible in the supplied bundle is confined to ECHO's trailing-period dataset and the EAB docket. ECHO reports zero active permits and a latest permit date of 2015-12-17 — so new federal-permit issuance is not, at this snapshot, a near-term driver of compliance posture [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. Continued operation of the LTL network under MC 109533 Sub 146, as documented in the 2025-11-10 tariff reissuance, keeps the same terminal population within scope of the post-2022 RCRA consent agreement's compliance milestones [source: https://www.tforcefreight.com/downloads/UPGF-102-S-20251110.pdf].