UNITED PARCEL SERVICE - FRANKLIN

United Parcel Service - Franklin operates a single regulated facility — EPA Registry ID 110042294406 — in Franklin, Tennessee, classified under NAICS 49211 (general freight trucking, local). EPA ECHO data records zero formal violations against the Franklin facility during the trailing 24-month window ending 2026-05-09. The ECHO exporter assigns a derived penalty allocation of $2,120,000, calculated as the prorated 24-month share of total five-year penalties tied to the operator's broader compliance record [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. That figure is not a single adjudicated penalty against the Franklin address. No active EPA-administered permits attach to the site in the 2026-05-09 ECHO snapshot; the last permit-related entry is dated 2024-10-31 [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. The parent entity, United Parcel Service, Inc., reported total 2025 revenue of $88.7 billion across 5.2 billion packages delivered [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026008432/ups-20251231.htm].

The Franklin facility sits inside a corporate structure with documented federal hazardous-waste enforcement history. EPA Region 6 announced a $3.8 million civil-penalty settlement with UPS and TForce Freight on June 16, 2021, covering 183 facilities in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/united-parcel-service-inc-ups-settlement]. Sixteen months later, EPA expanded its enforcement reach with a nationwide consent agreement dated October 19, 2022, resolving alleged hazardous-waste violations at 1,160 UPS facilities across 45 states and Puerto Rico [source: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/ups-settles-epa-correct-alleged-hazardous-waste-violations-nationwide]. Shareholder pressure has followed. As You Sow filed a resolution requesting a third-party environmental justice audit of UPS operations — placed on the agenda for the May 7, 2026 annual meeting [source: https://www.asyousow.org/resolutions/2025/11/13-ups-third-party-environmental-justice-audit].

ECHO records for facility 110042294406 — United Parcel Service - Franklin, Tennessee — show zero quarters with noncompliance status during the trailing 24 months ending 2026-05-09 [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. The $2,120,000 figure in the ECHO summary is a pro-rated allocation. EPA's exporter methodology derives it by multiplying total five-year penalty exposure tied to the operator record by 24/60 — not a single adjudicated penalty against the Franklin site [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. No permits are active at this site. The most recent permit-related entry in ECHO is dated October 31, 2024 [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. Tennessee state-level documents indexed by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation appear in third-party search indices [source: https://dataviewers.tdec.tn.gov/dataviewers/BGWPC.GET_WPC_DOCUMENTS?p_file=926603284357605430], though ECHO surfaces no formal federal violations at this address in the 24-month window.

The most consequential federal compliance events for the UPS corporate family predate the window but remain operative for context. On June 16, 2021, EPA Region 6 announced a settlement requiring UPS and TForce Freight to correct alleged Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous-waste violations across 183 locations in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas — with 24 months allotted for enhanced corrective programs and a $3.8 million civil penalty [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/united-parcel-service-inc-ups-settlement]. The Consent Agreement and Final Order is posted on EPA's enforcement page. Last updated May 29, 2025, it remains operative [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/consent-agreement-and-final-order-ups]. On October 19, 2022, EPA announced a nationwide consent agreement covering 1,160 UPS facilities across 45 states and Puerto Rico, addressing alleged failures to make land-disposal determinations and to conduct proper on-site management of hazardous waste [source: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/ups-settles-epa-correct-alleged-hazardous-waste-violations-nationwide].

Within the 24-month window (May 2024 through May 2026), shareholder-engagement activity dominates the public record. As You Sow filed a third-party environmental-justice audit resolution on November 13, 2025, requesting that UPS disclose an evaluation of community impacts tied to facility operations [source: https://www.asyousow.org/resolutions/2025/11/13-ups-third-party-environmental-justice-audit]. The PRI filing tracker lists the same proposal with an AGM date of May 7, 2026 and a prior AGM date of May 8, 2025 [source: https://collaborate.unpri.org/group/36786/stream]. UPS filed its annual 10-K on February 17, 2026 [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026008432/ups-20251231.htm]. Its companion 10-Q, filed May 6, 2026, records immaterial environmental-remediation contingencies as of March 31, 2026 [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026031154/ups-20260331.htm].

Action 1: EPA Region 6 RCRA settlement, announced June 16, 2021. Respondents: United Parcel Service, Inc. and TForce Freight, Inc. Program: RCRA hazardous-waste regulations. Geographic scope: 183 facilities in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas. Outcome: a $3.8 million civil penalty plus a 24-month deadline to implement enhanced corrective programs [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/united-parcel-service-inc-ups-settlement]. The signed Consent Agreement and Final Order — a 777 KB PDF — remains posted on EPA's enforcement page [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/consent-agreement-and-final-order-ups].

Action 2: EPA national consent agreement, announced October 19, 2022. Respondent: United Parcel Service, Inc. Program: RCRA hazardous-waste regulations, specifically alleged failure to make land-disposal determinations and to conduct proper on-site management of hazardous waste. Geographic scope: 1,160 facilities across 45 states and the territory of Puerto Rico. Outcome: a consent agreement requiring implementation of environmental policies to prevent future noncompliance [source: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/ups-settles-epa-correct-alleged-hazardous-waste-violations-nationwide].

Action 3 — Franklin facility, 110042294406: ECHO records zero quarters with formal noncompliance during the 24-month window ending May 9, 2026. The $2,120,000 figure cited in the ECHO summary is a derived allocation (total_5yr_penalties × 24/60), not a single adjudicated action specific to the Franklin facility [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. No permits are active at this address. The most recent permit-related action posted to ECHO is dated October 31, 2024 [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. SEC filings disclose only immaterial environmental-remediation contingencies on the consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, with corresponding insurance recoveries booked in accounts receivable [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026031154/ups-20260331.htm].

1. United Parcel Service - Franklin (Franklin, TN; EPA ID 110042294406): the single facility associated with this legal-entity slug. ECHO records zero formal violation quarters in the 24-month window and an EJ-index average of 0.0 in the data snapshot [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. The facility holds no active EPA-administered permits per the May 9, 2026 snapshot; the most recent permit-related entry is dated October 31, 2024 [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

2. UPS Inc. (parent operator, 11 facilities in the ECHO peer-benchmark slice): the parent record carries 8 noncompliance quarters and a derived $10,640,000 24-month penalty allocation in the same exporter dataset [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. EPA's October 2022 national consent agreement covered 1,160 facilities for the parent entity, providing a measure of the compliance footprint that flows into the exporter's per-slug aggregation [source: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/ups-settles-epa-correct-alleged-hazardous-waste-violations-nationwide].

3. United Parcel Services (peer slug, 10 facilities): 6 noncompliance quarters and a derived $6,424,160 24-month penalty allocation in the ECHO dataset [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

4. United Parcel Svc (peer slug, 16 facilities): 6 noncompliance quarters and a derived $5,760,000 24-month penalty allocation in the ECHO dataset [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

5. Region 6 footprint (183 sites covered by the 2021 settlement in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas): not a single facility but a geographic cluster. EPA's settlement document lists these 183 sites as the scope of the alleged hazardous-waste violations, with the corrective program running 24 months from June 16, 2021 [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/united-parcel-service-inc-ups-settlement].

ECHO returns no top-pollutant entries for the Franklin facility in the 24-month window [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. Federal enforcement against the parent entity centers on RCRA hazardous-waste streams rather than ambient-air or surface-water discharge. EPA's October 2022 announcement specifies that the alleged violations involved failure to make land-disposal determinations and improper on-site management of hazardous waste — categories tied to RCRA Subtitle C generator obligations [source: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/ups-settles-epa-correct-alleged-hazardous-waste-violations-nationwide].

Land-disposal-restriction (LDR) determinations under RCRA require generators to identify whether a waste meets treatment standards before disposal. Downstream exposure pathways include groundwater migration from improperly characterized waste at receiving facilities. EPA's Region 6 settlement identified the applicable hazardous-waste regulations across Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas as the controlling framework [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/united-parcel-service-inc-ups-settlement]. Environmental-justice exposure for waste-handling and freight-trucking operations typically tracks proximity of communities of color and lower-income census blocks to dock and transfer activities. As You Sow's resolution cites that dynamic as the basis for its 2026 audit request [source: https://www.asyousow.org/resolutions/2025/11/13-ups-third-party-environmental-justice-audit].

For the Franklin site, ECHO's EJ-index average is 0.0 in the snapshot. That figure reflects the absence of mapped EJ index values in the exporter slice for that facility ID — not a verified low-exposure finding [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. Tennessee state water-pollution-control documents are indexed in the TDEC data-viewer system [source: https://dataviewers.tdec.tn.gov/dataviewers/BGWPC.GET_WPC_DOCUMENTS?p_file=926603284357605430].

Within NAICS 49211, all three benchmark slugs map back to the United Parcel Service corporate family at varying levels of aggregation — an artifact of how ECHO indexes the same operator under multiple legal-name strings. Aggregate 24-month penalty allocations across the three peer rows total approximately $22.8 million, against the Franklin local entity's $2.12 million derived allocation [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. Violation counts in the peer slice range from 6 to 8 noncompliance quarters. The Franklin facility itself records zero. EPA's October 2022 nationwide consent agreement is the dominant input feeding the parent-level penalty figures [source: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/ups-settles-epa-correct-alleged-hazardous-waste-violations-nationwide].

The 10-K filed February 17, 2026 directs investors to the company's forward-looking-statement disclosures and its Investor Relations website for material updates [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026008432/ups-20251231.htm]. No environmental-specific forward risk language appears in the available Item 1A excerpt. The section emphasizes the company's integrated air-and-ground network spanning more than 200 countries, the December 2025 USPS final-mile agreement taking effect in 2026, and the 2025 acquisitions of Frigo-Trans and Andlauer Healthcare Group [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026008432/ups-20251231.htm]. The companion 10-Q filed May 6, 2026 records immaterial environmental-remediation contingencies and notes that resolution of related claims 'could result in additional charges and related insurance recoveries in future periods, the amount of which cannot be reasonably estimated at this time' [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026031154/ups-20260331.htm].