Chief Industries Inc
7 facilities · 2 states · 182.3K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Chief Industries Inc is the reported parent of 7 Form R facilities across 2 states, disclosing 182.3K lbs of toxic releases. 4 of 39 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Nebraska (182.2K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Chief Industries Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Chief Industries Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+13.7%
7 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+13.7%
36.8 thousand lb → 41.9 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Chief Industries Inc's total reported releases rose from 36.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 41.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Chief Industries Inc's chemicals reported fell from 16 in 2022 to 13 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Chief Industries Inc's air releases rose from 36.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 41.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Chief Industries Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Chief Ethanol Fuels Inc.; Chief Ethanol Fuels Inc; Chief Industries Inc - Buildings Div; Chief Industries Inc Buildings Div. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Tyson Foods Inc; Omaha Public Power District. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Acetaldehyde; n-Hexane; Cyclohexane; Benzene; Toluene. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Nebraska; Indiana. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals; Fabricated Metals. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Chief Ethanol Fuels Inc.; Chief Ethanol Fuels Inc; Chief Industries Inc - Buildings Div; Chief Industries Inc Buildings Div. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Tyson Foods Inc; Omaha Public Power District. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Acetaldehyde; n-Hexane; Cyclohexane; Benzene; Toluene. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Nebraska; Indiana. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals; Fabricated Metals.
Chief Industries Inc ranks #1,339 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Chief Industries Inc files across 2 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Chief Industries Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 7 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Chief Industries Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Tyson Foods Inc; Omaha Public Power District) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Chief Industries Inc sits among TRI parents
Chief Industries Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Tyson Foods Inc and Omaha Public Power District. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Tyson Foods Inc · rank #1,337 · 11.9M lbs
- Omaha Public Power District · rank #1,338 · 11.1M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Chief Industries Inc
Acetaldehyde; n-Hexane; Cyclohexane; Benzene; Toluene lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Chief Ethanol Fuels Inc.. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Acetaldehyde | 89.9K lbs |
| n-Hexane | 65.3K lbs |
| Cyclohexane | 10.4K lbs |
| Benzene | 10.2K lbs |
| Toluene | 2.9K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 6 | 182.2K lbs |
| Indiana | 1 | 104 lbs |
Facilities (7)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Chief Ethanol Fuels Inc. Lexington, NE | 108.3K lbs |
| Chief Ethanol Fuels Inc Hastings, NE | 73.6K lbs |
| Chief Industries Inc - Buildings Div Grand Island, NE | 160 lbs |
| Chief Industries Inc Buildings Div Rensselaer, IN | 104 lbs |
| Chief Industries - Fabrication Div Grand Island, NE | 86 lbs |
| Chief Industries Inc - Agri/industrial Div Kearney, NE | 0 lbs |
| Chief Industries Agri Divison Grand Island Grand Island, NE | 0 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Chief Industries Inc on total disclosed release pounds (182.3K lbs) and reporting facility count (7). Release-volume peers include Columbia Forest Products, Zinpro Corp, Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc. Facility-count peers include A O Smith Corp, Ahf Products LLC, Aisin Holdings of America. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Nebraska, Indiana; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Chief Industries Inc's TRI parent record
From Chief Industries Inc, open Chief Ethanol Fuels Inc. or compare against Tyson Foods Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Chief Industries Inc (Chief Ethanol Fuels Inc. in NE). Largest facility
- Compare against Omaha Public Power District, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Chief Industries Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Tyson Foods Inc, Omaha Public Power District) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Chief Industries Inc's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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