Vulcan Materials Co
47 facilities · 8 states · 17.8K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Vulcan Materials Co is the reported parent of 47 Form R facilities across 8 states, disclosing 17.8K lbs of toxic releases. 3 of 110 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Virginia (14.8K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Vulcan Materials Co, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Vulcan Materials Co: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-11.7%
28 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-13.9%
2.5 thousand lb → 2.2 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 4 facilities filed for the first time and 6 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Vulcan Materials Co's total reported releases fell from 2.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Vulcan Materials Co's air releases fell from 50 lb in 2022 to 1 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Vulcan Materials Co's chemicals reported fell from 8 in 2022 to 6 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Vulcan Materials Co's water releases fell from 2.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Vulcan Materials Co from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Virginia Concrete Shirlington Plant; Virginia Concrete Dulles Plant; Virginia Concrete Edsall Road Plant; Virginia Concrete Spotsylvania Plant. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: US Department of Defense; Westrock Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Propylene; Naphthalene; n-Hexane; Polycyclic aromatic compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Virginia; Maryland; Arizona. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Nonmetallic Mineral Product; Petroleum; Other. 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: Virginia Concrete Shirlington Plant; Virginia Concrete Dulles Plant; Virginia Concrete Edsall Road Plant; Virginia Concrete Spotsylvania Plant. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: US Department of Defense; Westrock Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Propylene; Naphthalene; n-Hexane; Polycyclic aromatic compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Virginia; Maryland; Arizona. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Nonmetallic Mineral Product; Petroleum; Other.
Vulcan Materials Co ranks #2,511 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Vulcan Materials Co spans 8 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Vulcan Materials Co's disclosed pounds are spread across 47 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Vulcan Materials Co follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (US Department of Defense; Westrock Co) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Vulcan Materials Co sits among TRI parents
Vulcan Materials Co sits on a disclosure ladder beside US Department of Defense and Westrock Co. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- US Department of Defense · rank #2,509 · 52.2M lbs
- Westrock Co · rank #2,510 · 17.0M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Vulcan Materials Co
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Propylene; Naphthalene; n-Hexane; Polycyclic aromatic compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Virginia Concrete Shirlington Plant. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 25.9K lbs |
| Propylene | 598 lbs |
| Naphthalene | 15 lbs |
| n-Hexane | 9 lbs |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 8 lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 22 | 14.8K lbs |
| Maryland | 4 | 2.3K lbs |
| Arizona | 7 | 605 lbs |
| California | 8 | 28 lbs |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 1 | 2 lbs |
| District of Columbia | 2 | 1 lbs |
| New Mexico | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Texas | 2 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (47)
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Vulcan Materials Co on total disclosed release pounds (17.8K lbs) and reporting facility count (47). Release-volume peers include Bodycote Plc, Adams Resources & Energy Inc, Minerals Technologies Inc. Facility-count peers include Energy Transfer LP, Owens Corning, Phillips 66. 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 Virginia, Maryland, Arizona; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Vulcan Materials Co's TRI parent record
From Vulcan Materials Co, open Virginia Concrete Shirlington Plant or compare against US Department of Defense rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Vulcan Materials Co (Virginia Concrete Shirlington Plant in VA). Largest facility
- Compare against Westrock Co, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Vulcan Materials Co sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (US Department of Defense, Westrock Co) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Vulcan Materials Co'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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