EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Grooms Aluminum Recycling
Ashville, AL
- Total releases
- 9.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2022
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
MIXED Form-R mix
Grooms Aluminum Recycling: how the 9.1K lbs splits
9.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 5.7K lbs 63.4%
- Off-site Transfers 3.3K lbs 36.3%
- Water Discharges 33 lbs 0.4%
Grooms Aluminum Recycling's 9.1K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 63.4% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 36.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
LIGHT volume MIXED pathway CLEAN
Grooms Aluminum Recycling is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Ashville, AL, in the primary metals sector. It reported 9.1K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2022, and 9.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2022 reporting years. That ranks 10,026 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Alabama's 559 reporting TRI sites, Chemical Waste Management leads both reported pounds (95.6M lbs) and chemical count (98 chemicals). The two rankings do not invert in this pool. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Providential Metals; Valmont - Birmingham Galvanizing Inc.; Real Alloy Specification LLC; Meyer Utility Structures LLC Plt No 1662. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Alabama: Watry Industries; Michigan Wheel Operations LLC; Metal Technologies Inc Three Rivers Gray Iron; Pier Foundry & Pattern Shop Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Manganese; Copper.
Grooms Aluminum Recycling is a LIGHT · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Ashville, AL: 9.1K lbs across 3 chemicals. No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 63.4%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Watry Industries and Michigan Wheel Operations LLC.
Grooms Aluminum Recycling vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
9.1K lbs Top 39% higher than 61% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Grooms Aluminum Recycling: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Grooms Aluminum Recycling reports the 755th-largest volume (9.1K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) alone is 63.3% of the total. Scale peers outside Alabama include Watry Industries and Michigan Wheel Operations LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Grooms Aluminum Recycling's pounds in one chemical - here Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) at 63.3%. Not a toxicity score.
Grooms Aluminum Recycling Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Grooms Aluminum Recycling releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 9.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Grooms Aluminum Recycling: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Grooms Aluminum Recycling year-over-year reported totals. TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 9.1K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 5.7K lbs | - |
| Manganese | 1.7K lbs | - |
| Copper | 1.6K lbs | - |
Grooms Aluminum Recycling in St. Clair
Nearest TRI Facilities to Grooms Aluminum Recycling
Closest other reporters in Alabama - including Providential Metals, Valmont - Birmingham Galvanizing Inc., Real Alloy Specification LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 558 other reporting facilities in Alabama.
Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Alabama - e.g. Watry Industries, Michigan Wheel Operations LLC, Metal Technologies Inc Three Rivers Gray Iron.
Compare beyond Alabama
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Grooms Aluminum Recycling on cumulative reported pounds (9.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Dexter Laundry Inc, National Electrical Carbon Products Inc, Santolubes Manufacturing LLC. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Dexter Laundry Inc Fairfield, IA · Machinery 9.1K lbs reported
- National Electrical Carbon Products Inc East Stroudsburg, PA · Electrical Equipment 9.1K lbs reported
- Santolubes Manufacturing LLC Spartanburg, SC · Chemicals 9.0K lbs reported
- Northrup Farmington Farmington, NY · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 9.0K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Manganese, Copper; nearby reporters include Providential Metals. Grooms Aluminum Recycling stamps LIGHT volume · MIXED pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
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This Grooms Aluminum Recycling TRI extract (LIGHT · MIXED · CLEAN · lead Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Grooms Aluminum Recycling totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Ashville, AL, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 331314 · Primary Metals. 1.4% of St. Clair TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Dexter Laundry Inc (Δ 3 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Grooms Aluminum Recycling stamps LIGHT · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 63.4%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov