EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Plasman
Fort Payne, AL
- Total releases
- 130.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Plasman: how the 130.3K lbs splits
130.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 91.5K lbs 70.2%
- Water Discharges 27.6K lbs 21.2%
- Off-site Transfers 11.1K lbs 8.5%
Plasman's 130.3K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 70.2% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 21.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Toluene.
MID volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Plasman is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Fort Payne, AL, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 54.7K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 130.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,028 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. Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Siemens Energy Inc; Valley Joist; Valley Joist; Appleton Group LLC. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Alabama: Sa Automotive; Heartland Automotive LLC; Federal-Mogul Corp; Ic of Oklahoma LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Toluene; Cyclohexane; 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene; Xylene (mixed isomers).
Compare Plasman with
Nearest reporters in Alabama
- Siemens Energy Inc Fort Payne · 8.0K lbs
- Valley Joist Fort Payne · 421 lbs
- Valley Joist Fort Payne · 202 lbs
- Appleton Group LLC Rainsville · 5.3K lbs
Similar-scale Transportation Equipment sites elsewhere: Sa Automotive (MI) · Heartland Automotive LLC (IN) · Federal-Mogul Corp (MI)
Plasman stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (70.2% air releases) across 5 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 130.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Sa Automotive and Heartland Automotive LLC.
Plasman vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
130K lbs Top 16% higher than 84% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Plasman in the Transportation Equipment sector extract
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Plasman reports the 253rd-largest volume, placing it in the top 15.8% of its sector. Scale peers outside Alabama include Sa Automotive and Heartland Automotive LLC.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Plasman's total reported releases rose from 21.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 54.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Plasman's water releases rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 27.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Plasman's off-site transfers rose from 3.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 6.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Plasman's chemicals reported rose from 4 in 2022 to 5 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Plasman Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Plasman releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 130.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 186% (19.1K lbs to 54.7K lbs).
Plasman: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Plasman year-over-year reported totals (increased by 186% from 2019 to 2023). 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: Toluene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 19.1K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 17.1K lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 17.5K lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 21.9K lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 54.7K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Toluene | 59.3K lbs | - |
| Cyclohexane | 26.4K lbs | - |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 24.2K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 15.3K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 5.1K lbs | - |
Plasman · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Plasman
Closest other reporters in Alabama - including Siemens Energy Inc, Valley Joist, Valley Joist, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 558 other reporting facilities in Alabama.
Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Alabama - e.g. Sa Automotive, Heartland Automotive LLC, Federal-Mogul Corp.
Compare beyond Alabama
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Plasman on cumulative reported pounds (130.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Sa Automotive, St. Marks Powder Inc., Core Molding Technologies. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of Puerto Rico LLC. 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.
- Sa Automotive Webberville, MI · Transportation Equipment 130.3K lbs reported
- St. Marks Powder Inc. Crawfordville, FL · Chemicals 130.3K lbs reported
- Core Molding Technologies Columbus, OH · Plastics and Rubber 130.2K lbs reported
- Power Pipe & Tank LLC Amarillo, TX · Plastics and Rubber 130.3K 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 Toluene, Cyclohexane, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, Xylene (mixed isomers); nearby reporters include Siemens Energy Inc. Plasman stamps MID volume · AIR 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.
Use and verify this record
This Plasman TRI extract (MID · AIR · CLEAN · lead Toluene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Plasman totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Fort Payne, AL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336111 · Transportation Equipment. 5.6% of Dekalb TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Sa Automotive (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Plasman stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Toluene. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. 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