EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Progress Rail
Montgomery, AL · Parent: Caterpillar Inc
- Total releases
- 7 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Progress Rail: how the 7 lbs splits
7 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 7 lbs 100.0%
Progress Rail's 7 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Progress Rail is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Montgomery, AL, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 1 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 7 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 18,749 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: Dc Alabama Inc; Jay R Smith Manufacturing Co; Steris Corp; Jim Bishop Cabinets Inc. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Alabama: Nta Precision Axle Corp; Mpt Sterling Heights; Altec Industries Inc. - Mount Airy Facility; Net Shapes Inc. Other Caterpillar Inc sites in this extract: Caterpillar Reman Div; Caterpillar Inc Mapleton Plant; Caterpillar East Peoria; Caterpillar Inc. - High Performance Molded Products. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead.
Compare Progress Rail with
Nearest reporters in Alabama
- Dc Alabama Inc Mount Meigs · 116.3K lbs
- Jay R Smith Manufacturing Co Montgomery · 83 lbs
- Steris Corp Montgomery · 38.0K lbs
- Jim Bishop Cabinets Inc Montgomery · 10.0K lbs
Similar-scale Transportation Equipment sites elsewhere: Nta Precision Axle Corp (IL) · Mpt Sterling Heights (MI) · Altec Industries Inc. - Mount Airy Facility (NC)
Progress Rail stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 7 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Nta Precision Axle Corp and Mpt Sterling Heights.
Progress Rail vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
7 lbs 28th percentile higher than 28% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Progress Rail in the Transportation Equipment sector extract
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Progress Rail reports the 1,283rd-largest volume (7 lbs). Scale peers outside Alabama include Nta Precision Axle Corp and Mpt Sterling Heights.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Progress Rail Form-R facts
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Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Progress Rail releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 7 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 50% (2 lbs to 1 lbs).
Progress Rail: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Progress Rail year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 50% 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: Lead.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 1 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead | 7 lbs | Carcinogen |
Progress Rail · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Progress Rail
Closest other reporters in Alabama - including Dc Alabama Inc, Jay R Smith Manufacturing Co, Steris Corp, 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. Nta Precision Axle Corp, Mpt Sterling Heights, Altec Industries Inc. - Mount Airy Facility.
Other Caterpillar Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Caterpillar Reman Div, Caterpillar Inc Mapleton Plant, Caterpillar East Peoria.
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 Lead; nearby reporters include Dc Alabama Inc. Progress Rail stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Progress Rail TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Progress Rail totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Montgomery, AL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336510 · Transportation Equipment. 0.0% of Montgomery TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Altec Industries Inc. - Mount Airy Facility (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Progress Rail stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead. 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