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
Reported-total composition
How the reported total is distributed
7 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 7 lbs 100.0%
The segments reconcile to the cumulative total shown above. Off-site transfers are shown separately from releases to air, water, and land.
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.
Progress Rail has reported 7 lbs of toxic releases across 1 chemical to the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, based on annual facility disclosures from 2019 through 2023. Of the chemicals reported, 1 is classified as carcinogen, representing 100% of the facility's chemical profile. The facility operates in the Transportation Equipment sector. The primary release pathway is air releases, accounting for 100% of total releases. All release data shown below is self-reported to the EPA under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) Section 313.
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
Where this facility sits in the TRI record
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Progress Rail reports the 1,283rd-largest volume (7 lbs).
Placement is computed from reported TRI pounds in this database. Thresholds are fixed across every facility page: concentrated ≥60% of volume in one chemical, county-dominant ≥25% of the county total, carcinogen-heavy ≥50% of pounds. Share-based statements are shown only for sites reporting at least 1,000 lbs, because a share of a very small total is not a meaningful signal. Reported pounds are self-reported estimates and do not measure toxicity or health risk.
Quick Facts
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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).
Reported total releases by year
Progress Rail - annual TRI totals
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Year-over-year reported totals. TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production levels, waste-rock handling and reporting changes, not only with emissions controls.
| 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 |
Location
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.
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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