EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
United Launch Alliance - Decatur Operations
Trinity, AL · Parent: United Launch Alliance (ula) LLC
- Total releases
- 8.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 6
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
United Launch Alliance - Decatur Operations: how the 8.5K lbs splits
8.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 7.2K lbs 84.8%
- Air Releases 1.3K lbs 15.2%
United Launch Alliance - Decatur Operations's 8.5K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 84.8% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 15.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
United Launch Alliance - Decatur Operations is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Trinity, AL, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 1.3K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 8.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 10,172 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Nucor Tubular Products - Trinity; Nucor Steel Decatur LLC; Wayne-Sanderson Farms - Decatur Fresh Plant; Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Decatur Prepared Foods. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Alabama: Tenneco Inc.; Pcc Airfoils Llc/smp; Unison Engine Components Terre Haute; Kcs International Inc Cruisers Yachts Div Plant 2. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds; Lead compounds; Trichloroethylene; Zinc compounds.
United Launch Alliance - Decatur Operations stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (84.8% off-site transfers) across 6 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 8.5K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Tenneco Inc. and Pcc Airfoils Llc/smp.
United Launch Alliance - Decatur Operations vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
8.5K 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
United Launch Alliance - Decatur Operations in the Transportation Equipment sector extract
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, United Launch Alliance - Decatur Operations reports the 638th-largest volume (8.5K lbs). Scale peers outside Alabama include Tenneco Inc. and Pcc Airfoils Llc/smp.
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
- United Launch Alliance - Decatur Operations's total reported releases fell from 1.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- United Launch Alliance - Decatur Operations's off-site transfers fell from 1.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
United Launch Alliance - Decatur Operations Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How United Launch Alliance - Decatur Operations releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 8.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 54% (2.8K lbs to 1.3K lbs).
United Launch Alliance - Decatur Operations: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows United Launch Alliance - Decatur Operations year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 54% 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 And Lead Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.8K lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 1.5K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 1.6K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 1.4K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 1.3K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 6 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 3.4K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 2.1K lbs | - |
| Trichloroethylene | 1.3K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Zinc compounds | 1.1K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 321 lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 284 lbs | - |
United Launch Alliance - Decatur Operations · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to United Launch Alliance - Decatur Operations
Closest other reporters in Alabama - including Nucor Tubular Products - Trinity, Nucor Steel Decatur LLC, Wayne-Sanderson Farms - Decatur Fresh Plant, 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. Tenneco Inc., Pcc Airfoils Llc/smp, Unison Engine Components Terre Haute.
Compare beyond Alabama
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest United Launch Alliance - Decatur Operations on cumulative reported pounds (8.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (6). Release-pound peers include Z Technologies Corp, Victor Equipment Co, Tesoro - Stockton Terminal. Chemical-count peers include Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd, Leoni Wire Inc, Turf Care Supply-Hatfield Plant. 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.
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 Lead And Lead Compounds, Lead compounds, Trichloroethylene, Zinc compounds; nearby reporters include Nucor Tubular Products - Trinity. United Launch Alliance - Decatur Operations stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 United Launch Alliance - Decatur Operations TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Lead And Lead Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
United Launch Alliance - Decatur Operations totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Trinity, AL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336414 · Transportation Equipment. 0.0% of Morgan TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Z Technologies Corp (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
United Launch Alliance - Decatur Operations stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Lead And Lead Compounds. 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