EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Valley Joist
Fort Payne, AL
- Total releases
- 421 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Valley Joist: how the 421 lbs splits
421 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 396 lbs 94.1%
- Water Discharges 25 lbs 5.9%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Valley Joist's 421 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 94.1% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 5.9%. Leading chemical by pounds: Manganese.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Valley Joist is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Fort Payne, AL, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 101 lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 421 lbs in total across its 2020-2023 reporting years. That ranks 15,017 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: Siemens Energy Inc; Plasman; Appleton Group LLC; Valley Joist. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Alabama: Southco Inc. Honeoye Falls; Precision Custom Components LLC; Meaden Screw Products Co; Wolf Creek Machine. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese; Nickel; Copper; Chromium.
Valley Joist stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (94.1% air releases) across 5 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 421 lbs (2020–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Southco Inc. Honeoye Falls and Precision Custom Components LLC.
Valley Joist vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
421 lbs 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Valley Joist in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Valley Joist reports the 1,930th-largest volume (421 lbs). Scale peers outside Alabama include Southco Inc. Honeoye Falls and Precision Custom Components LLC.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Valley Joist Form-R facts
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95% less than the comparison
2.5× more than the comparison
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 Valley Joist releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 421 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2020 to 2023, total releases increased by 16% (87 lbs to 101 lbs).
Valley Joist: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2020–2023
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Valley Joist year-over-year reported totals (increased by 16% from 2020 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: Manganese.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 87 lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 125 lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 107 lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 101 lbs | 5 |
Valley Joist · AIR-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Alabama - including Siemens Energy Inc, Plasman, Appleton Group LLC, ordered by distance.
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Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Alabama - e.g. Southco Inc. Honeoye Falls, Precision Custom Components LLC, Meaden Screw Products Co.
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 Manganese, Nickel, Copper, Chromium; nearby reporters include Siemens Energy Inc. Valley Joist stamps TRACE volume · AIR 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 Valley Joist TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Valley Joist totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Fort Payne, AL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2020–2023 (4 years). NAICS 332312 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Dekalb TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Current Lighting Solutions LLC (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Valley Joist stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese. 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