EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
W&w|afco Steel
Little Rock, AR
- Total releases
- 26.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
W&w|afco Steel: how the 26.8K lbs splits
26.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 26.8K lbs 100.0%
W&w|afco Steel's 26.8K 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: Xylene (mixed isomers).
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
W&w|afco Steel is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Little Rock, AR, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 6.9K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 26.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,575 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Arkansas's 350 reporting TRI sites, Clean Harbors el Dorado LLC leads both reported pounds (16.6M lbs) and chemical count (251 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: Hall Tank Co; Dassault Falcon Jet Corp.; La Petite Roche Technologies; Certainteed LLC. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Arkansas: Quality Product Finishing Inc; Industrial Plating Inc; Silgan Containers Mfg Corp; Aluminum Coil Anodizing Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Xylene (mixed isomers); Zinc (fume or dust).
W&w|afco Steel stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 26.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Quality Product Finishing Inc and Industrial Plating Inc.
W&w|afco Steel vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
27K lbs Top 29% higher than 71% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
W&w|afco Steel: Xylene (mixed isomers)-led volume
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, W&w|afco Steel reports the 875th-largest volume (26.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Xylene (mixed isomers) alone is 61.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Arkansas include Quality Product Finishing Inc and Industrial Plating Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of W&w|afco Steel's pounds in one chemical - here Xylene (mixed isomers) at 61.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- W&w|afco Steel's total reported releases rose from 4.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 6.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- W&w|afco Steel's air releases rose from 4.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 6.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
W&w|afco Steel 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 W&w|afco Steel releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 26.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 17% (8.3K lbs to 6.9K lbs).
W&w|afco Steel: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows W&w|afco Steel year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 17% 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: Xylene (mixed isomers).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 8.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 2.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 4.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 4.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 6.9K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 16.6K lbs | - |
| Zinc (fume or dust) | 10.2K lbs | - |
W&w|afco Steel · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to W&w|afco Steel
Closest other reporters in Arkansas - including Hall Tank Co, Dassault Falcon Jet Corp., La Petite Roche Technologies, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 349 other reporting facilities in Arkansas.
Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Arkansas - e.g. Quality Product Finishing Inc, Industrial Plating Inc, Silgan Containers Mfg Corp.
Compare beyond Arkansas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest W&w|afco Steel on cumulative reported pounds (26.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Diamond Vogel Inc., Interstate Chemical Co United Erie, Edon Composites. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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 Xylene (mixed isomers), Zinc (fume or dust); nearby reporters include Hall Tank Co. W&w|afco Steel stamps LIGHT 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 W&w|afco Steel TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Xylene (mixed isomers)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
W&w|afco Steel totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Little Rock, AR, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332312 · Fabricated Metals. 0.8% of Pulaski TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Diamond Vogel Inc. (Δ 4 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
W&w|afco Steel stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Xylene (mixed isomers). 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