EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Cardinal Industrial Finishes
South El Monte, CA
- Total releases
- 357 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Cardinal Industrial Finishes: how the 357 lbs splits
357 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 357 lbs 100.0%
Cardinal Industrial Finishes's 357 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: Certain glycol ethers.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Cardinal Industrial Finishes is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in South El Monte, CA, in the chemicals sector. It reported 357 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 15,185 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In California's 1,149 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Cardinal Industrial Finishes is pounds #749 and chemical-count #671 at 357 lbs. Clean Harbors Buttonwillow LLC leads reported pounds (50.4M lbs) at 45 chemicals (chemical-count #2). Chevron Products Co Richmond Refinery leads chemical count at 46 chemicals (3.0M lbs, pounds #13). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Miller Castings Inc.; M. Argueso & Co. Inc.; The Gill Corp; Sonoco Products Co. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside California: Italmatch Sc LLC; Profile Products - Florikan; Spectra Colorants; Twist Bioscience. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Certain glycol ethers; Xylene (mixed isomers).
Compare Cardinal Industrial Finishes with
Nearest reporters in California
- Miller Castings Inc. Whittier · 68.7K lbs
- M. Argueso & Co. Inc. Rosemead · 1.2M lbs
- The Gill Corp El Monte · 40.0K lbs
- Sonoco Products Co City Of Industry · 68 lbs
Similar-scale Chemicals sites elsewhere: Italmatch Sc LLC (IL) · Profile Products - Florikan (FL) · Spectra Colorants (SC)
Cardinal Industrial Finishes stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 357 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Italmatch Sc LLC and Profile Products - Florikan.
Cardinal Industrial Finishes vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
357 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
Cardinal Industrial Finishes in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Cardinal Industrial Finishes reports the 3,013th-largest volume (357 lbs). Scale peers outside California include Italmatch Sc LLC and Profile Products - Florikan.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Cardinal Industrial Finishes Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cardinal Industrial Finishes releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 357 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (179 lbs to 0 lbs).
Cardinal Industrial Finishes: 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 Cardinal Industrial Finishes year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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: Certain glycol ethers.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 179 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 178 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Certain glycol ethers | 357 lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 0 lbs | - |
Cardinal Industrial Finishes · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Cardinal Industrial Finishes
Closest other reporters in California - including Miller Castings Inc., M. Argueso & Co. Inc., The Gill Corp, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,148 other reporting facilities in California.
Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside California - e.g. Italmatch Sc LLC, Profile Products - Florikan, Spectra Colorants.
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 Certain glycol ethers, Xylene (mixed isomers); nearby reporters include Miller Castings Inc.. Cardinal Industrial Finishes stamps TRACE 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.
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This Cardinal Industrial Finishes TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cardinal Industrial Finishes totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for South El Monte, CA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325510 · Chemicals. 0.0% of Los Angeles TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Hydro-Aire Aerospace Corp. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cardinal Industrial Finishes stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers. 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