EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
James Hardie Building Products Fontana
Fontana, CA · Parent: James Hardie Building Products Inc
- Total releases
- 1.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
James Hardie Building Products Fontana: how the 1.5K lbs splits
1.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 1.5K lbs 100.0%
- Air Releases 0 lbs <0.1%
James Hardie Building Products Fontana's 1.5K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
James Hardie Building Products Fontana is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Fontana, CA, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 144 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 1.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 13,284 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. James Hardie Building Products Fontana is pounds #626 and chemical-count #639 at 1.5K 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). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Urethane Polymers International; Continental Coatings Co. Inc; Sierra Building Products; Forged Metals Inc. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside California: Sierra South Batch Plant; Quietflex; Glendale Batch Plant #7; Owens Brockway Glass Container Inc Plant #08. Other James Hardie Building Products Inc sites in this extract: James Hardie Building Products Pulaski; James Hardie Building Products Peru; James Hardie Building Products Plant City; James Hardie Building Products Cleburne. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds; Lead compounds.
James Hardie Building Products Fontana stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.5K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Sierra South Batch Plant and Quietflex.
James Hardie Building Products Fontana vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.5K lbs 49th percentile higher than 49% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
James Hardie Building Products Fontana: Lead And Lead Compounds-led volume
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, James Hardie Building Products Fontana reports the 569th-largest volume, placing it in the top 17.4% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Lead And Lead Compounds alone is 73.2% of the total. Scale peers outside California include Sierra South Batch Plant and Quietflex.
Concentrated means ≥60% of James Hardie Building Products Fontana's pounds in one chemical - here Lead And Lead Compounds at 73.2%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- James Hardie Building Products Fontana's total reported releases fell from 482 lb in 2022 to 144 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- James Hardie Building Products Fontana's off-site transfers fell from 482 lb in 2022 to 144 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
James Hardie Building Products Fontana Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How James Hardie Building Products Fontana releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 44% (257 lbs to 144 lbs).
James Hardie Building Products Fontana: 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 James Hardie Building Products Fontana year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 44% 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 | 257 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 390 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 184 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 482 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 144 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 1.1K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 390 lbs | - |
James Hardie Building Products Fontana · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to James Hardie Building Products Fontana
Closest other reporters in California - including Urethane Polymers International, Continental Coatings Co. Inc, Sierra Building Products, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,148 other reporting facilities in California.
Similar Nonmetallic Mineral Product Facilities
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside California - e.g. Sierra South Batch Plant, Quietflex, Glendale Batch Plant #7.
Compare beyond California
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest James Hardie Building Products Fontana on cumulative reported pounds (1.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Harrison Paint Co, Celeros Flow Technology, Hypertherm Inc. 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).
Other James Hardie Building Products Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including James Hardie Building Products Pulaski, James Hardie Building Products Peru, James Hardie Building Products Plant City.
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; nearby reporters include Urethane Polymers International. James Hardie Building Products Fontana stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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 James Hardie Building Products Fontana TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Lead And Lead Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
James Hardie Building Products Fontana totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Fontana, CA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 327390 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 0.0% of San Bernardino TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Harrison Paint Co (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
James Hardie Building Products Fontana stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · 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