EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
General Shale Brick Inc Plant #60
Denver, CO · Parent: General Shale Brick Inc
- Total releases
- 5.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
General Shale Brick Inc Plant #60: how the 5.4K lbs splits
5.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 5.4K lbs 100.0%
General Shale Brick Inc Plant #60's 5.4K 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: Hydrogen fluoride.
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 AIR pathway TRACE-CARC
General Shale Brick Inc Plant #60 is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Denver, CO, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 4.1K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 5.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 11,058 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Colorado's 277 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. General Shale Brick Inc Plant #60 is pounds #116 and chemical-count #116 at 5.4K lbs. Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co leads reported pounds (22.9M lbs) at 12 chemicals (chemical-count #13). Suncor Energy Commerce City Refinery leads chemical count at 33 chemicals (460.2K lbs, pounds #24). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: American Stainless Steel Corp; Safety-Kleen Systems Englewood (eco); Holcim Wcr Inc Bannock Ready Mix Plant; Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC D/b/a Meadow Gold Dairy. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Colorado: Glen-Gery Corp; Oldcastle Infrastructure; Brickcraft Inc; Gcc Rio Grande Inc. Other General Shale Brick Inc sites in this extract: Columbus Brick Co; General Shale Brick Inc Moncure Facility Plants 24 & 25; Watsontown Brick Co; General Shale Brick Inc Plant 35 & 36. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Hydrogen fluoride; Lead; Manganese.
Compare General Shale Brick Inc Plant #60 with
Nearest reporters in Colorado
- American Stainless Steel Corp Englewood · 250 lbs
- Safety-Kleen Systems Englewood (eco) Englewood · 12 lbs
- Holcim Wcr Inc Bannock Ready Mix Plant Denver · 2.5K lbs
- Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC D/b/a Meadow Gold Dairy Englewood · 3.6K lbs
Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product sites elsewhere: Glen-Gery Corp (PA) · Oldcastle Infrastructure (PA) · Brickcraft Inc (IN)
General Shale Brick Inc Plant #60 stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 5.4K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Glen-Gery Corp and Oldcastle Infrastructure.
General Shale Brick Inc Plant #60 vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
5.4K lbs Top 43% higher than 57% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
General Shale Brick Inc Plant #60: Hydrogen fluoride-led volume
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, General Shale Brick Inc Plant #60 reports the 439th-largest volume, placing it in the top 13.4% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Hydrogen fluoride alone is 99.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Colorado include Glen-Gery Corp and Oldcastle Infrastructure.
Concentrated means ≥60% of General Shale Brick Inc Plant #60's pounds in one chemical - here Hydrogen fluoride at 99.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- General Shale Brick Inc Plant #60's total reported releases rose from 313 lb in 2022 to 4.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- General Shale Brick Inc Plant #60's air releases rose from 313 lb in 2022 to 4.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- General Shale Brick Inc Plant #60's chemicals reported rose from 2 in 2022 to 3 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
General Shale Brick Inc Plant #60 Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How General Shale Brick Inc Plant #60 releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 5.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 1111% (336 lbs to 4.1K lbs).
General Shale Brick Inc Plant #60: 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 General Shale Brick Inc Plant #60 year-over-year reported totals (increased by 1111% 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: Hydrogen fluoride.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 336 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 321 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 330 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 313 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 4.1K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 3 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrogen fluoride | 5.4K lbs | - |
| Lead | 7 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Manganese | 0 lbs | - |
General Shale Brick Inc Plant #60 · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to General Shale Brick Inc Plant #60
Closest other reporters in Colorado - including American Stainless Steel Corp, Safety-Kleen Systems Englewood (eco), Holcim Wcr Inc Bannock Ready Mix Plant, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 276 other reporting facilities in Colorado.
Similar Nonmetallic Mineral Product Facilities
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Colorado - e.g. Glen-Gery Corp, Oldcastle Infrastructure, Brickcraft Inc.
Compare beyond Colorado
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest General Shale Brick Inc Plant #60 on cumulative reported pounds (5.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Brenntag Pacific Inc., Hoeganaes Corp, Prairie Packaging LLC. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. 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 General Shale Brick Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Columbus Brick Co, General Shale Brick Inc Moncure Facility Plants 24 & 25, Watsontown Brick 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 Hydrogen fluoride, Lead, Manganese; nearby reporters include American Stainless Steel Corp. General Shale Brick Inc Plant #60 stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 General Shale Brick Inc Plant #60 TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · TRACE-CARC · lead Hydrogen fluoride) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
General Shale Brick Inc Plant #60 totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Denver, CO, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 327120 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 1.1% of Denver TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Brenntag Pacific Inc. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
General Shale Brick Inc Plant #60 stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Hydrogen fluoride. 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