EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Golden Aluminum
Fort Lupton, CO
- Total releases
- 213.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 13
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Golden Aluminum: how the 213.7K lbs splits
213.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 178.3K lbs 83.4%
- Air Releases 35.4K lbs 16.6%
Golden Aluminum's 213.7K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 83.4% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 16.6%. Leading chemical by pounds: Chromium.
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.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Golden Aluminum is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Fort Lupton, CO, in the primary metals sector. It reported 27.1K lbs of releases across 12 chemicals in 2023, and 213.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,139 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. Golden Aluminum is pounds #34 and chemical-count #12 at 213.7K 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Basalite Building Products Llc.; Pilot Thomas Logistics LLC - Fort Lupton; Halliburton Fort Lupton Field Camp; Burnco Colorado LLC - Fort Lupton. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Colorado: Vista Metals Corp.; Nucor Steel Louisiana LLC; Atlas Tube- Plymouth Plant; Jupiter Aluminum Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium; Chlorine; Aluminum (fume or dust); Xylene (mixed isomers).
Compare Golden Aluminum with
Nearest reporters in Colorado
- Basalite Building Products Llc. Fort Lupton · 0 lbs
- Pilot Thomas Logistics LLC - Fort Lupton Fort Lupton · 12 lbs
- Halliburton Fort Lupton Field Camp Fort Lupton · 27.8K lbs
- Burnco Colorado LLC - Fort Lupton Fort Lupton · 0 lbs
Similar-scale Primary Metals sites elsewhere: Vista Metals Corp. (CA) · Nucor Steel Louisiana LLC (LA) · Atlas Tube- Plymouth Plant (MI)
Golden Aluminum stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (83.4% off-site transfers) across 13 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 213.7K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Vista Metals Corp. and Nucor Steel Louisiana LLC.
Golden Aluminum vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
214K lbs Top 12% higher than 88% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Golden Aluminum in the Primary Metals sector extract
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Golden Aluminum reports the 296th-largest volume, placing it in the top 18.5% of its sector. Scale peers outside Colorado include Vista Metals Corp. and Nucor Steel Louisiana LLC.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Golden Aluminum's total reported releases fell from 50.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 27.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Golden Aluminum's off-site transfers fell from 42.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 20.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Golden Aluminum's air releases fell from 7.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 6.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Golden Aluminum Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Golden Aluminum releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 213.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 51% (54.9K lbs to 27.1K lbs).
Golden Aluminum: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Golden Aluminum year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 51% 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: Chromium.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 54.9K lbs | 11 |
| 2020 | 38.6K lbs | 12 |
| 2021 | 42.7K lbs | 12 |
| 2022 | 50.3K lbs | 12 |
| 2023 | 27.1K lbs | 12 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 13 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Chromium | 73.6K lbs | - |
| Chlorine | 55.0K lbs | - |
| Aluminum (fume or dust) | 52.5K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 20.7K lbs | - |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 4.6K lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 2.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 1.8K lbs | - |
| Manganese | 1.8K lbs | - |
| Methyl isobutyl ketone | 719 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 199 lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 121 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 27 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Golden Aluminum · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Golden Aluminum
Closest other reporters in Colorado - including Basalite Building Products Llc., Pilot Thomas Logistics LLC - Fort Lupton, Halliburton Fort Lupton Field Camp, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 276 other reporting facilities in Colorado.
Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Colorado - e.g. Vista Metals Corp., Nucor Steel Louisiana LLC, Atlas Tube- Plymouth Plant.
Compare beyond Colorado
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Golden Aluminum on cumulative reported pounds (213.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (13). Release-pound peers include Vista Metals Corp., The Procter & Gamble Paper Products Co, Agri-Mark Inc. Chemical-count peers include Puerto Rico Energy LLC - Guaynabo 2 Terminal, Global Companies LLC, Shell Providence Terminal. 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).
- Puerto Rico Energy LLC - Guaynabo 2 Terminal Guaynabo, PR · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 13 chemicals
- Global Companies LLC Revere, MA · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 13 chemicals
- Shell Providence Terminal Providence, RI · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 13 chemicals
- Sig Sauer Inc Newington, NH · Fabricated Metals 13 chemicals
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 Chromium, Chlorine, Aluminum (fume or dust), Xylene (mixed isomers); nearby reporters include Basalite Building Products Llc.. Golden Aluminum stamps MID volume · OFFSITE 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 Golden Aluminum TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Chromium) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Golden Aluminum totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Fort Lupton, CO, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331315 · Primary Metals. 4.2% of Weld TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Vista Metals Corp. (Δ 46 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Golden Aluminum stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Chromium. 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