EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
Wells Concrete Brighton
Brighton, CO
- Total releases
- 7.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Wells Concrete Brighton: how the 7.6K lbs splits
7.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 7.6K lbs 98.9%
- Off-site Transfers 82 lbs 1.1%
Wells Concrete Brighton's 7.6K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 98.9% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 1.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Wells Concrete Brighton is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Brighton, CO, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 3.0K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 7.6K lbs in total across its 2020-2023 reporting years. That ranks 10,355 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. Wells Concrete Brighton is pounds #108 and chemical-count #50 at 7.6K 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: Smyrna Ready Mix Concrete LLC - Brighton Ready Mix; Holcim Wcr Inc Brighton Ready Mix Plant; Halliburton Fort Lupton Field Camp; Burnco Colorado LLC - Fort Lupton. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Colorado: Saint Gobain Abrasives Inc; Trenwyth Industries; General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 50; Guardian Fabrication LLC - Plant 2. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Manganese; Lead compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds.
Wells Concrete Brighton stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (98.9% air releases) across 7 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 7.6K lbs (2020–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Saint Gobain Abrasives Inc and Trenwyth Industries.
Wells Concrete Brighton vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
7.6K lbs Top 40% higher than 60% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Wells Concrete Brighton: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)-led volume
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, Wells Concrete Brighton reports the 406th-largest volume, placing it in the top 12.4% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) alone is 89.3% of the total. Scale peers outside Colorado include Saint Gobain Abrasives Inc and Trenwyth Industries.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Wells Concrete Brighton's pounds in one chemical - here Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) at 89.3%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Wells Concrete Brighton's total reported releases rose from 2.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Wells Concrete Brighton's air releases rose from 2.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Wells Concrete Brighton's chemicals reported fell from 5 in 2022 to 4 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Wells Concrete Brighton Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Wells Concrete Brighton releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 7.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2020 to 2023, total releases increased by 8537% (35 lbs to 3.0K lbs).
Wells Concrete Brighton: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2020–2023
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Wells Concrete Brighton year-over-year reported totals (increased by 8537% from 2020 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: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 35 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 2.4K lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 2.1K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 3.0K lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2020–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 6.8K lbs | - |
| Manganese | 415 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 207 lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 112 lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 82 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 3 lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 2 lbs | - |
Wells Concrete Brighton · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Wells Concrete Brighton
Closest other reporters in Colorado - including Smyrna Ready Mix Concrete LLC - Brighton Ready Mix, Holcim Wcr Inc Brighton Ready Mix Plant, Halliburton Fort Lupton Field Camp, 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. Saint Gobain Abrasives Inc, Trenwyth Industries, General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 50.
Compare beyond Colorado
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Wells Concrete Brighton on cumulative reported pounds (7.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Cobb-Vantress Inc - Kinards Sc, Thermaflex, Actus Nutrition - Visalia. Chemical-count peers include Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. 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 Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Manganese, Lead compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds; nearby reporters include Smyrna Ready Mix Concrete LLC - Brighton Ready Mix. Wells Concrete Brighton 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 Wells Concrete Brighton TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Wells Concrete Brighton totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Brighton, CO, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2020–2023 (4 years). NAICS 327390 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 0.2% of Weld TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Cobb-Vantress Inc - Kinards Sc (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Wells Concrete Brighton stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size). 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