EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
General Shale Brick Inc Plant #40
Rome, GA · Parent: General Shale Brick Inc
- Total releases
- 2.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
General Shale Brick Inc Plant #40: how the 2.4K lbs splits
2.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 2.4K lbs 100.0%
General Shale Brick Inc Plant #40's 2.4K 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 CARC-LEAN
General Shale Brick Inc Plant #40 is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Rome, GA, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 578 lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 2.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 12,532 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Georgia's 705 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. General Shale Brick Inc Plant #40 is pounds #396 and chemical-count #221 at 2.4K lbs. Rayonier Performance Fibers Jesup Mill leads reported pounds (22.6M lbs) at 26 chemicals (chemical-count #4). Bowen Steam Electric Generating Plant leads chemical count at 30 chemicals (3.3M lbs, pounds #18). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC Rome Lumber Operations; International Paper Rome Linerboard Mill; Hammond Steam Electric Generating Plant; Profile Custom Extrusions LLC. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Georgia: Harsco Metals Plant 12; Usb Alabama LLC; Innofiber LLC; Virginia Mirror LLC. 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; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Lead; Manganese compounds.
General Shale Brick Inc Plant #40 stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 4 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.4K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Harsco Metals Plant 12 and Usb Alabama LLC.
General Shale Brick Inc Plant #40 vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.4K lbs Top 48% higher than 52% 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 #40: Hydrogen fluoride-led volume
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, General Shale Brick Inc Plant #40 reports the 515th-largest volume, placing it in the top 15.8% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Hydrogen fluoride alone is 69.6% of the total. Scale peers outside Georgia include Harsco Metals Plant 12 and Usb Alabama LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of General Shale Brick Inc Plant #40's pounds in one chemical - here Hydrogen fluoride at 69.6%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- General Shale Brick Inc Plant #40's total reported releases fell from 1.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 578 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- General Shale Brick Inc Plant #40's air releases fell from 1.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 578 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- General Shale Brick Inc Plant #40's chemicals reported rose from 3 in 2022 to 4 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
General Shale Brick Inc Plant #40 Form-R facts
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4.0× more than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How General Shale Brick Inc Plant #40 releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 189% (200 lbs to 578 lbs).
General Shale Brick Inc Plant #40: 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 #40 year-over-year reported totals (increased by 189% 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 | 200 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 120 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 80 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 1.4K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 578 lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 4 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrogen fluoride | 1.6K lbs | - |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 690 lbs | - |
| Lead | 28 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Manganese compounds | 0 lbs | - |
General Shale Brick Inc Plant #40 · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to General Shale Brick Inc Plant #40
Closest other reporters in Georgia - including Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC Rome Lumber Operations, International Paper Rome Linerboard Mill, Hammond Steam Electric Generating Plant, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 704 other reporting facilities in Georgia.
Similar Nonmetallic Mineral Product Facilities
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Georgia - e.g. Harsco Metals Plant 12, Usb Alabama LLC, Innofiber LLC.
Compare beyond Georgia
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest General Shale Brick Inc Plant #40 on cumulative reported pounds (2.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (4). Release-pound peers include Amsted Rail Inc, Ok Foods - Muldrow, International Casting Corp. Chemical-count peers include Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc., Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC, Solenis LLC. 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).
- Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc. Santa Isabel, PR · Transportation Equipment 4 chemicals
- Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC Vega Baja, PR · Electrical Equipment 4 chemicals
- Solenis LLC Chicopee, MA · Chemicals 4 chemicals
- Adhesive Applications Inc. - O'Neill St Easthampton Easthampton, MA · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 4 chemicals
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, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Lead, Manganese compounds; nearby reporters include Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC Rome Lumber Operations. General Shale Brick Inc Plant #40 stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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 General Shale Brick Inc Plant #40 TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Hydrogen fluoride) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
General Shale Brick Inc Plant #40 totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Rome, GA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 327120 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 0.0% of Floyd TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Amsted Rail Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
General Shale Brick Inc Plant #40 stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · 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