EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 50
Augusta, GA · Parent: General Shale Brick Inc.
- Total releases
- 7.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 50: how the 7.9K lbs splits
7.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 7.9K lbs 100.0%
General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 50's 7.9K 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 50 is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Augusta, GA, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 2.6K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 7.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 10,313 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 50 is pounds #319 and chemical-count #298 at 7.9K 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Argos Augusta Concrete Co; Reladyne - A&w Oil Co; Fpl Food LLC; Modern Welding Co of Georgia,inc.. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Georgia: Trenwyth Industries; Saint Gobain Abrasives Inc; American Rock Products Pasco; Wells Concrete Brighton. Other General Shale Brick Inc. sites in this extract: General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 65; General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 45; General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 69; General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 70. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Hydrogen fluoride; Lead; Manganese compounds.
General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 50 stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 7.9K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Trenwyth Industries and Saint Gobain Abrasives Inc.
General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 50 vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
7.9K 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
General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 50: Hydrogen fluoride-led volume
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 50 reports the 403rd-largest volume, placing it in the top 12.3% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Hydrogen fluoride alone is 99.8% of the total. Scale peers outside Georgia include Trenwyth Industries and Saint Gobain Abrasives Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 50's pounds in one chemical - here Hydrogen fluoride at 99.8%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 50's total reported releases rose from 2.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 50's air releases rose from 2.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 50 Form-R facts
Compare this facility
See how General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 50 stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
71511.6× more than the comparison
3.0× 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 50 releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 7.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 302% (658 lbs to 2.6K lbs).
General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 50: 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 50 year-over-year reported totals (increased by 302% 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 | 658 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 809 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 1.8K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 2.0K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 2.6K 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 | 7.8K lbs | - |
| Lead | 17 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Manganese compounds | 0 lbs | - |
General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 50 · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 50
Closest other reporters in Georgia - including Argos Augusta Concrete Co, Reladyne - A&w Oil Co, Fpl Food LLC, 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. Trenwyth Industries, Saint Gobain Abrasives Inc, American Rock Products Pasco.
Compare beyond Georgia
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 50 on cumulative reported pounds (7.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Bodycote Thermal Processing, Exxonmobil Oil Corp Lockport Terminal, Coventry Coatings Corp. 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.
- Bodycote Thermal Processing Melrose Park, IL · Fabricated Metals 7.9K lbs reported
- Exxonmobil Oil Corp Lockport Terminal Lockport, IL · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 7.9K lbs reported
- Coventry Coatings Corp Newburgh, NY · Chemicals 7.9K lbs reported
- Midland Manufacturing Co Fort Worth, TX · Primary Metals 7.9K lbs reported
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 General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 65, General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 45, General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 69.
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 compounds; nearby reporters include Argos Augusta Concrete Co. General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 50 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 50 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 50 totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Augusta, GA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 327120 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 0.0% of Richmond TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Bodycote Thermal Processing (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 50 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