EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Mueller - North Foundry
Decatur, IL · Parent: Mueller Water Products Inc
- Total releases
- 154.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Mueller - North Foundry: how the 154.9K lbs splits
154.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 154.8K lbs 99.9%
- Air Releases 89 lbs 0.1%
Mueller - North Foundry's 154.9K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Copper.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Mueller - North Foundry is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Decatur, IL, in the primary metals sector. It reported 154.9K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023. That ranks 3,693 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Illinois's 951 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Mueller - North Foundry is pounds #148 and chemical-count #740 at 154.9K lbs. Prairie State Generating Co leads reported pounds (37.9M lbs) at 31 chemicals (chemical-count #8). Veolia N.a. Inc. leads chemical count at 141 chemicals (1.9M lbs, pounds #34). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Vcna Prairie LLC - Yard 1025; Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak LLC; Mueller Co. Plant #4 (south Foundry); Decatur Foundry Inc. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Illinois: Great Lakes Castings LLC; Enkei America Inc; Charter Manufacturing Co. Inc.; Kiswire. Other Mueller Water Products Inc sites in this extract: Mueller Co. Plant #4 (south Foundry); Mueller Co.; Mueller Co; Mueller Co-Cleveland. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper.
Mueller - North Foundry stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.9% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 154.9K lbs (2023–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Great Lakes Castings LLC and Enkei America Inc.
Mueller - North Foundry vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
155K lbs Top 14% higher than 86% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Mueller - North Foundry: Copper-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Mueller - North Foundry reports the 337th-largest volume, placing it in the top 21% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Copper alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Great Lakes Castings LLC and Enkei America Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Mueller - North Foundry's pounds in one chemical - here Copper at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Mueller - North Foundry Form-R facts
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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 Mueller - North Foundry releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 154.9K lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2023–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Copper | 154.9K lbs | - |
Mueller - North Foundry · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Mueller - North Foundry
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Vcna Prairie LLC - Yard 1025, Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak LLC, Mueller Co. Plant #4 (south Foundry), ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 950 other reporting facilities in Illinois.
Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Great Lakes Castings LLC, Enkei America Inc, Charter Manufacturing Co. Inc..
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Mueller - North Foundry on cumulative reported pounds (154.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Laship LLC, Sierra Pacific Industries Quincy Div, Union Carbide Corp Technology Park Operations. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico 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.
- Laship LLC Houma, LA · Transportation Equipment 154.8K lbs reported
- Sierra Pacific Industries Quincy Div Quincy, CA · Wood Products 154.8K lbs reported
- Union Carbide Corp Technology Park Operations South Charleston, WV · Other 155.0K lbs reported
- Amsted Rail Co Inc Petersburg, VA · Fabricated Metals 154.8K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Mueller Water Products Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Mueller Co. Plant #4 (south Foundry), Mueller Co., Mueller 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 Copper; nearby reporters include Vcna Prairie LLC - Yard 1025. Mueller - North Foundry stamps MID volume · OFFSITE 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.
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This Mueller - North Foundry TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Copper) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Mueller - North Foundry totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Decatur, IL, latest year 2023. NAICS 331529 · Primary Metals. 0.6% of Macon TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Laship LLC (Δ 87 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Mueller - North Foundry stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Copper. 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