EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Amsted Rail Inc
Hammond, IN · Parent: Amsted Industries Inc
- Total releases
- 2.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Amsted Rail Inc: how the 2.4K lbs splits
2.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 2.4K lbs 100.0%
Amsted Rail Inc's 2.4K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Manganese.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Amsted Rail Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Hammond, IN, in the primary metals sector. It reported 482 lbs of releases across 1 chemical 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 Indiana's 871 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Amsted Rail Inc is pounds #554 and chemical-count #769 at 2.4K lbs. Uss Gary Works leads reported pounds (77.4M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #9). Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC leads chemical count at 98 chemicals (11.9M lbs, pounds #12). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Mplx Terminals LLC - Hammond in Terminal; Niagara Lasalle Corp-Hammond Plant; Munster Steel Co. Inc.; Davies Imperial Coatings Inc. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Indiana: International Casting Corp; Titan International Inc; Abb Motors & Mechanical Inc.; Taylor & Fenn Co. Other Amsted Industries Inc sites in this extract: Amsted Rail Co Griffin Wheel Kansas City Facility; Amsted Rail Co Inc; Amsted Rail Co Inc; Amsted Rail Co Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese.
Amsted Rail Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. 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 International Casting Corp and Titan International Inc.
Amsted Rail Inc 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
Amsted Rail Inc: Manganese-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Amsted Rail Inc reports the 938th-largest volume (2.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Manganese alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Indiana include International Casting Corp and Titan International Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Amsted Rail Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Manganese at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Amsted Rail Inc's total reported releases fell from 496 lb in 2022 to 482 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Amsted Rail Inc's off-site transfers fell from 496 lb in 2022 to 482 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Amsted Rail Inc 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 Amsted Rail Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 32% (710 lbs to 482 lbs).
Amsted Rail Inc: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Amsted Rail Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 32% 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: Manganese.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 710 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 370 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 300 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 496 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 482 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Manganese | 2.4K lbs | - |
Amsted Rail Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Amsted Rail Inc
Closest other reporters in Indiana - including Mplx Terminals LLC - Hammond in Terminal, Niagara Lasalle Corp-Hammond Plant, Munster Steel Co. Inc., ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 870 other reporting facilities in Indiana.
Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Indiana - e.g. International Casting Corp, Titan International Inc, Abb Motors & Mechanical Inc..
Compare beyond Indiana
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Amsted Rail Inc on cumulative reported pounds (2.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include General Shale Brick Inc Plant #40, Ok Foods - Muldrow, International Casting Corp. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Amsted Industries Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Amsted Rail Co Griffin Wheel Kansas City Facility, Amsted Rail Co Inc, Amsted Rail Co Inc.
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 Manganese; nearby reporters include Mplx Terminals LLC - Hammond in Terminal. Amsted Rail Inc stamps LIGHT 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 Amsted Rail Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Manganese) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Amsted Rail Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Hammond, IN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331511 · Primary Metals. 0.0% of Lake TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: General Shale Brick Inc Plant #40 (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Amsted Rail Inc stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Manganese. 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