EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Fontana Fasteners
Frankfort, IN · Parent: Fontana America Inc
- Total releases
- 102 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Fontana Fasteners: how the 102 lbs splits
102 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 102 lbs 100.0%
Fontana Fasteners's 102 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: Nitric acid.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Fontana Fasteners is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Frankfort, IN, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 20 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 102 lbs in total across its 2020-2023 reporting years. That ranks 16,534 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. Fontana Fasteners is pounds #717 and chemical-count #620 at 102 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: Ntk Precision Axle Corp; F08 - Frankfort Oilseeds; Nhk Seating of America; Donaldson Co Inc. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Indiana: Precision Plus Inc.; Olymco Inc; Ring Screw LLC Fenton Operations; Sms Technical Services LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid; Manganese.
Fontana Fasteners stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 102 lbs (2020–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Precision Plus Inc. and Olymco Inc.
Fontana Fasteners vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
102 lbs 36th percentile higher than 36% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Fontana Fasteners in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Fontana Fasteners reports the 2,168th-largest volume (102 lbs). Scale peers outside Indiana include Precision Plus Inc. and Olymco Inc.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Fontana Fasteners's total reported releases fell from 30 lb in 2022 to 20 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Fontana Fasteners's air releases fell from 30 lb in 2022 to 20 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Fontana Fasteners Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Fontana Fasteners releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 102 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2020 to 2023, total releases decreased by 34% (30 lbs to 20 lbs).
Fontana Fasteners: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2020–2023
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Fontana Fasteners year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 34% 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: Nitric acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 30 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 22 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 30 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 20 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2020–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 102 lbs | - |
| Manganese | 0 lbs | - |
Fontana Fasteners · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Fontana Fasteners
Closest other reporters in Indiana - including Ntk Precision Axle Corp, F08 - Frankfort Oilseeds, Nhk Seating of America, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 870 other reporting facilities in Indiana.
Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Indiana - e.g. Precision Plus Inc., Olymco Inc, Ring Screw LLC Fenton Operations.
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 Nitric acid, Manganese; nearby reporters include Ntk Precision Axle Corp. Fontana Fasteners stamps TRACE 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.
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This Fontana Fasteners TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Fontana Fasteners totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Frankfort, IN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2020–2023 (4 years). NAICS 332722 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Clinton TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Architectural Components Group Inc. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Fontana Fasteners stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid. 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