EPA TRI Facility · Machinery

US Rod

Nappanee, IN

Total releases
495 lbs
Chemicals reported
4
Carcinogens
2
Primary pathway
Air Releases

AIR Form-R mix

US Rod: how the 495 lbs splits

495 lbs across all reported pathways

  • Air Releases 495 lbs 100.0%
  • Off-site Transfers 0 lbs <0.1%

US Rod's 495 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nickel.

TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-MID

US Rod is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Nappanee, IN, in the machinery sector. It reported 495 lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023. That ranks 14,829 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. US Rod is pounds #655 and chemical-count #323 at 495 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Lippert Components Inc -148; Kountry Wood Products LLC; Newmar Corp; Kountry Wood Products LLC. Similar-scale Machinery peers outside Indiana: Jcb Inc.; Rapid Engineering; Capacity of Texas; Johnson Controls - York International. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nickel; Manganese; Chromium; Lead.

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US Rod stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 4 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 495 lbs (2023–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Jcb Inc. and Rapid Engineering.

#14,829 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by total reported releases. Ranking reflects reported pounds, not toxicity or health risk.

US Rod vs. every reporting TRI facility

Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution

495 lbs 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities

This facility 0 lbs 20M+ lbs every reporting TRI facility, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year

US Rod in the Machinery sector extract

Among the 1,186 Machinery facilities in this database, US Rod reports the 486th-largest volume (495 lbs). Scale peers outside Indiana include Jcb Inc. and Rapid Engineering.

Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.

US Rod Form-R facts

Sector
Machinery
TRACE volume
495 lbs
AIR pathway
Air Releases
CARC-MID chem count
4 · 2 carc.
Lead chemical
Nickel

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Total reported releases
US Rod
495 lbs
Lippert Components Inc -148
250 lbs

98% more than the comparison

Chemicals reported
US Rod
4
Lippert Components Inc -148
1

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 US Rod releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 495 lbs.

Air Releases 495 lbs (100.0%)
Off-site Transfers 0 lbs (<0.1%)

Chemical Releases

Aggregated across all reporting years (2023–2023). 2 of 4 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.

Chemical Total Flags
Nickel 241 lbs Carcinogen
Manganese 176 lbs -
Chromium 78 lbs -
Lead 0 lbs Carcinogen

US Rod · AIR-pathway site

Nappanee, IN
41.4399, -85.9822
County TRI context
Elkhart · 0.0% of county pounds
EPA Facility ID
4655WLFKNR52SAK

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 Nickel, Manganese, Chromium, Lead; nearby reporters include Lippert Components Inc -148. US Rod stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-MID 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 US Rod TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-MID · lead Nickel) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.

US Rod totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Nappanee, IN, latest year 2023. NAICS 333132 · Machinery. 0.0% of Elkhart TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Cardinal Fg Menomonie (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.

US Rod stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-MID · lead Nickel. 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