EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Waupaca Foundry-Plant 5
Tell City, IN · Parent: Monomoy Capital Partners LLC
- Total releases
- 11.8M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 23
- Carcinogens
- 5
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Waupaca Foundry-Plant 5: how the 11.8M lbs splits
11.8M lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 11.0M lbs 93.5%
- Air Releases 765.6K lbs 6.5%
- Water Discharges 2.8K lbs <0.1%
Waupaca Foundry-Plant 5's 11.8M lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 93.5% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 6.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
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.
HEAVY volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Waupaca Foundry-Plant 5 is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Tell City, IN, in the primary metals sector. It reported 2.5M lbs of releases across 18 chemicals in 2023, and 11.8M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 176 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. Waupaca Foundry-Plant 5 is pounds #13 and chemical-count #21 at 11.8M 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: Org Chem Group LLC; Corn Island Shipyard Inc.; Pvs Technologies Inc; Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp (rockport Works ). Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Indiana: Felman Production Inc; Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp /butler Works; Nucor Steel-Berkeley; Ssab Iowa Inc.. Other Monomoy Capital Partners LLC sites in this extract: Waupaca Foundry Plant 2/3; Waupaca Foundry - Plant 4. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Manganese compounds; Toluene.
Waupaca Foundry-Plant 5 stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (93.5% off-site transfers) across 23 chemicals · 5 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 11.8M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Felman Production Inc and Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp /butler Works.
Waupaca Foundry-Plant 5 vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
12M lbs Top 1% higher than 99% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Waupaca Foundry-Plant 5 inside Perry's TRI pounds
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Waupaca Foundry-Plant 5 reports the 28th-largest volume, placing it in the top 1.7% of its sector. This one site accounts for 99.7% of every pound reported in Perry. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 61.7% of the total. Scale peers outside Indiana include Felman Production Inc and Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp /butler Works.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Perry's reported pounds (11.8M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Waupaca Foundry-Plant 5's total reported releases fell from 2.8 million lb in 2022 to 2.5 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Waupaca Foundry-Plant 5's water releases fell from 755 lb in 2022 to 255 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Waupaca Foundry-Plant 5's off-site transfers fell from 2.7 million lb in 2022 to 2.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Waupaca Foundry-Plant 5's air releases rose from 162.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 164.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Waupaca Foundry-Plant 5 Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Waupaca Foundry-Plant 5 releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 11.8M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 20% (3.1M lbs to 2.5M lbs).
Waupaca Foundry-Plant 5: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020 1
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Waupaca Foundry-Plant 5 year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 20% 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3.1M lbs | 16 |
| 2020 | 1.4M lbs | 14 |
| 2021 | 1.9M lbs | 17 |
| 2022 | 2.8M lbs | 18 |
| 2023 | 2.5M lbs | 18 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 5 of 23 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 7.3M lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 2.7M lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 441.0K lbs | - |
| Toluene | 244.2K lbs | - |
| Benzene | 217.9K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 195.1K lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 164.6K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 112.4K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 107.0K lbs | - |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 73.4K lbs | - |
| Phenol | 50.8K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 43.4K lbs | - |
| Nickel | 40.3K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 39.2K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 33.2K lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 29.6K lbs | - |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 20.0K lbs | - |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 10.0K lbs | - |
| Cobalt | 2.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Diisocyanates | 999 lbs | - |
| Beryllium | 393 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Mercury | 51 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Waupaca Foundry-Plant 5 · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Waupaca Foundry-Plant 5
Closest other reporters in Indiana - including Org Chem Group LLC, Corn Island Shipyard Inc., Pvs Technologies Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Indiana - e.g. Felman Production Inc, Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp /butler Works, Nucor Steel-Berkeley.
Compare beyond Indiana
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Waupaca Foundry-Plant 5 on cumulative reported pounds (11.8M lbs) and distinct chemical count (23). Release-pound peers include Viskase Corp, Pryor Solae, Jbs Plainwell. Chemical-count peers include Woodland Pulp LLC, Brenntag Northeast LLC, Aes Warrior Run 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Monomoy Capital Partners LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Waupaca Foundry Plant 2/3, Waupaca Foundry - Plant 4.
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 Zinc compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Manganese compounds, Toluene; nearby reporters include Org Chem Group LLC. Waupaca Foundry-Plant 5 stamps HEAVY volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Waupaca Foundry-Plant 5 TRI extract (HEAVY · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Waupaca Foundry-Plant 5 totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Tell City, IN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331511 · Primary Metals. 99.7% of Perry TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Viskase Corp (Δ 8.7K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Waupaca Foundry-Plant 5 stamps HEAVY volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Zinc compounds. 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