EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc- Fort Madison Plant
Fort Madison, IA · Parent: Axalta Coating Systems LLC
- Total releases
- 68.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 14
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc- Fort Madison Plant: how the 68.7K lbs splits
68.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 54.2K lbs 79.0%
- Off-site Transfers 14.4K lbs 21.0%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc- Fort Madison Plant's 68.7K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 79.0% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 21.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Butyl acrylate.
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.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc- Fort Madison Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Fort Madison, IA, in the chemicals sector. It reported 16.6K lbs of releases across 14 chemicals in 2023, and 68.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,408 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Iowa's 460 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc- Fort Madison Plant is pounds #153 and chemical-count #22 at 68.7K lbs. Climax Molybdenum Co leads reported pounds (16.4M lbs) at 5 chemicals (chemical-count #117). Helena Industries LLC leads chemical count at 32 chemicals (9.4K lbs, pounds #247). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Climax Molybdenum Co; Scotts Co Fort Madison Iowa; Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Inc.; Conagra Foods Packaged Foods LLC. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Iowa: Americhem Inc Dga; Opc Polymers; Novozymes Blair Inc; Polyset Co Inc. Other Axalta Coating Systems LLC sites in this extract: Century Industrial Coatings I Nc.; Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc-Front Royal Plant; Axalta Coating Systems LLC - Hilliard Site; Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc-Mount Clemens Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Butyl acrylate; 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene; Styrene; Toluene.
Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc- Fort Madison Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (79.0% air releases) across 14 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 68.7K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Americhem Inc Dga and Opc Polymers.
Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc- Fort Madison Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
69K lbs Top 21% higher than 79% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc- Fort Madison Plant in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc- Fort Madison Plant reports the 1,129th-largest volume (68.7K lbs). Scale peers outside Iowa include Americhem Inc Dga and Opc Polymers.
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
- Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc- Fort Madison Plant's total reported releases rose from 9.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 16.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc- Fort Madison Plant's off-site transfers rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 6.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc- Fort Madison Plant's air releases rose from 9.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 10.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc- Fort Madison Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc- Fort Madison Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 68.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 38% (12.0K lbs to 16.6K lbs).
Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc- Fort Madison Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc- Fort Madison Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 38% 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: Butyl acrylate.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 12.0K lbs | 14 |
| 2020 | 20.5K lbs | 14 |
| 2021 | 9.7K lbs | 14 |
| 2022 | 9.9K lbs | 14 |
| 2023 | 16.6K lbs | 14 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 14 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Butyl acrylate | 21.9K lbs | - |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 14.9K lbs | - |
| Styrene | 11.9K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Toluene | 7.1K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 4.2K lbs | - |
| Methyl methacrylate | 4.0K lbs | - |
| Diisocyanates | 1.4K lbs | - |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 1.0K lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 975 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Acrylic acid | 484 lbs | - |
| Cumene | 484 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Certain glycol ethers | 250 lbs | - |
| N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 38 lbs | - |
| Phthalic anhydride | 0 lbs | - |
Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc- Fort Madison Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc- Fort Madison Plant
Closest other reporters in Iowa - including Climax Molybdenum Co, Scotts Co Fort Madison Iowa, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Inc., ordered by distance.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc- Fort Madison Plant on cumulative reported pounds (68.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (14). Release-pound peers include Miller Castings Inc., Carry-On Trailer Corp, Adhesives Research Inc. Chemical-count peers include Shell New Haven Terminal, Chambers Cogeneration L.P., Avantor Performance Materials. 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 Axalta Coating Systems LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Century Industrial Coatings I Nc., Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc-Front Royal Plant, Axalta Coating Systems LLC - Hilliard Site.
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 Butyl acrylate, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, Styrene, Toluene; nearby reporters include Climax Molybdenum Co. Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc- Fort Madison Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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 Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc- Fort Madison Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Butyl acrylate) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc- Fort Madison Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Fort Madison, IA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325211 · Chemicals. 0.3% of Lee TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Miller Castings Inc. (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc- Fort Madison Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Butyl acrylate. 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