EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Giese Manufacturing
Dubuque, IA
- Total releases
- 32 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Giese Manufacturing: how the 32 lbs splits
32 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 22 lbs 70.1%
- Water Discharges 10 lbs 29.9%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Giese Manufacturing's 32 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 70.1% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 29.9%. Leading chemical by pounds: Manganese.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Giese Manufacturing is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Dubuque, IA, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 7 lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 32 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 17,597 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. Giese Manufacturing is pounds #397 and chemical-count #175 at 32 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Bp Products Na Inc Dubuque Terminal; Ay McDonald Manufacturing Co; Prairie Farms; Dubuque Stamping & Manufacturing Inc. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Iowa: A & E Custom Manufacturing; General Dynamics Ots (wilkes-Barre) LLC; Hubbell-Wiegmann; Holland Nameplate Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese; Chromium; Nickel; Lead.
Giese Manufacturing stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (70.1% air releases) across 4 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 32 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include A & E Custom Manufacturing and General Dynamics Ots (wilkes-Barre) LLC.
Giese Manufacturing vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
32 lbs 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Giese Manufacturing in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Giese Manufacturing reports the 2,386th-largest volume (32 lbs). Scale peers outside Iowa include A & E Custom Manufacturing and General Dynamics Ots (wilkes-Barre) LLC.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Giese Manufacturing Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Giese Manufacturing releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 32 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 17% (6 lbs to 7 lbs).
Giese Manufacturing: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Giese Manufacturing year-over-year reported totals (increased by 17% 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 | 6 lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 5 lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 7 lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 7 lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 7 lbs | 4 |
Giese Manufacturing · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Giese Manufacturing
Closest other reporters in Iowa - including Bp Products Na Inc Dubuque Terminal, Ay McDonald Manufacturing Co, Prairie Farms, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 459 other reporting facilities in Iowa.
Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Iowa - e.g. A & E Custom Manufacturing, General Dynamics Ots (wilkes-Barre) LLC, Hubbell-Wiegmann.
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, Chromium, Nickel, Lead; nearby reporters include Bp Products Na Inc Dubuque Terminal. Giese Manufacturing stamps TRACE 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.
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This Giese Manufacturing TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Giese Manufacturing totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Dubuque, IA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332999 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Dubuque TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Nucor Tubular Products Inc. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Giese Manufacturing stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · 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