EPA TRI Facility · Machinery
Highway Equipment Co
Cedar Rapids, IA
- Total releases
- 2.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Highway Equipment Co: how the 2.5K lbs splits
2.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 2.1K lbs 84.6%
- Air Releases 384 lbs 15.2%
- Water Discharges 2 lbs 0.1%
- Land Disposal 2 lbs 0.1%
Highway Equipment Co's 2.5K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 84.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 15.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Chromium.
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 OFFSITE pathway CARC-MID
Highway Equipment Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Cedar Rapids, IA, in the machinery sector. It reported 462 lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 2.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 12,411 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. Highway Equipment Co is pounds #288 and chemical-count #163 at 2.5K 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: Bae Systems & Electronic Systems Integration Inc; Red Star Yeast Co LLC; Bio Springer N.a. Corp.; Diamond V Mills LLC South Plant. Similar-scale Machinery peers outside Iowa: Mtd Consumer Group Inc - Willard Facility; Nov Rolligon Anderson; Hoist Material Handling Inc.; Industrial Engraving LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium; Nickel; Manganese; Lead.
Highway Equipment Co stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (84.6% off-site transfers) across 4 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.5K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Mtd Consumer Group Inc - Willard Facility and Nov Rolligon Anderson.
Highway Equipment Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.5K lbs Top 48% higher than 52% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Highway Equipment Co in the Machinery sector extract
Among the 1,186 Machinery facilities in this database, Highway Equipment Co reports the 317th-largest volume (2.5K lbs). Scale peers outside Iowa include Mtd Consumer Group Inc - Willard Facility and Nov Rolligon Anderson.
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
- Highway Equipment Co's total reported releases rose from 358 lb in 2022 to 462 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Highway Equipment Co's air releases rose from 77 lb in 2022 to 102 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Highway Equipment Co's off-site transfers rose from 282 lb in 2022 to 359 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Highway Equipment Co Form-R facts
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See how Highway Equipment Co stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
6.2× more than the comparison
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 Highway Equipment Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 15% (545 lbs to 462 lbs).
Highway Equipment Co: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Highway Equipment Co year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 15% 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: Chromium.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 545 lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 451 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 705 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 358 lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 462 lbs | 4 |
Highway Equipment Co · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Highway Equipment Co
Closest other reporters in Iowa - including Bae Systems & Electronic Systems Integration Inc, Red Star Yeast Co LLC, Bio Springer N.a. Corp., ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 459 other reporting facilities in Iowa.
Similar Machinery Facilities
Other Machinery facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Iowa - e.g. Mtd Consumer Group Inc - Willard Facility, Nov Rolligon Anderson, Hoist Material Handling Inc..
Compare beyond Iowa
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Highway Equipment Co on cumulative reported pounds (2.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (4). Release-pound peers include J.g. Boswell Co - Kern Tomato, County Heat Treat LLC, Sugar Creek Packing Co. Chemical-count peers include Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc., Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC, Solenis LLC. 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).
- Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc. Santa Isabel, PR · Transportation Equipment 4 chemicals
- Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC Vega Baja, PR · Electrical Equipment 4 chemicals
- Solenis LLC Chicopee, MA · Chemicals 4 chemicals
- Adhesive Applications Inc. - O'Neill St Easthampton Easthampton, MA · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 4 chemicals
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 Chromium, Nickel, Manganese, Lead; nearby reporters include Bae Systems & Electronic Systems Integration Inc. Highway Equipment Co stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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.
Use and verify this record
This Highway Equipment Co TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-MID · lead Chromium) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Highway Equipment Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Cedar Rapids, IA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 333111 · Machinery. 0.0% of Linn TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: J.g. Boswell Co - Kern Tomato (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Highway Equipment Co stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-MID · lead Chromium. 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