EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC
Postville, IA
- Total releases
- 1.7M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC: how the 1.7M lbs splits
1.7M lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 1.7M lbs 99.7%
- Off-site Transfers 5.0K lbs 0.3%
Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC's 1.7M lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 99.7% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 0.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Phenol.
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 AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Postville, IA, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 304.5K lbs of releases across 7 chemicals in 2023, and 1.7M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 940 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. Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC is pounds #23 and chemical-count #89 at 1.7M 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc.; Prairie Farms; Rockwell Collins - Decorah Operations; Gemini-Decorah. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Iowa: Hamilton Bathware; Eastman Performance Films LLC - Plant II; Daramic LLC; Kohler Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Phenol; N,N-Dimethylformamide; Toluene; Methanol.
Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant AIR pathway (99.7% air releases) across 7 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.7M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Hamilton Bathware and Eastman Performance Films LLC - Plant II.
Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.7M lbs Top 4% higher than 96% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC inside Allamakee's TRI pounds
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC reports the 13th-largest volume, placing it in the top 0.9% of its sector. This one site accounts for 37.4% of every pound reported in Allamakee. Scale peers outside Iowa include Hamilton Bathware and Eastman Performance Films LLC - Plant II.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Allamakee's reported pounds (4.6M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC's total reported releases fell from 346.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 304.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC's air releases fell from 346.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 304.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC Form-R facts
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See how Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
32% less than the comparison
2.3× 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 Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.7M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 20% (381.7K lbs to 304.5K lbs).
Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC 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: Phenol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 381.7K lbs | 6 |
| 2020 | 313.9K lbs | 6 |
| 2021 | 373.1K lbs | 6 |
| 2022 | 346.7K lbs | 7 |
| 2023 | 304.5K lbs | 7 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Phenol | 884.1K lbs | - |
| N,N-Dimethylformamide | 378.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Toluene | 301.4K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 116.6K lbs | - |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 23.6K lbs | - |
| Formaldehyde | 16.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC
Closest other reporters in Iowa - including Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc., Prairie Farms, Rockwell Collins - Decorah Operations, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 459 other reporting facilities in Iowa.
Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Iowa - e.g. Hamilton Bathware, Eastman Performance Films LLC - Plant II, Daramic LLC.
Compare beyond Iowa
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC on cumulative reported pounds (1.7M lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Crown Beverage Packaging, Hamilton Bathware, Altivia Petrochemicals, LLC. Chemical-count peers include Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. 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).
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 Phenol, N,N-Dimethylformamide, Toluene, Methanol; nearby reporters include Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc.. Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC stamps HEAVY 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 Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC TRI extract (HEAVY · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Phenol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Postville, IA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326130 · Plastics and Rubber. 37.4% of Allamakee TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Crown Beverage Packaging (Δ 913 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC stamps HEAVY volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Phenol. 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