EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Lemar-Des Moines
Des Moines, IA · Parent: Berkshire Hathaway Inc
- Total releases
- 270 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Lemar-Des Moines: how the 270 lbs splits
270 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 270 lbs 100.0%
Lemar-Des Moines's 270 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Chromium.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-MID
Lemar-Des Moines is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Des Moines, IA, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 2 lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 270 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 15,488 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. Lemar-Des Moines is pounds #349 and chemical-count #141 at 270 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: Adm Animal Nutrition; Safety-Kleen Systems Des Moines (des); Barton Solvents Inc Des Moines; Construction Products Inc. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Iowa: O'Neal Manufacturing Services; Liberty Safe & Security Inc; Spartan Steel Coating; Hobson & Motzer, Inc.. Other Berkshire Hathaway Inc sites in this extract: Cerro Wire LLC; Midamerican Energy Co Walter Scott Jr Energy Center; Pacificorp Dave Johnston Plant; Pacificorp Jim Bridger Plant & Bridger Coal Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium; Nickel; Manganese; Copper.
Lemar-Des Moines stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 5 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 270 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include O'Neal Manufacturing Services and Liberty Safe & Security Inc.
Lemar-Des Moines vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
270 lbs 40th percentile higher than 40% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Lemar-Des Moines in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Lemar-Des Moines reports the 2,013th-largest volume (270 lbs). Scale peers outside Iowa include O'Neal Manufacturing Services and Liberty Safe & Security Inc.
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
- Lemar-Des Moines's total reported releases fell from 55 lb in 2022 to 2 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Lemar-Des Moines's air releases fell from 55 lb in 2022 to 2 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Lemar-Des Moines's chemicals reported rose from 4 in 2022 to 5 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Lemar-Des Moines Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Lemar-Des Moines releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 270 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 93% (33 lbs to 2 lbs).
Lemar-Des Moines: 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 Lemar-Des Moines year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 93% 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 | 33 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 107 lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 73 lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 55 lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 lbs | 5 |
Lemar-Des Moines · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Lemar-Des Moines
Closest other reporters in Iowa - including Adm Animal Nutrition, Safety-Kleen Systems Des Moines (des), Barton Solvents Inc Des Moines, ordered by distance.
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Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Iowa - e.g. O'Neal Manufacturing Services, Liberty Safe & Security Inc, Spartan Steel Coating.
Other Berkshire Hathaway Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Cerro Wire LLC, Midamerican Energy Co Walter Scott Jr Energy Center, Pacificorp Dave Johnston Plant.
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, Copper; nearby reporters include Adm Animal Nutrition. Lemar-Des Moines stamps TRACE volume · AIR 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.
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This Lemar-Des Moines TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-MID · lead Chromium) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Lemar-Des Moines totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Des Moines, IA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332312 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Polk TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Church & Dwight Co. Inc. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Lemar-Des Moines stamps TRACE volume · AIR 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