EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
Liberty Ready Mix Plant 3
Des Moines, IA
- Total releases
- 5.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Liberty Ready Mix Plant 3: how the 5.0K lbs splits
5.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 5.0K lbs 100.0%
Liberty Ready Mix Plant 3's 5.0K 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: Lead.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Liberty Ready Mix Plant 3 is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Des Moines, IA, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 892 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 5.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 11,236 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. Liberty Ready Mix Plant 3 is pounds #273 and chemical-count #366 at 5.0K 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: Anderson Erickson Dairy; Liberty Ready Mix; Adm Soybean Processing; Titan Tire Corp. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Iowa: Bullseye Glass Co Inc; Westlake Royal Roofing - Phoenix; Fort Totten Ready Mix Concrete; Pittsburgh Electrical Insulation. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead.
Liberty Ready Mix Plant 3 stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 5.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Bullseye Glass Co Inc and Westlake Royal Roofing - Phoenix.
Liberty Ready Mix Plant 3 vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
5.0K lbs Top 43% higher than 57% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Liberty Ready Mix Plant 3: Lead-led volume
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, Liberty Ready Mix Plant 3 reports the 449th-largest volume, placing it in the top 13.8% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Lead alone is 100% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 100% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Iowa include Bullseye Glass Co Inc and Westlake Royal Roofing - Phoenix.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Liberty Ready Mix Plant 3's pounds in one chemical - here Lead at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Liberty Ready Mix Plant 3's total reported releases fell from 1.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 892 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Liberty Ready Mix Plant 3's air releases fell from 1.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 892 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Liberty Ready Mix Plant 3 Form-R facts
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See how Liberty Ready Mix Plant 3 stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
6.2× more than the comparison
67% less 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 Liberty Ready Mix Plant 3 releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 5.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 139% (373 lbs to 892 lbs).
Liberty Ready Mix Plant 3: 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 Liberty Ready Mix Plant 3 year-over-year reported totals (increased by 139% 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: Lead.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 373 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 1.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 1.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 1.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 892 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 1 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead | 5.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
Liberty Ready Mix Plant 3 · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Liberty Ready Mix Plant 3
Closest other reporters in Iowa - including Anderson Erickson Dairy, Liberty Ready Mix, Adm Soybean Processing, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 459 other reporting facilities in Iowa.
Similar Nonmetallic Mineral Product Facilities
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Iowa - e.g. Bullseye Glass Co Inc, Westlake Royal Roofing - Phoenix, Fort Totten Ready Mix Concrete.
Compare beyond Iowa
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Liberty Ready Mix Plant 3 on cumulative reported pounds (5.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Henkel US Operations Corp, Camger Coatings Systems Inc, Bullseye Glass Co Inc. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico 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).
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 Lead; nearby reporters include Anderson Erickson Dairy. Liberty Ready Mix Plant 3 stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Liberty Ready Mix Plant 3 TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Liberty Ready Mix Plant 3 totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Des Moines, IA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 327320 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 0.1% of Polk TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Henkel US Operations Corp (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Liberty Ready Mix Plant 3 stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead. 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