EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Quality Manufacturing Corp
Des Moines, IA · Parent: Quality Manufacturing Corp - Urbandale
- Total releases
- 286 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Quality Manufacturing Corp: how the 286 lbs splits
286 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 284 lbs 99.2%
- Off-site Transfers 2 lbs 0.8%
Quality Manufacturing Corp's 286 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 99.2% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 0.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nickel.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Quality Manufacturing Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Des Moines, IA, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 161 lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 286 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 15,421 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. Quality Manufacturing Corp is pounds #348 and chemical-count #167 at 286 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: Forterra Pipe & Precast - West Des Moines; Central Iowa Ready Mix West Des Moines; Northfield-Rhino; All State Industries Inc.. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Iowa: Milton Steel Co; Moore Quality Galvanizing; Nutmeg Chrome Corp; Schuff Steel Midwest. Other Quality Manufacturing Corp - Urbandale sites in this extract: Quality Manufacturing Corp - Urbandale. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nickel; Chromium; Manganese; Copper.
Quality Manufacturing Corp stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (99.2% air releases) across 4 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 286 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Milton Steel Co and Moore Quality Galvanizing.
Quality Manufacturing Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
286 lbs 41st percentile higher than 41% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Quality Manufacturing Corp in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Quality Manufacturing Corp reports the 2,005th-largest volume (286 lbs). Scale peers outside Iowa include Milton Steel Co and Moore Quality Galvanizing.
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
- Quality Manufacturing Corp's total reported releases rose from 111 lb in 2022 to 161 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Quality Manufacturing Corp's air releases rose from 110 lb in 2022 to 161 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Quality Manufacturing Corp Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Quality Manufacturing Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 286 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 3658% (4 lbs to 161 lbs).
Quality Manufacturing Corp: 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 Quality Manufacturing Corp year-over-year reported totals (increased by 3658% 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: Nickel.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 5 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 5 lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 111 lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 161 lbs | 4 |
Quality Manufacturing Corp · AIR-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Iowa - including Forterra Pipe & Precast - West Des Moines, Central Iowa Ready Mix West Des Moines, Northfield-Rhino, 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. Milton Steel Co, Moore Quality Galvanizing, Nutmeg Chrome Corp.
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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 Nickel, Chromium, Manganese, Copper; nearby reporters include Forterra Pipe & Precast - West Des Moines. Quality Manufacturing Corp stamps TRACE 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.
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This Quality Manufacturing Corp TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Nickel) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Quality Manufacturing Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Des Moines, IA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332999 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Polk TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Apac-Mississippi Inc Columbus Asphalt Plant (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Quality Manufacturing Corp stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Nickel. 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