EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Relco Locomotives Inc
Albia, IA · Parent: Wabtec Corp
- Total releases
- 135 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
MIXED Form-R mix
Relco Locomotives Inc: how the 135 lbs splits
135 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 75 lbs 55.7%
- Air Releases 60 lbs 44.3%
Relco Locomotives Inc's 135 lbs Form-R total is MIXED - off-site transfers is 55.7% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 44.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Manganese.
TRACE volume MIXED pathway CARC-LEAN
Relco Locomotives Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Albia, IA, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 37 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 135 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 16,247 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. Relco Locomotives Inc is pounds #367 and chemical-count #226 at 135 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: Aym Inc; Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc.; Eddyville Chlor-Alkali LLC; Cargill-Vitamin E. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Iowa: Starlite Trailers Mfg. Inc.; Hayashi Telempu Na; Graham-White Manufacturing Co.; Flex-N-Gate. Other Wabtec Corp sites in this extract: Railroad Friction Products Corp; Aero Transportation Products Inc; Sancast Inc; Wabtec Components. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese; Chromium; Nickel.
Relco Locomotives Inc is a TRACE · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Albia, IA: 135 lbs across 3 chemicals (1 carcinogen-classified, CARC-LEAN). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment off-site transfers at 55.7%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Starlite Trailers Mfg. Inc. and Hayashi Telempu Na.
Relco Locomotives Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
135 lbs 37th percentile higher than 37% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Relco Locomotives Inc in the Transportation Equipment sector extract
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Relco Locomotives Inc reports the 1,074th-largest volume (135 lbs). Scale peers outside Iowa include Starlite Trailers Mfg. Inc. and Hayashi Telempu Na.
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
- Relco Locomotives Inc's total reported releases rose from 22 lb in 2022 to 37 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Relco Locomotives Inc's off-site transfers rose from 12 lb in 2022 to 22 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Relco Locomotives Inc's chemicals reported rose from 2 in 2022 to 3 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Relco Locomotives Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Relco Locomotives Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 135 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 17% (32 lbs to 37 lbs).
Relco Locomotives Inc: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Relco Locomotives Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 17% 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: Manganese.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 32 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 22 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 22 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 22 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 37 lbs | 3 |
Relco Locomotives Inc in Monroe
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Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Iowa - e.g. Starlite Trailers Mfg. Inc., Hayashi Telempu Na, Graham-White Manufacturing Co..
Other Wabtec Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Railroad Friction Products Corp, Aero Transportation Products Inc, Sancast Inc.
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 Manganese, Chromium, Nickel; nearby reporters include Aym Inc. Relco Locomotives Inc stamps TRACE volume · MIXED 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.
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This Relco Locomotives Inc TRI extract (TRACE · MIXED · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Relco Locomotives Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Albia, IA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336510 · Transportation Equipment. 0.0% of Monroe TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Relco Locomotives Inc stamps TRACE · MIXED pathway (off-site transfers leads at 55.7%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. 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