EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
US Gypsum Sperry
Mediapolis, IA · Parent: Usg Corp
- Total releases
- 177 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
MIXED Form-R mix
US Gypsum Sperry: how the 177 lbs splits
177 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 103 lbs 58.0%
- Air Releases 74 lbs 42.0%
US Gypsum Sperry's 177 lbs Form-R total is MIXED - off-site transfers is 58.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 42.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead compounds.
TRACE volume MIXED pathway CLEAN
US Gypsum Sperry is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Mediapolis, IA, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 23 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 177 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 15,963 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. US Gypsum Sperry is pounds #360 and chemical-count #169 at 177 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Hawkeyepedershaab Concrete Technologies Inc.; Big River Resources West Burlington LLC; Modern Welding Co of Iowa Inc; Cnh Industrial America LLC. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Iowa: Concrete Pipe & Precast Llc-Ashland Precast Plant; Dutchland LLC; Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC; Jerome Redi-Mix. Other Usg Corp sites in this extract: Usg Paper LLC; American Metals Corp; Otsego Paper Inc.; Usg Interiors LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead compounds; Mercury compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Mercury And Mercury Compounds.
US Gypsum Sperry is a TRACE · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Mediapolis, IA: 177 lbs across 4 chemicals. No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment off-site transfers at 58.0%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Concrete Pipe & Precast Llc-Ashland Precast Plant and Dutchland LLC.
US Gypsum Sperry vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
177 lbs 39th percentile higher than 39% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
US Gypsum Sperry in the Nonmetallic Mineral Product sector extract
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, US Gypsum Sperry reports the 837th-largest volume (177 lbs). Scale peers outside Iowa include Concrete Pipe & Precast Llc-Ashland Precast Plant and Dutchland LLC.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
US Gypsum Sperry Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How US Gypsum Sperry releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 177 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 47% (43 lbs to 23 lbs).
US Gypsum Sperry: 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 US Gypsum Sperry year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 47% 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 compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 43 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 54 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 30 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 28 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 23 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead compounds | 66 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 57 lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 40 lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 14 lbs | - |
US Gypsum Sperry in Des Moines
Nearest TRI Facilities to US Gypsum Sperry
Closest other reporters in Iowa - including Hawkeyepedershaab Concrete Technologies Inc., Big River Resources West Burlington LLC, Modern Welding Co of Iowa Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Nonmetallic Mineral Product Facilities
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Iowa - e.g. Concrete Pipe & Precast Llc-Ashland Precast Plant, Dutchland LLC, Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC.
Other Usg Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Usg Paper LLC, American Metals Corp, Otsego Paper 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 Lead compounds, Mercury compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds, Mercury And Mercury Compounds; nearby reporters include Hawkeyepedershaab Concrete Technologies Inc.. US Gypsum Sperry stamps TRACE volume · MIXED pathway · CLEAN 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 US Gypsum Sperry TRI extract (TRACE · MIXED · CLEAN · lead Lead compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
US Gypsum Sperry totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Mediapolis, IA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 327420 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 0.0% of Des Moines TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Concrete Pipe & Precast Llc-Ashland Precast Plant (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
US Gypsum Sperry stamps TRACE · MIXED pathway (off-site transfers leads at 58.0%). 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