EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
Builders Choice
Ottawa, KS · Parent: Builders Choice
- Total releases
- 5 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Builders Choice: how the 5 lbs splits
5 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 5 lbs 100.0%
Builders Choice's 5 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.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Builders Choice is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Ottawa, KS, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 1 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2022, and 5 lbs in total across its 2019-2022 reporting years. That ranks 18,905 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Kansas's 317 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Builders Choice is pounds #298 and chemical-count #302 at 5 lbs. Ecovyst Catalyst Technologies LLC leads reported pounds (19.3M lbs) at 9 chemicals (chemical-count #32). Ash Grove Cement Co leads chemical count at 45 chemicals (929.5K lbs, pounds #26). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Lta II Manufacturing LLC; Schuff Steel Midwest; Plant #20; Prosoco Inc. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Kansas: Pavestone - Grapevine Tx Plant; Oldcastle Precast Inc; Mmc Materials Inc - Olive Branch Plant; Pittsburgh Glass Works LLC. Other Builders Choice sites in this extract: Builders Choice. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead.
Builders Choice stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 5 lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Pavestone - Grapevine Tx Plant and Oldcastle Precast Inc.
Builders Choice vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
5 lbs 27th percentile higher than 27% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Builders Choice in the Nonmetallic Mineral Product sector extract
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, Builders Choice reports the 1,241st-largest volume (5 lbs). Scale peers outside Kansas include Pavestone - Grapevine Tx Plant and Oldcastle Precast Inc.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Builders Choice Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Builders Choice releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 5 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases increased by 10% (1 lbs to 1 lbs).
Builders Choice: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Builders Choice year-over-year reported totals (increased by 10% from 2019 to 2022). 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 | 1 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). 1 of 1 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead | 5 lbs | Carcinogen |
Builders Choice · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Builders Choice
Closest other reporters in Kansas - including Lta II Manufacturing LLC, Schuff Steel Midwest, Plant #20, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 316 other reporting facilities in Kansas.
Similar Nonmetallic Mineral Product Facilities
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kansas - e.g. Pavestone - Grapevine Tx Plant, Oldcastle Precast Inc, Mmc Materials Inc - Olive Branch Plant.
Other Builders Choice Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Builders Choice.
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 Lta II Manufacturing LLC. Builders Choice 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 Builders Choice TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Builders Choice totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Ottawa, KS, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 327320 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 0.0% of Franklin TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Tama Paperboard (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Builders Choice stamps TRACE 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