EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
Cardinal Fg
Spring Hill, KS · Parent: Cardinal Glass Industries
- Total releases
- 3.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Cardinal Fg: how the 3.5K lbs splits
3.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 3.5K lbs 99.3%
- Air Releases 25 lbs 0.7%
Cardinal Fg's 3.5K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.3% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitric acid.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Cardinal Fg is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Spring Hill, KS, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 5 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 3.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 11,819 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. Cardinal Fg is pounds #156 and chemical-count #191 at 3.5K 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). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Pennys Concrete; Stouse LLC; Garmin International - Building 5; Audubon Readymix LLC DBA Quicksilver Readymix - Olathe. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Kansas: Glen-Gery Corp - Lawrenceville Plant; Oldcastle Infrastructures Inc - Napoleon; Westlake Royal Roofing - Henderson; Interstate Concrete & Asphalt - Dover. Other Cardinal Glass Industries sites in this extract: Cardinal Glass; Cardinal Cg; Cardinal Fg-Durant; Cardinal Fg Flat Glass Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid; Ammonia.
Cardinal Fg stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.3% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 3.5K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Glen-Gery Corp - Lawrenceville Plant and Oldcastle Infrastructures Inc - Napoleon.
Cardinal Fg vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
3.5K lbs Top 45% higher than 55% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cardinal Fg: Nitric acid-led volume
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, Cardinal Fg reports the 478th-largest volume, placing it in the top 14.6% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitric acid alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Kansas include Glen-Gery Corp - Lawrenceville Plant and Oldcastle Infrastructures Inc - Napoleon.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Cardinal Fg's pounds in one chemical - here Nitric acid at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Cardinal Fg's total reported releases fell from 3.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 5 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cardinal Fg's off-site transfers fell from 3.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Cardinal Fg Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cardinal Fg releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases held roughly flat (5 lbs to 5 lbs).
Cardinal Fg: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Cardinal Fg year-over-year reported totals (held roughly flat 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: Nitric acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 5 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 5 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 3.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 5 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 3.5K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 0 lbs | - |
Cardinal Fg · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Cardinal Fg
Closest other reporters in Kansas - including Pennys Concrete, Stouse LLC, Garmin International - Building 5, ordered by distance.
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Similar Nonmetallic Mineral Product Facilities
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kansas - e.g. Glen-Gery Corp - Lawrenceville Plant, Oldcastle Infrastructures Inc - Napoleon, Westlake Royal Roofing - Henderson.
Compare beyond Kansas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cardinal Fg on cumulative reported pounds (3.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Tom's of Maine Inc, Specialty Materials Inc., Rohm & Haas Chemicals LLC. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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).
Other Cardinal Glass Industries Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Cardinal Glass, Cardinal Cg, Cardinal Fg-Durant.
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 Nitric acid, Ammonia; nearby reporters include Pennys Concrete. Cardinal Fg stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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.
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This Cardinal Fg TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cardinal Fg totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Spring Hill, KS, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 327211 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 1.2% of Johnson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Tom's of Maine Inc (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cardinal Fg stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid. 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