EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Certainteed LLC
Mcpherson, KS · Parent: Saint-Gobain Corp
- Total releases
- 477 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Certainteed LLC: how the 477 lbs splits
477 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 477 lbs 100.0%
Certainteed LLC's 477 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Certainteed LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Mcpherson, KS, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 115 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 477 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 14,882 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. Certainteed LLC is pounds #192 and chemical-count #206 at 477 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: Ics Inc; Chemstar Products; Cargill Animal Nutrition; Chs McPherson Refinery - Sru. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Kansas: Future Foam Inc; Clarios LLC; Performance Materials Corp DBA Toray Performance Composite; Holcim Solutions & Products (us) LLC. Other Saint-Gobain Corp sites in this extract: Certainteed LLC; Corhart Refractories; Certainteed LLC; Saint Gobain Industrial Ceramic Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
Certainteed LLC stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 477 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Future Foam Inc and Clarios LLC.
Certainteed LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
477 lbs 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Certainteed LLC in the Plastics and Rubber sector extract
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Certainteed LLC reports the 1,088th-largest volume (477 lbs). Scale peers outside Kansas include Future Foam Inc and Clarios LLC.
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
- Certainteed LLC's total reported releases fell from 126 lb in 2022 to 115 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Certainteed LLC's off-site transfers fell from 126 lb in 2022 to 115 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Certainteed LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Certainteed LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 477 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 110% (55 lbs to 115 lbs).
Certainteed LLC: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Certainteed LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 110% 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: Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 55 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 125 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 56 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 126 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 115 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 296 lbs | - |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 181 lbs | - |
Certainteed LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Kansas - including Ics Inc, Chemstar Products, Cargill Animal Nutrition, ordered by distance.
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Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kansas - e.g. Future Foam Inc, Clarios LLC, Performance Materials Corp DBA Toray Performance Composite.
Other Saint-Gobain Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Certainteed LLC, Corhart Refractories, Certainteed LLC.
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 Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); nearby reporters include Ics Inc. Certainteed LLC stamps TRACE 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.
Use and verify this record
This Certainteed LLC TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Certainteed LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Mcpherson, KS, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326199 · Plastics and Rubber. 0.0% of Mcpherson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Columbia Gear Corp (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Certainteed LLC stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region). 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