EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Forte Products
Cherryvale, KS
- Total releases
- 64.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Forte Products: how the 64.6K lbs splits
64.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 64.6K lbs 100.0%
Forte Products's 64.6K 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: Styrene.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Forte Products is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Cherryvale, KS, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 12.2K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 64.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,554 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. Forte Products is pounds #93 and chemical-count #251 at 64.6K 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: Standard Motor Products; Mfg Construction Products; Cobalt Boats LLC; Cobalt Boats LLC. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Kansas: Trinity Packaging Corp; Lonestar Fiberglass New Braunfels; M&w Fiberglass Inc; Arrowhead Plastic Engineering Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Styrene.
Forte Products stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 64.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Trinity Packaging Corp and Lonestar Fiberglass New Braunfels.
Forte Products vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
65K lbs Top 21% higher than 79% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Forte Products: Styrene-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Forte Products reports the 426th-largest volume (64.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Styrene alone is 100% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 100% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Kansas include Trinity Packaging Corp and Lonestar Fiberglass New Braunfels.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Forte Products's pounds in one chemical - here Styrene at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Forte Products's total reported releases fell from 12.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 12.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Forte Products's air releases fell from 12.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 12.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Forte Products Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Forte Products releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 64.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 21% (15.5K lbs to 12.2K lbs).
Forte Products: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Forte Products year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 21% 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: Styrene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 15.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 11.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 12.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 12.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 12.2K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 1 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Styrene | 64.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
Forte Products · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Forte Products
Closest other reporters in Kansas - including Standard Motor Products, Mfg Construction Products, Cobalt Boats LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 316 other reporting facilities in Kansas.
Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kansas - e.g. Trinity Packaging Corp, Lonestar Fiberglass New Braunfels, M&w Fiberglass Inc.
Compare beyond Kansas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Forte Products on cumulative reported pounds (64.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Trinity Packaging Corp, Lehigh White Cement Co / Waco Plant, Cardinal Cg. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. 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.
- Trinity Packaging Corp Rocky Mount, VA · Plastics and Rubber 64.6K lbs reported
- Lehigh White Cement Co / Waco Plant Woodway, TX · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 64.5K lbs reported
- Cardinal Cg Spring Green, WI · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 64.5K lbs reported
- Seadrift Coke LP Port Lavaca, TX · Petroleum 64.5K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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 Styrene; nearby reporters include Standard Motor Products. Forte Products stamps LIGHT 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.
Use and verify this record
This Forte Products TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Styrene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Forte Products totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Cherryvale, KS, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326199 · Plastics and Rubber. 1.1% of Montgomery TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Trinity Packaging Corp (Δ 3 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Forte Products stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Styrene. 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