EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Kansas Castings
Belle Plaine, KS
- Total releases
- 37 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Kansas Castings: how the 37 lbs splits
37 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 37 lbs 100.0%
Kansas Castings's 37 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: Chromium.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Kansas Castings is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Belle Plaine, KS, in the primary metals sector. It reported 37 lbs of releases across 1 chemical, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 17,500 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. Kansas Castings is pounds #255 and chemical-count #284 at 37 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: Tect Aerospace - Wellington; Evonik Corp; Occidental Chemical Corp; Spirit Aerosystems Inc. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Kansas: Benda Tool & Model Works; Hydro Extrusion USA LLC; Utility Manufacturing Co. Inc.; Besser Quinn Machine & Foundry. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium.
Kansas Castings stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 37 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Benda Tool & Model Works and Hydro Extrusion USA LLC.
Kansas Castings vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
37 lbs 33rd percentile higher than 33% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Kansas Castings inside Sumner's TRI pounds
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Kansas Castings reports the 1,273rd-largest volume (37 lbs). This one site accounts for 94.9% of every pound reported in Sumner. Scale peers outside Kansas include Benda Tool & Model Works and Hydro Extrusion USA LLC.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Sumner's reported pounds (39 lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Kansas Castings Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Kansas Castings releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 37 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (13 lbs to 0 lbs).
Kansas Castings: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Kansas Castings year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 13 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 12 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 12 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Chromium | 37 lbs | - |
Kansas Castings · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Kansas Castings
Closest other reporters in Kansas - including Tect Aerospace - Wellington, Evonik Corp, Occidental Chemical Corp, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 316 other reporting facilities in Kansas.
Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kansas - e.g. Benda Tool & Model Works, Hydro Extrusion USA LLC, Utility Manufacturing Co. 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 Chromium; nearby reporters include Tect Aerospace - Wellington. Kansas Castings stamps TRACE volume · AIR 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 Kansas Castings TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Chromium) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Kansas Castings totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Belle Plaine, KS, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331511 · Primary Metals. 94.9% of Sumner TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Charter Automotive (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Kansas Castings stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Chromium. 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