EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
Plant #1
Wamego, KS · Parent: Midwest Concrete Materials
- Total releases
- 42 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Plant #1: how the 42 lbs splits
42 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 42 lbs 100.0%
Plant #1's 42 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
Plant #1 is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Wamego, KS, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 12 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2022, and 42 lbs in total across its 2019-2022 reporting years. That ranks 17,368 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. Plant #1 is pounds #253 and chemical-count #283 at 42 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: Caterpillar Work Tools & Services; Onyx Collection Inc; Jeffrey Energy Center; Parker Hannifin Manhattan Facility. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Kansas: Robertson's Ready Mix; Dal-Tile Corp Lewisport Plant; Los Angeles Plant 15; Geiger Ready Mix. Other Midwest Concrete Materials sites in this extract: Plant #6; Plant #5; Jefferson County Ready Mix Concrete Plant 23; Midwest Concrete Materials - Salina. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead.
Plant #1 stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 42 lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Robertson's Ready Mix and Dal-Tile Corp Lewisport Plant.
Plant #1 vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
42 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
Plant #1 in the Nonmetallic Mineral Product sector extract
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, Plant #1 reports the 995th-largest volume (42 lbs). Scale peers outside Kansas include Robertson's Ready Mix and Dal-Tile Corp Lewisport Plant.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Plant #1 Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Plant #1 releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 42 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases increased by 59% (7 lbs to 12 lbs).
Plant #1: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Plant #1 year-over-year reported totals (increased by 59% 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 | 7 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 11 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 12 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 12 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 | 42 lbs | Carcinogen |
Plant #1 · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Plant #1
Closest other reporters in Kansas - including Caterpillar Work Tools & Services, Onyx Collection Inc, Jeffrey Energy Center, 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. Robertson's Ready Mix, Dal-Tile Corp Lewisport Plant, Los Angeles Plant 15.
Other Midwest Concrete Materials Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Plant #6, Plant #5, Jefferson County Ready Mix Concrete Plant 23.
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 Caterpillar Work Tools & Services. Plant #1 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 Plant #1 TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Plant #1 totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Wamego, KS, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 327320 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 0.0% of Pottawatomie TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Solutia Inc P2S5 Plant (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Plant #1 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