EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Progress Rail- Fastener Div
Atchison, KS · Parent: Caterpillar Inc
- Total releases
- 26 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Progress Rail- Fastener Div: how the 26 lbs splits
26 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 26 lbs 100.0%
Progress Rail- Fastener Div's 26 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: Lead.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-HEAVY
Progress Rail- Fastener Div is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Atchison, KS, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 3 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 26 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 17,763 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. Progress Rail- Fastener Div is pounds #266 and chemical-count #288 at 26 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: We Mac Manufacturing; Atchison Ready Mix Plant 25; Mgpi Processing Inc.; Bradken Atchison/st Joseph. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Kansas: Earnest Products; Manitex Sabre Inc; Main Steel Polishing Co Inc; Driv-Lok Inc.. Other Caterpillar Inc sites in this extract: Caterpillar Reman Div; Caterpillar Inc Mapleton Plant; Caterpillar East Peoria; Caterpillar Inc. - High Performance Molded Products. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead.
Progress Rail- Fastener Div stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 26 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Earnest Products and Manitex Sabre Inc.
Progress Rail- Fastener Div vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
26 lbs 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Progress Rail- Fastener Div in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Progress Rail- Fastener Div reports the 2,417th-largest volume (26 lbs). Scale peers outside Kansas include Earnest Products and Manitex Sabre Inc.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Progress Rail- Fastener Div Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Progress Rail- Fastener Div releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 26 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 25% (4 lbs to 3 lbs).
Progress Rail- Fastener Div: 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 Progress Rail- Fastener Div year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 25% 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: Lead.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 4 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 5 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 10 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lead | 26 lbs | Carcinogen |
Progress Rail- Fastener Div · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Progress Rail- Fastener Div
Closest other reporters in Kansas - including We Mac Manufacturing, Atchison Ready Mix Plant 25, Mgpi Processing Inc., ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 316 other reporting facilities in Kansas.
Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kansas - e.g. Earnest Products, Manitex Sabre Inc, Main Steel Polishing Co Inc.
Other Caterpillar Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Caterpillar Reman Div, Caterpillar Inc Mapleton Plant, Caterpillar East Peoria.
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 We Mac Manufacturing. Progress Rail- Fastener Div stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE 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 Progress Rail- Fastener Div TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Progress Rail- Fastener Div totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Atchison, KS, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332111 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Atchison TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Progress Rail- Fastener Div stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE 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