EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 1
Louisville, KY · Parent: M-D Building Products Inc.
- Total releases
- 31 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 1: how the 31 lbs splits
31 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 27 lbs 88.2%
- Water Discharges 4 lbs 11.8%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 1's 31 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 88.2% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 11.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Copper.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 1 is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Louisville, KY, in the primary metals sector. It reported 2 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 31 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 17,611 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Kentucky's 422 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 1 is pounds #386 and chemical-count #245 at 31 lbs. North American Stainless leads reported pounds (35.2M lbs) at 15 chemicals (chemical-count #36). Safety-Kleen Systems Inc. leads chemical count at 50 chemicals (725.8K lbs, pounds #50). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 3; Carrier Vibrating Equipment; General Equipment & Manufacturing Co Inc; Ford Louisville Assembly. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Kentucky: Wieland Thermal Solutions; Nucor Tubular Products Inc.; Alexandria Extrusion Midamerica LLC; Alexandria Extrusion Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper; Manganese; Lead And Lead Compounds.
Compare Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 1 with
Nearest reporters in Kentucky
- Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 3 Louisville · 206.8K lbs
- Carrier Vibrating Equipment Louisville · 3.5K lbs
- General Equipment & Manufacturing Co Inc Louisville · 11 lbs
- Ford Louisville Assembly Louisville · 461.3K lbs
Similar-scale Primary Metals sites elsewhere: Wieland Thermal Solutions (MO) · Nucor Tubular Products Inc. (AL) · Alexandria Extrusion Midamerica LLC (IN)
Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 1 stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (88.2% air releases) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 31 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Wieland Thermal Solutions and Nucor Tubular Products Inc..
Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 1 vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
31 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
Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 1 in the Primary Metals sector extract
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 1 reports the 1,282nd-largest volume (31 lbs). Scale peers outside Kentucky include Wieland Thermal Solutions and Nucor Tubular Products Inc..
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 1 Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 1 releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 31 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 89% (20 lbs to 2 lbs).
Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 1: 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 Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 1 year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 89% 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: Copper.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 20 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 6 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Copper | 16 lbs | - |
| Manganese | 15 lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 1 · AIR-pathway site
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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 Copper, Manganese, Lead And Lead Compounds; nearby reporters include Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 3. Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 1 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.
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This Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 1 TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Copper) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 1 totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Louisville, KY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331318 · Primary Metals. 0.0% of Jefferson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Certainteed (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 1 stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Copper. 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