EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 3
Louisville, KY
- Total releases
- 206.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 3: how the 206.8K lbs splits
206.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 168.1K lbs 81.3%
- Air Releases 20.2K lbs 9.8%
- Water Discharges 18.4K lbs 8.9%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 3's 206.8K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 81.3% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 9.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 3 is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Louisville, KY, in the primary metals sector. It reported 13.3K lbs of releases across 7 chemicals in 2023, and 206.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,186 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 3 is pounds #92 and chemical-count #79 at 206.8K 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). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 1; Carrier Vibrating Equipment; General Equipment & Manufacturing Co Inc; Faurecia Exhaust Systems Inc Louisville Plant. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Kentucky: Alleima Precision Tube; Pengg Wmc LLC; American Foam Cast; Itw Bedford Wire. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid; Certain glycol ethers; Nickel And Nickel Compounds.
Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 3 stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (81.3% off-site transfers) across 8 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 206.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Alleima Precision Tube and Pengg Wmc LLC.
Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 3 vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
207K lbs Top 12% higher than 88% 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 3: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 3 reports the 302nd-largest volume, placing it in the top 18.8% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 89.5% of the total. Scale peers outside Kentucky include Alleima Precision Tube and Pengg Wmc LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 3's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 89.5%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 3's total reported releases rose from 12.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 13.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 3's air releases rose from 1.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 3's off-site transfers rose from 7.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 7.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 3 Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 3 releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 206.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 85% (86.1K lbs to 13.3K lbs).
Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 3: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 3 year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 85% 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 86.1K lbs | 7 |
| 2020 | 82.4K lbs | 7 |
| 2021 | 12.5K lbs | 7 |
| 2022 | 12.4K lbs | 7 |
| 2023 | 13.3K lbs | 7 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 8 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 185.1K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 14.8K lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 4.5K lbs | - |
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 710 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Copper | 700 lbs | - |
| Manganese | 632 lbs | - |
| Nickel compounds | 179 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead | 92 lbs | Carcinogen |
Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 3 · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 3 on cumulative reported pounds (206.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include Equinox Gold Corp Castle Mountain Venture Castle Mountain, Henniges Automotive, U.S. Naval Air Station North Island. Chemical-count peers include Prepa-South Coast Power Plant, Argos Puerto Rico Corp., US Tsubaki Automotive 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.
- Equinox Gold Corp Castle Mountain Venture Castle Mountain Ivanpah, CA · Metal Mining 206.6K lbs reported
- Henniges Automotive New Haven, MO · Plastics and Rubber 206.6K lbs reported
- U.S. Naval Air Station North Island San Diego, CA · Other 206.9K lbs reported
- Alleima Precision Tube Scottdale, PA · Primary Metals 206.5K 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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid, Certain glycol ethers, Nickel And Nickel Compounds; nearby reporters include Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 1. Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 3 stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 3 TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 3 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. 0.9% of Jefferson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Equinox Gold Corp Castle Mountain Venture Castle Mountain (Δ 112 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cardinal Aluminum Co Plant 3 stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). 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