EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Owl's Head Alloys Inc.
Bowling Green, KY
- Total releases
- 198.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Owl's Head Alloys Inc.: how the 198.4K lbs splits
198.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 162.2K lbs 81.7%
- Off-site Transfers 36.1K lbs 18.2%
- Water Discharges 148 lbs 0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Owl's Head Alloys Inc.'s 198.4K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 81.7% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 18.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
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 AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Owl's Head Alloys Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Bowling Green, KY, in the primary metals sector. It reported 58.0K lbs of releases across 7 chemicals in 2023, and 198.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,254 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. Owl's Head Alloys Inc. is pounds #95 and chemical-count #90 at 198.4K 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: Sherwin-Williams Co; Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC; Kobelco Aluminum Automotive Products LLC; Stupp Bridge Co. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Kentucky: Pace Industries Inc; Cleveland-Cliffs Steelton LLC; Southern Cast Products Inc; Haynes International Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Copper; Manganese; Nickel.
Owl's Head Alloys Inc. stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (81.7% air releases) across 7 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 198.4K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Pace Industries Inc and Cleveland-Cliffs Steelton LLC.
Owl's Head Alloys Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
198K lbs Top 13% higher than 87% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Owl's Head Alloys Inc.: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Owl's Head Alloys Inc. reports the 309th-largest volume, placing it in the top 19.3% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) alone is 79.6% of the total. Scale peers outside Kentucky include Pace Industries Inc and Cleveland-Cliffs Steelton LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Owl's Head Alloys Inc.'s pounds in one chemical - here Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) at 79.6%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Owl's Head Alloys Inc.'s total reported releases rose from 37.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 58.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Owl's Head Alloys Inc.'s off-site transfers rose from 4.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 10.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Owl's Head Alloys Inc.'s air releases rose from 33.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 47.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Owl's Head Alloys Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Owl's Head Alloys Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 198.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 53% (37.8K lbs to 58.0K lbs).
Owl's Head Alloys Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Owl's Head Alloys Inc. year-over-year reported totals (increased by 53% 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: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 37.8K lbs | 7 |
| 2020 | 37.4K lbs | 7 |
| 2021 | 28.1K lbs | 7 |
| 2022 | 37.0K lbs | 7 |
| 2023 | 58.0K lbs | 7 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 157.9K lbs | - |
| Copper | 22.8K lbs | - |
| Manganese | 10.7K lbs | - |
| Nickel | 3.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead | 2.5K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chromium | 1.6K lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Owl's Head Alloys Inc. · AIR-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Kentucky - including Sherwin-Williams Co, Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC, Kobelco Aluminum Automotive Products LLC, ordered by distance.
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Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kentucky - e.g. Pace Industries Inc, Cleveland-Cliffs Steelton LLC, Southern Cast Products Inc.
Compare beyond Kentucky
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Owl's Head Alloys Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (198.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include High Falls Operating Co LLC, Cadillac Plating Corp, Oxy Vinyls LP Deer Park Caustic. Chemical-count peers include Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. 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.
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 Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Copper, Manganese, Nickel; nearby reporters include Sherwin-Williams Co. Owl's Head Alloys Inc. stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Owl's Head Alloys Inc. TRI extract (MID · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Owl's Head Alloys Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Bowling Green, KY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331314 · Primary Metals. 7.7% of Warren TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: High Falls Operating Co LLC (Δ 80 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Owl's Head Alloys Inc. stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size). 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