EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Southwire Co Kentucky Plant
Hawesville, KY · Parent: Southwire Co
- Total releases
- 59 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Southwire Co Kentucky Plant: how the 59 lbs splits
59 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 55 lbs 94.1%
- Water Discharges 2 lbs 4.0%
- Air Releases 1 lbs 1.9%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Southwire Co Kentucky Plant's 59 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 94.1% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 4.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead compounds.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
Southwire Co Kentucky Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Hawesville, KY, in the primary metals sector. It reported 14 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 59 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 17,051 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. Southwire Co Kentucky Plant is pounds #377 and chemical-count #144 at 59 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: Century Aluminum of Kentucky; Precoat Metals; Commonwealth Rolled Products Inc; Domtar Paper Co LLC Hawesville Mill. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Kentucky: Prl Industries Inc; Alcumet Inc; Kalas Manufacturing Inc Plant 1; Rheocast Co. Other Southwire Co sites in this extract: Southwire Co; Southwire Co Villa Rica Plant; Southwire Co North Campus; Southwire Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds; Chromium.
Southwire Co Kentucky Plant stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (94.1% off-site transfers) across 5 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 59 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Prl Industries Inc and Alcumet Inc.
Southwire Co Kentucky Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
59 lbs 34th percentile higher than 34% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Southwire Co Kentucky Plant in the Primary Metals sector extract
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Southwire Co Kentucky Plant reports the 1,243rd-largest volume (59 lbs). Scale peers outside Kentucky include Prl Industries Inc and Alcumet Inc.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Southwire Co Kentucky Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Southwire Co Kentucky Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 59 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 13% (12 lbs to 14 lbs).
Southwire Co Kentucky Plant: 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 Southwire Co Kentucky Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 13% 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 compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 12 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 10 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 9 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 14 lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 14 lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 5 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead compounds | 49 lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 9 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chromium | 0 lbs | - |
| Manganese | 0 lbs | - |
Southwire Co Kentucky Plant · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Kentucky - including Century Aluminum of Kentucky, Precoat Metals, Commonwealth Rolled Products Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kentucky - e.g. Prl Industries Inc, Alcumet Inc, Kalas Manufacturing Inc Plant 1.
Other Southwire Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Southwire Co, Southwire Co Villa Rica Plant, Southwire Co North Campus.
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 compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds, Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds, Chromium; nearby reporters include Century Aluminum of Kentucky. Southwire Co Kentucky Plant stamps TRACE 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.
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This Southwire Co Kentucky Plant TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Lead compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Southwire Co Kentucky Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Hawesville, KY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331318 · Primary Metals. 0.0% of Hancock TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Prl Industries Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Southwire Co Kentucky Plant stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Lead compounds. 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