EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
Dragon Products Co
Thomaston, ME · Parent: Fortaleza USA LLC
- Total releases
- 38.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 10
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Dragon Products Co: how the 38.9K lbs splits
38.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 38.9K lbs 100.0%
- Off-site Transfers 10 lbs <0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Dragon Products Co's 38.9K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
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.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Dragon Products Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Thomaston, ME, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 0 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2024, and 38.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 6,722 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Maine's 81 reporting TRI sites, Sappi N.a. Inc. - Somerset Operations leads both reported pounds (10.6M lbs) and chemical count (31 chemicals). The two rankings do not invert in this pool. Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Fisher Engineering; North End Composites; International N&h USA Inc.; Pike Industries Inc-Washington. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Maine: Gardner Glass Products Inc; Europtec USA LLC; Dal-Tile Dickson; Acme Brick Tile & Stone Birmingham Plant. Other Fortaleza USA LLC sites in this extract: Keystone Cement Co; Giant Cement Co; Giant Resource Recovery-Sumter Inc; Giant Resource Recovery-Attalla Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Zinc compounds; Naphthalene; Manganese And Manganese Compounds.
Dragon Products Co stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 10 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 38.9K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Gardner Glass Products Inc and Europtec USA LLC.
Dragon Products Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
39K lbs Top 26% higher than 74% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Dragon Products Co in the Nonmetallic Mineral Product sector extract
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, Dragon Products Co reports the 245th-largest volume, placing it in the top 7.5% of its sector. Scale peers outside Maine include Gardner Glass Products Inc and Europtec USA LLC.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Dragon Products Co's total reported releases rose from 4.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Dragon Products Co's chemicals reported rose from 8 in 2022 to 9 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Dragon Products Co's air releases rose from 4.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Dragon Products Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Dragon Products Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 38.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 100% (11.8K lbs to 0 lbs).
Dragon Products Co: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Dragon Products Co year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% from 2019 to 2024). 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 11.8K lbs | 8 |
| 2020 | 8.7K lbs | 8 |
| 2021 | 9.0K lbs | 8 |
| 2022 | 4.6K lbs | 8 |
| 2023 | 4.9K lbs | 9 |
| 2024 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 2 of 11 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 21.6K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 16.5K lbs | - |
| Naphthalene | 444 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 164 lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 63 lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 46 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 34 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 16 lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 14 lbs | - |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Dragon Products Co · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Dragon Products Co
Closest other reporters in Maine - including Fisher Engineering, North End Composites, International N&h USA Inc., ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 80 other reporting facilities in Maine.
Similar Nonmetallic Mineral Product Facilities
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Maine - e.g. Gardner Glass Products Inc, Europtec USA LLC, Dal-Tile Dickson.
Compare beyond Maine
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Dragon Products Co on cumulative reported pounds (38.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (10). Release-pound peers include Pratt & Whitney - Hmi Metal Powders, Avery Dennison, Reg Grays Harbor LLC. Chemical-count peers include Harris Paints Corp., Saint Thomas Bulk Terminal, Total Guaynabo Bulk Terminal. 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).
Other Fortaleza USA LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Keystone Cement Co, Giant Cement Co, Giant Resource Recovery-Sumter Inc.
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 Ammonia, Zinc compounds, Naphthalene, Manganese And Manganese Compounds; nearby reporters include Fisher Engineering. Dragon Products Co stamps LIGHT 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 Dragon Products Co TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Dragon Products Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Thomaston, ME, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 327310 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 18.3% of Knox TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Pratt & Whitney - Hmi Metal Powders (Δ 4 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Dragon Products Co stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Ammonia. 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