EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Cal Grinding Inc
Escanaba, MI
- Total releases
- 4.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Cal Grinding Inc: how the 4.3K lbs splits
4.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 4.3K lbs 100.0%
Cal Grinding Inc's 4.3K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Cal Grinding Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Escanaba, MI, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 4.3K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 11,475 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Michigan's 791 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Cal Grinding Inc is pounds #444 and chemical-count #496 at 4.3K lbs. Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works leads reported pounds (53.0M lbs) at 17 chemicals (chemical-count #27). Eq Detroit Inc leads chemical count at 71 chemicals (14.0M lbs, pounds #5). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Billerud Escanaba LLC; Potlatchdeltic Land & Lumber Llc.; Billerud Quinnesec; Systems Control. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Michigan: Ge Aerospace Evendale Plant; General Electric Aviation; Hendrickson Trailer Suspension Systems; Kth Leesburg Products LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds; Lead compounds.
Cal Grinding Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 4.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Ge Aerospace Evendale Plant and General Electric Aviation.
Cal Grinding Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
4.3K lbs Top 44% higher than 56% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cal Grinding Inc: Lead And Lead Compounds-led volume
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Cal Grinding Inc reports the 718th-largest volume (4.3K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Lead And Lead Compounds alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Michigan include Ge Aerospace Evendale Plant and General Electric Aviation.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Cal Grinding Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Lead And Lead Compounds at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Cal Grinding Inc's total reported releases fell from 2.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cal Grinding Inc's off-site transfers fell from 2.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Cal Grinding Inc Form-R facts
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Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cal Grinding Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 4.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (1.5K lbs to 0 lbs).
Cal Grinding Inc: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Cal Grinding Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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 And Lead Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 2.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 4.3K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Cal Grinding Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Cal Grinding Inc
Closest other reporters in Michigan - including Billerud Escanaba LLC, Potlatchdeltic Land & Lumber Llc., Billerud Quinnesec, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 790 other reporting facilities in Michigan.
Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Michigan - e.g. Ge Aerospace Evendale Plant, General Electric Aviation, Hendrickson Trailer Suspension Systems.
Compare beyond Michigan
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cal Grinding Inc on cumulative reported pounds (4.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Lamb Weston Inc, The Gillette Co. Llc/p&g North Chicago Plant, Klune Industries Inc.. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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.
- Lamb Weston Inc Quincy, WA · Food 4.3K lbs reported
- The Gillette Co. Llc/p&g North Chicago Plant North Chicago, IL · Chemicals 4.3K lbs reported
- Klune Industries Inc. North Hollywood, CA · Fabricated Metals 4.3K lbs reported
- Leidos Security Detection & Automation Inc. Tewksbury, MA · Computers and Electronic Products 4.3K 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 Lead And Lead Compounds, Lead compounds; nearby reporters include Billerud Escanaba LLC. Cal Grinding Inc stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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.
Use and verify this record
This Cal Grinding Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Lead And Lead Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cal Grinding Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Escanaba, MI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336310 · Transportation Equipment. 0.1% of Delta TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Lamb Weston Inc (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cal Grinding Inc stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Lead And 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