EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes
Sparta, MI · Parent: Cascade Die Casting Group Inc
- Total releases
- 6.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
MIXED Form-R mix
Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes: how the 6.4K lbs splits
6.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 4.4K lbs 69.4%
- Off-site Transfers 1.9K lbs 30.6%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes's 6.4K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 69.4% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 30.6%. Leading chemical by pounds: Copper.
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 MIXED pathway CARC-LEAN
Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Sparta, MI, in the primary metals sector. It reported 1.5K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 6.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 10,725 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. Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes is pounds #411 and chemical-count #489 at 6.4K 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Tesa Plant Sparta LLC; General Formulations Inc; Federal-Mogul Powertrain Systems; Rapid Engineering. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Michigan: Calumet Brass Foundry Inc.; Briteline Extrusions Inc; American Foundry Group LLC Alloy 2 Facility; Aam Metal Forming. Other Cascade Die Casting Group Inc sites in this extract: Cascade Die Casting/atlantic; Cascade Die Casting Mid-State. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper; Lead.
Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes is a LIGHT · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Sparta, MI: 6.4K lbs across 2 chemicals (1 carcinogen-classified, CARC-LEAN). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 69.4%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Calumet Brass Foundry Inc. and Briteline Extrusions Inc.
Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
6.4K lbs Top 41% higher than 59% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes: Copper-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes reports the 804th-largest volume (6.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Copper alone is 97.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Michigan include Calumet Brass Foundry Inc. and Briteline Extrusions Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes's pounds in one chemical - here Copper at 97.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes's total reported releases rose from 1.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes's off-site transfers fell from 474 lb in 2022 to 454 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes's air releases rose from 987 lb in 2022 to 1.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes Form-R facts
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57% less than the comparison
2.0× more than the comparison
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 Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 6.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 47% (1.0K lbs to 1.5K lbs).
Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes year-over-year reported totals (increased by 47% 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: Copper.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 1.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 1.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 1.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 1.5K lbs | 2 |
Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes in Kent
Nearest TRI Facilities to Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes
Closest other reporters in Michigan - including Tesa Plant Sparta LLC, General Formulations Inc, Federal-Mogul Powertrain Systems, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 790 other reporting facilities in Michigan.
Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Michigan - e.g. Calumet Brass Foundry Inc., Briteline Extrusions Inc, American Foundry Group LLC Alloy 2 Facility.
Compare beyond Michigan
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes on cumulative reported pounds (6.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC, Calumet Brass Foundry Inc., Dyno Nobel 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Cascade Die Casting Group Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Cascade Die Casting/atlantic, Cascade Die Casting Mid-State.
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 Copper, Lead; nearby reporters include Tesa Plant Sparta LLC. Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes stamps LIGHT volume · MIXED 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 Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes TRI extract (LIGHT · MIXED · CARC-LEAN · lead Copper) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Sparta, MI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331523 · Primary Metals. 0.2% of Kent TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC (Δ 3 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes stamps LIGHT · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 69.4%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. 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