EPA TRI Facility · Machinery
Flexible Steel Lacing Co. D/b/a Flexco Inc.
Walker, MI · Parent: Flexible Steel Lacing Co
- Total releases
- 7 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Flexible Steel Lacing Co. D/b/a Flexco Inc.: how the 7 lbs splits
7 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 7 lbs 100.0%
Flexible Steel Lacing Co. D/b/a Flexco Inc.'s 7 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: Chromium.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Flexible Steel Lacing Co. D/b/a Flexco Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Walker, MI, in the machinery sector. It reported 7 lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 7 lbs in total across its 2021-2023 reporting years. That ranks 18,781 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. Flexible Steel Lacing Co. D/b/a Flexco Inc. is pounds #713 and chemical-count #243 at 7 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Betz Industries; Safety-Kleen Systems Grand Rapids (grm); Haviland Consumer Products Inc.; Quikrete - Grand Rapids Mi Plant. Similar-scale Machinery peers outside Michigan: Vulcan-Hart a Div of Itw Food Equipment Group LLC; Quantum Design Inc; Baker Hughes Pump Plant; Schwing America Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium; Manganese; Nickel; Diisocyanates.
Flexible Steel Lacing Co. D/b/a Flexco Inc. stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 5 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 7 lbs (2021–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Vulcan-Hart a Div of Itw Food Equipment Group LLC and Quantum Design Inc.
Flexible Steel Lacing Co. D/b/a Flexco Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
7 lbs 28th percentile higher than 28% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Flexible Steel Lacing Co. D/b/a Flexco Inc. in the Machinery sector extract
Among the 1,186 Machinery facilities in this database, Flexible Steel Lacing Co. D/b/a Flexco Inc. reports the 843rd-largest volume (7 lbs). Scale peers outside Michigan include Vulcan-Hart a Div of Itw Food Equipment Group LLC and Quantum Design Inc.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Flexible Steel Lacing Co. D/b/a Flexco Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Flexible Steel Lacing Co. D/b/a Flexco Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 7 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Flexible Steel Lacing Co. D/b/a Flexco Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2021–2023
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Flexible Steel Lacing Co. D/b/a Flexco Inc. year-over-year reported totals. 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: Chromium.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 7 lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2021–2023). 2 of 5 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Chromium | 3 lbs | - |
| Manganese | 2 lbs | - |
| Nickel | 1 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Diisocyanates | 0 lbs | - |
| Lead | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Flexible Steel Lacing Co. D/b/a Flexco Inc. · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Flexible Steel Lacing Co. D/b/a Flexco Inc.
Closest other reporters in Michigan - including Betz Industries, Safety-Kleen Systems Grand Rapids (grm), Haviland Consumer Products Inc., ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 790 other reporting facilities in Michigan.
Similar Machinery Facilities
Other Machinery facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Michigan - e.g. Vulcan-Hart a Div of Itw Food Equipment Group LLC, Quantum Design Inc, Baker Hughes Pump Plant.
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 Chromium, Manganese, Nickel, Diisocyanates; nearby reporters include Betz Industries. Flexible Steel Lacing Co. D/b/a Flexco Inc. stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE 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.
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This Flexible Steel Lacing Co. D/b/a Flexco Inc. TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Chromium) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Flexible Steel Lacing Co. D/b/a Flexco Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Walker, MI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2021–2023 (3 years). NAICS 333922 · Machinery. 0.0% of Kent TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Jensen Precast (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Flexible Steel Lacing Co. D/b/a Flexco Inc. stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Chromium. 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