EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Proto Cast Inc
Inkster, MI
- Total releases
- 237 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Proto Cast Inc: how the 237 lbs splits
237 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 237 lbs 100.0%
Proto Cast Inc's 237 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Copper.
TRACE volume AIR pathway TRACE-CARC
Proto Cast Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Inkster, MI, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 33 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 237 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 15,663 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. Proto Cast Inc is pounds #599 and chemical-count #538 at 237 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: Mplx Terminals LLC - Romulus Mi Terminal; American Jetway Corp; Republic Industrial & Energy Solutions LLC; Fintex LLC. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Michigan: Morgan Truck Body LLC Morgantown; Autolite Spartanburg; Cleveland-Cliffs Tubular Components; Oshkosh Defense LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper; Lead.
Proto Cast Inc stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 237 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Morgan Truck Body LLC Morgantown and Autolite Spartanburg.
Proto Cast Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
237 lbs 40th percentile higher than 40% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Proto Cast Inc in the Transportation Equipment sector extract
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Proto Cast Inc reports the 1,026th-largest volume (237 lbs). Scale peers outside Michigan include Morgan Truck Body LLC Morgantown and Autolite Spartanburg.
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
- Proto Cast Inc's total reported releases fell from 51 lb in 2022 to 33 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Proto Cast Inc's air releases fell from 51 lb in 2022 to 33 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Proto Cast Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Proto Cast Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 237 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 40% (55 lbs to 33 lbs).
Proto Cast Inc: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Proto Cast Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 40% 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 | 55 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 55 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 43 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 51 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 33 lbs | 2 |
Proto Cast Inc · AIR-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Michigan - including Mplx Terminals LLC - Romulus Mi Terminal, American Jetway Corp, Republic Industrial & Energy Solutions LLC, ordered by distance.
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Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Michigan - e.g. Morgan Truck Body LLC Morgantown, Autolite Spartanburg, Cleveland-Cliffs Tubular Components.
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 Mplx Terminals LLC - Romulus Mi Terminal. Proto Cast Inc stamps TRACE volume · AIR 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 Proto Cast Inc TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · TRACE-CARC · lead Copper) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Proto Cast Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Inkster, MI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336390 · Transportation Equipment. 0.0% of Wayne TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Lippert Components Inc Plant 7 (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Proto Cast Inc stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Copper. 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