EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Saginaw Metal Casting Operations
Saginaw, MI · Parent: General Motors LLC
- Total releases
- 792 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
MIXED Form-R mix
Saginaw Metal Casting Operations: how the 792 lbs splits
792 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 319 lbs 40.2%
- Off-site Transfers 244 lbs 30.8%
- Land Disposal 230 lbs 29.0%
Saginaw Metal Casting Operations's 792 lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 40.2% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 30.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Copper.
TRACE volume MIXED pathway CARC-LEAN
Saginaw Metal Casting Operations is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Saginaw, MI, in the primary metals sector. It reported 131 lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 792 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 14,180 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. Saginaw Metal Casting Operations is pounds #541 and chemical-count #231 at 792 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: Safety-Kleen Systems Saginaw (sag); Nexteer Automotive Corp; Plastatech Engineering Ltd; Oldcastle Lawn & Garden. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Michigan: Northern Foundry; International Wire Group-Omega Wire Facility; Monett Metals Inc; St Paul Brass Foundry Co.. Other General Motors LLC sites in this extract: Gm Truck Group Fort Wayne Assembly; Gm Truck Group Flint Assembly Plant; General Motors Wentzville Assembly; Gm Mlcg Fairfax Assembly. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper; Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Diisocyanates; Lead.
Saginaw Metal Casting Operations is a TRACE · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Saginaw, MI: 792 lbs across 5 chemicals (2 carcinogen-classified, CARC-LEAN). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 40.2%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Northern Foundry and International Wire Group-Omega Wire Facility.
Saginaw Metal Casting Operations vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
792 lbs 45th percentile higher than 45% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Saginaw Metal Casting Operations in the Primary Metals sector extract
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Saginaw Metal Casting Operations reports the 1,039th-largest volume (792 lbs). Scale peers outside Michigan include Northern Foundry and International Wire Group-Omega Wire Facility.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Saginaw Metal Casting Operations Form-R facts
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25% 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 Saginaw Metal Casting Operations releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 792 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 39% (215 lbs to 131 lbs).
Saginaw Metal Casting Operations: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Saginaw Metal Casting Operations year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 39% 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 | 215 lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 124 lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 190 lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 131 lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 131 lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 5 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Copper | 372 lbs | - |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 204 lbs | - |
| Diisocyanates | 107 lbs | - |
| Lead | 77 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nickel | 32 lbs | Carcinogen |
Saginaw Metal Casting Operations in Saginaw
Nearest TRI Facilities to Saginaw Metal Casting Operations
Closest other reporters in Michigan - including Safety-Kleen Systems Saginaw (sag), Nexteer Automotive Corp, Plastatech Engineering Ltd, 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. Northern Foundry, International Wire Group-Omega Wire Facility, Monett Metals Inc.
Other General Motors LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Gm Truck Group Fort Wayne Assembly, Gm Truck Group Flint Assembly Plant, General Motors Wentzville Assembly.
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, Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Diisocyanates, Lead; nearby reporters include Safety-Kleen Systems Saginaw (sag). Saginaw Metal Casting Operations stamps TRACE 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 Saginaw Metal Casting Operations TRI extract (TRACE · MIXED · CARC-LEAN · lead Copper) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Saginaw Metal Casting Operations totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Saginaw, MI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331524 · Primary Metals. 0.2% of Saginaw TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Hd Microsystems LLC (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Saginaw Metal Casting Operations stamps TRACE · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 40.2%). 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