EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Superior Brass & Aluminum Casting Co
East Lansing, MI
- Total releases
- 31.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Superior Brass & Aluminum Casting Co: how the 31.7K lbs splits
31.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 29.0K lbs 91.6%
- Air Releases 2.4K lbs 7.4%
- Water Discharges 292 lbs 0.9%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Superior Brass & Aluminum Casting Co's 31.7K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 91.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 7.4%. 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 OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Superior Brass & Aluminum Casting Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in East Lansing, MI, in the primary metals sector. It reported 2.7K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 31.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,183 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. Superior Brass & Aluminum Casting Co is pounds #270 and chemical-count #355 at 31.7K 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: Huntsman Advanced Materials; Symmetry Medical Inc Lansing; Barnes Aerospace - Lansing Div; Builders Ready Mix Plant 14. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Michigan: Bekaert Corp; Northern Iron & Machine; United Copper Industries LLC; Skyline Steel Llc-Newton. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper; Lead; Nickel.
Compare Superior Brass & Aluminum Casting Co with
Nearest reporters in Michigan
- Huntsman Advanced Materials East Lansing · 0 lbs
- Symmetry Medical Inc Lansing Lansing · 18.7K lbs
- Barnes Aerospace - Lansing Div Lansing · 5.0K lbs
- Builders Ready Mix Plant 14 Lansing · 0 lbs
Similar-scale Primary Metals sites elsewhere: Bekaert Corp (OH) · Northern Iron & Machine (MN) · United Copper Industries LLC (TX)
Superior Brass & Aluminum Casting Co stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (91.6% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 31.7K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Bekaert Corp and Northern Iron & Machine.
Superior Brass & Aluminum Casting Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
32K lbs Top 28% higher than 72% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Superior Brass & Aluminum Casting Co: Copper-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Superior Brass & Aluminum Casting Co reports the 569th-largest volume (31.7K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Copper alone is 97.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Michigan include Bekaert Corp and Northern Iron & Machine.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Superior Brass & Aluminum Casting Co's pounds in one chemical - here Copper at 97.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Superior Brass & Aluminum Casting Co's total reported releases fell from 13.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Superior Brass & Aluminum Casting Co's off-site transfers fell from 13.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Superior Brass & Aluminum Casting Co's water releases fell from 194 lb in 2022 to 77 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Superior Brass & Aluminum Casting Co's air releases fell from 670 lb in 2022 to 309 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Superior Brass & Aluminum Casting Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Superior Brass & Aluminum Casting Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 31.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 178% (959 lbs to 2.7K lbs).
Superior Brass & Aluminum Casting Co: 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 Superior Brass & Aluminum Casting Co year-over-year reported totals (increased by 178% 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 | 959 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 950 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 13.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 13.9K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 2.7K lbs | 2 |
Superior Brass & Aluminum Casting Co · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Superior Brass & Aluminum Casting Co
Closest other reporters in Michigan - including Huntsman Advanced Materials, Symmetry Medical Inc Lansing, Barnes Aerospace - Lansing Div, ordered by distance.
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Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Michigan - e.g. Bekaert Corp, Northern Iron & Machine, United Copper Industries LLC.
Compare beyond Michigan
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Superior Brass & Aluminum Casting Co on cumulative reported pounds (31.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Certified Enameling Inc, Beasley Forest Products Inc., Acme Galvanizing Inc. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. 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.
- Certified Enameling Inc Los Angeles, CA · Fabricated Metals 31.7K lbs reported
- Beasley Forest Products Inc. Hazlehurst, GA · Wood Products 31.7K lbs reported
- Acme Galvanizing Inc Milwaukee, WI · Fabricated Metals 31.7K lbs reported
- Conagra Foods Packaged Foods LLC Waseca, MN · Food 31.7K 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 Copper, Lead, Nickel; nearby reporters include Huntsman Advanced Materials. Superior Brass & Aluminum Casting Co stamps LIGHT 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 Superior Brass & Aluminum Casting Co TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Copper) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Superior Brass & Aluminum Casting Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for East Lansing, MI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331529 · Primary Metals. 0.8% of Ingham TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Certified Enameling Inc (Δ 8 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Superior Brass & Aluminum Casting Co stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · 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