EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Aerospace Composites Center LLC
Hazelwood, MO · Parent: The Boeing Co
- Total releases
- 400.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Aerospace Composites Center LLC: how the 400.9K lbs splits
400.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 356.2K lbs 88.9%
- Air Releases 43.8K lbs 10.9%
- Water Discharges 815 lbs 0.2%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Aerospace Composites Center LLC's 400.9K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 88.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 10.9%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitric acid.
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.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Aerospace Composites Center LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Hazelwood, MO, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 100.9K lbs of releases across 6 chemicals in 2023, and 400.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,212 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Missouri's 491 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Aerospace Composites Center LLC is pounds #61 and chemical-count #69 at 400.9K lbs. Buick Mine/mill leads reported pounds (48.2M lbs) at 8 chemicals (chemical-count #66). Buzzi Unicem Usa-Cape Girardeau leads chemical count at 87 chemicals (904.5K lbs, pounds #44). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Patheon Biologics; The Boeing Co; Lhb Industries; Univar Solutions USA. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Missouri: Bae Systems San Diego Ship Repair; Aar Landing Gear Services; Metalsa Light Vehilcle USA - Elizabethtown; Eaton Corp. Other The Boeing Co sites in this extract: Boeing Commercial Airplanes - Auburn; Boeing Co of Portland; Boeing Commercial Airplanes - Everett; Boeing Commercial Airplane Group - Renton. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid; Hydrogen fluoride; Trichloroethylene; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
Aerospace Composites Center LLC stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (88.9% off-site transfers) across 8 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 400.9K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Bae Systems San Diego Ship Repair and Aar Landing Gear Services.
Aerospace Composites Center LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
401K lbs Top 9% higher than 91% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Aerospace Composites Center LLC: Nitric acid-led volume
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Aerospace Composites Center LLC reports the 100th-largest volume, placing it in the top 6.2% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitric acid alone is 85.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Missouri include Bae Systems San Diego Ship Repair and Aar Landing Gear Services.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Aerospace Composites Center LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Nitric acid at 85.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Aerospace Composites Center LLC's total reported releases rose from 72.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 100.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Aerospace Composites Center LLC's air releases rose from 4.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 8.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Aerospace Composites Center LLC's off-site transfers rose from 68.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 92.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Aerospace Composites Center LLC's chemicals reported rose from 5 in 2022 to 6 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Aerospace Composites Center LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Aerospace Composites Center LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 400.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 11% (91.0K lbs to 100.9K lbs).
Aerospace Composites Center LLC: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Aerospace Composites Center LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 11% 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: Nitric acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 91.0K lbs | 8 |
| 2020 | 68.4K lbs | 6 |
| 2021 | 68.1K lbs | 6 |
| 2022 | 72.5K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 100.9K lbs | 6 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 8 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 344.5K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen fluoride | 28.0K lbs | - |
| Trichloroethylene | 19.7K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 5.4K lbs | - |
| Copper | 2.6K lbs | - |
| Chromium | 264 lbs | - |
| Nickel | 264 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead | 134 lbs | Carcinogen |
Aerospace Composites Center LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Missouri - e.g. Bae Systems San Diego Ship Repair, Aar Landing Gear Services, Metalsa Light Vehilcle USA - Elizabethtown.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Aerospace Composites Center LLC on cumulative reported pounds (400.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant, Orion Engineered Carbons-Ivanhoe Carbon Black Plant, Tyson Farms Inc. Humboldt Poultry Processing. Chemical-count peers include Prepa-South Coast Power Plant, Argos Puerto Rico Corp., US Tsubaki Automotive LLC. 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.
- Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant Bay City, TX · Chemicals 400.6K lbs reported
- Orion Engineered Carbons-Ivanhoe Carbon Black Plant Franklin, LA · Chemicals 400.0K lbs reported
- Tyson Farms Inc. Humboldt Poultry Processing Humboldt, TN · Food 402.3K lbs reported
- The Hillshire Brands Co Zeeland, MI · Food 399.2K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other The Boeing Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Boeing Commercial Airplanes - Auburn, Boeing Co of Portland, Boeing Commercial Airplanes - Everett.
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 Nitric acid, Hydrogen fluoride, Trichloroethylene, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); nearby reporters include Patheon Biologics. Aerospace Composites Center LLC stamps MID 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.
Use and verify this record
This Aerospace Composites Center LLC TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Aerospace Composites Center LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Hazelwood, MO, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336413 · Transportation Equipment. 12.3% of St. Louis TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant (Δ 293 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Aerospace Composites Center LLC stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Nitric acid. 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