EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC
Boss, MO · Parent: The Renco Group Inc
- Total releases
- 26.6M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 22
- Carcinogens
- 7
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
MIXED Form-R mix
Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC: how the 26.6M lbs splits
26.6M lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 18.2M lbs 68.5%
- Off-site Transfers 8.3M lbs 31.3%
- Air Releases 36.1K lbs 0.1%
- Water Discharges 6.5K lbs <0.1%
Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC's 26.6M lbs Form-R total is MIXED - land disposal is 68.5% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 31.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead compounds.
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.
HEAVY volume MIXED pathway CARC-LEAN
Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Boss, MO, in the primary metals sector. It reported 3.5M lbs of releases across 11 chemicals in 2023, and 26.6M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 74 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. Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC is pounds #3 and chemical-count #11 at 26.6M 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Buick Mine/mill; Brushy Creek Mine/mill; Fletcher Mine/mill; Missouri Tie LLC. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Missouri: Wieland Metals Inc; US Magnesium LLC; Cleveland-Cliffs Cleveland Works LLC; Uss Mon Valley Works - Edgar Thomson Plant. Other The Renco Group Inc sites in this extract: Buick Mine/mill; Brushy Creek Mine/mill; US Magnesium LLC; Sweetwater Mine/mill. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Zinc compounds; Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC is a HEAVY · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Boss, MO: 26.6M lbs across 22 chemicals (7 carcinogen-classified, CARC-LEAN). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment land disposal at 68.5%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Wieland Metals Inc and US Magnesium LLC.
Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
27M lbs Top 1% higher than 100% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC inside Iron's TRI pounds
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC reports the 14th-largest volume, placing it in the top 0.9% of its sector. This one site accounts for 35.5% of every pound reported in Iron. Scale peers outside Missouri include Wieland Metals Inc and US Magnesium LLC.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Iron's reported pounds (74.7M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC's total reported releases fell from 4.4 million lb in 2022 to 3.5 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC's water releases rose from 518 lb in 2022 to 888 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC's off-site transfers fell from 2.0 million lb in 2022 to 698.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC's land releases rose from 2.4 million lb in 2022 to 2.8 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC Form-R facts
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See how Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
45% less than the comparison
2.8× 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 Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 26.6M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 48% (6.8M lbs to 3.5M lbs).
Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 48% 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: Lead compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6.8M lbs | 12 |
| 2020 | 6.1M lbs | 12 |
| 2021 | 5.8M lbs | 13 |
| 2022 | 4.4M lbs | 12 |
| 2023 | 3.5M lbs | 11 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 7 of 22 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead compounds | 9.6M lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 8.3M lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 2.5M lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 1.5M lbs | - |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 1.2M lbs | - |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 932.5K lbs | - |
| Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 507.3K lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 496.2K lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 387.7K lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 251.8K lbs | - |
| Arsenic And Arsenic Compounds | 184.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Antimony compounds | 143.0K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 140.4K lbs | - |
| Arsenic compounds | 130.7K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 126.4K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nickel compounds | 117.5K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Cadmium compounds | 46.4K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Cadmium And Cadmium Compounds | 16.7K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Selenium compounds | 12.1K lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 82 lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 24 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC in Iron
Nearest TRI Facilities to Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC
Closest other reporters in Missouri - including Buick Mine/mill, Brushy Creek Mine/mill, Fletcher Mine/mill, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 490 other reporting facilities in Missouri.
Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Missouri - e.g. Wieland Metals Inc, US Magnesium LLC, Cleveland-Cliffs Cleveland Works LLC.
Compare beyond Missouri
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC on cumulative reported pounds (26.6M lbs) and distinct chemical count (22). Release-pound peers include Wieland Metals Inc, Oneok Rockies Midstream LLC - Grasslands Gas Plant, Louisiana Pigment Co LP. Chemical-count peers include Seward Power Plant, Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC, Envirite of Pennsylvania 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.
- Wieland Metals Inc Wheeling, IL · Primary Metals 26.7M lbs reported
- Oneok Rockies Midstream LLC - Grasslands Gas Plant Alexander, ND · Natural Gas Processing 26.9M lbs reported
- Louisiana Pigment Co LP Westlake, LA · Chemicals 26.1M lbs reported
- Dyno Nobel Inc-Cheyenne Plant Cheyenne, WY · Chemicals 27.1M lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other The Renco Group Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Buick Mine/mill, Brushy Creek Mine/mill, US Magnesium LLC.
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 Lead compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds, Zinc compounds, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); nearby reporters include Buick Mine/mill. Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC stamps HEAVY 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 Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC TRI extract (HEAVY · MIXED · CARC-LEAN · lead Lead compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Boss, MO, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331492 · Primary Metals. 35.5% of Iron TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Wieland Metals Inc (Δ 160.9K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC stamps HEAVY · MIXED pathway (land disposal leads at 68.5%). 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