EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
Argos Hickory Concrete Plant
Hickory, NC · Parent: Summit Materials LLC
- Total releases
- 1 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Argos Hickory Concrete Plant: how the 1 lbs splits
1 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 1 lbs 100.0%
Argos Hickory Concrete Plant's 1 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: Lead.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Argos Hickory Concrete Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Hickory, NC, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 0 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 1 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 19,883 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In North Carolina's 787 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Argos Hickory Concrete Plant is pounds #666 and chemical-count #684 at 1 lbs. Befesa Zinc Metal LLC leads reported pounds (43.1M lbs) at 4 chemicals (chemical-count #158). Pcs Phosphate Co Inc leads chemical count at 29 chemicals (22.9M lbs, pounds #2). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Shurtape Technologies LLC - Hickory Tape Plant; Abb Installation Products Inc.; Sonoco Hickory Inc. - Hickory Plant; Hickory Chair LLC. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside North Carolina: Quikrete - Miami Bagging Plant; Baytown Plant; Smyrna Ready Mix Concrete Plant 780 Richmond; Foley Products Co - Franklin. Other Summit Materials LLC sites in this extract: Continental Cement Co; Continental Cement Co LLC; Argos USA - Martinsburg; Argos Newberry Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead.
Argos Hickory Concrete Plant stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Quikrete - Miami Bagging Plant and Baytown Plant.
Argos Hickory Concrete Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1 lbs 23rd percentile higher than 23% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Argos Hickory Concrete Plant in the Nonmetallic Mineral Product sector extract
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, Argos Hickory Concrete Plant reports the 1,599th-largest volume (1 lbs). Scale peers outside North Carolina include Quikrete - Miami Bagging Plant and Baytown Plant.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Argos Hickory Concrete Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Argos Hickory Concrete Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 20% (0 lbs to 0 lbs).
Argos Hickory Concrete Plant: 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 Argos Hickory Concrete Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 20% 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.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 1 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead | 1 lbs | Carcinogen |
Argos Hickory Concrete Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Argos Hickory Concrete Plant
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including Shurtape Technologies LLC - Hickory Tape Plant, Abb Installation Products Inc., Sonoco Hickory Inc. - Hickory Plant, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 786 other reporting facilities in North Carolina.
Similar Nonmetallic Mineral Product Facilities
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Carolina - e.g. Quikrete - Miami Bagging Plant, Baytown Plant, Smyrna Ready Mix Concrete Plant 780 Richmond.
Other Summit Materials LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Continental Cement Co, Continental Cement Co LLC, Argos USA - Martinsburg.
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; nearby reporters include Shurtape Technologies LLC - Hickory Tape Plant. Argos Hickory Concrete Plant stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Argos Hickory Concrete Plant TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Argos Hickory Concrete Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Hickory, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 327320 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 0.0% of Catawba TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Quikrete - Miami Bagging Plant (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Argos Hickory Concrete Plant stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead. 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