EPA TRI Facility · Miscellaneous Manufacturing
Foundation Labs By Ply Gem LLC
Durham, NC · Parent: Cornerstone Building Brands
- Total releases
- 15 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Foundation Labs By Ply Gem LLC: how the 15 lbs splits
15 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 15 lbs 100.0%
Foundation Labs By Ply Gem LLC's 15 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: Diisocyanates.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Foundation Labs By Ply Gem LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Durham, NC, in the miscellaneous manufacturing sector. It reported 15 lbs of releases across 1 chemical, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 18,210 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. Foundation Labs By Ply Gem LLC is pounds #585 and chemical-count #650 at 15 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: Argos Ready Mix Hwy 55 Concrete Plant; Wolfspeed Inc. (rtp); General Electric Aerospace - Durham Engine Facility; Scm Metal Products Inc. Similar-scale Miscellaneous Manufacturing peers outside North Carolina: Vspone Columbus; American Orthodontics Corp; Gemini - Cannon Falls; Gemini - Taylor. Other Cornerstone Building Brands sites in this extract: Ply Gem; Mueller Supply Co Inc.; Mueller Supply Co Inc.; Mw Manufacturers Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Diisocyanates.
Foundation Labs By Ply Gem LLC stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 15 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Vspone Columbus and American Orthodontics Corp.
Foundation Labs By Ply Gem LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
15 lbs 30th percentile higher than 30% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Foundation Labs By Ply Gem LLC in the Miscellaneous Manufacturing sector extract
Among the 371 Miscellaneous Manufacturing facilities in this database, Foundation Labs By Ply Gem LLC reports the 256th-largest volume (15 lbs). Scale peers outside North Carolina include Vspone Columbus and American Orthodontics Corp.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Foundation Labs By Ply Gem LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Foundation Labs By Ply Gem LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 15 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (10 lbs to 0 lbs).
Foundation Labs By Ply Gem LLC: 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 Foundation Labs By Ply Gem LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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: Diisocyanates.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 10 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 5 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Diisocyanates | 15 lbs | - |
Foundation Labs By Ply Gem LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Foundation Labs By Ply Gem LLC
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including Argos Ready Mix Hwy 55 Concrete Plant, Wolfspeed Inc. (rtp), General Electric Aerospace - Durham Engine Facility, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 786 other reporting facilities in North Carolina.
Similar Miscellaneous Manufacturing Facilities
Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Carolina - e.g. Vspone Columbus, American Orthodontics Corp, Gemini - Cannon Falls.
Other Cornerstone Building Brands Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Ply Gem, Mueller Supply Co Inc., Mueller Supply Co Inc..
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 Diisocyanates; nearby reporters include Argos Ready Mix Hwy 55 Concrete Plant. Foundation Labs By Ply Gem LLC stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN 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 Foundation Labs By Ply Gem LLC TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Diisocyanates) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Foundation Labs By Ply Gem LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Durham, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 339999 · Miscellaneous Manufacturing. 0.0% of Durham TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: 400 Robinson Fans (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Foundation Labs By Ply Gem LLC stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Diisocyanates. 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