EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Southwest United Industries Inc
Tulsa, OK · Parent: Berkshire Hathaway Inc
- Total releases
- 19.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2021
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Southwest United Industries Inc: how the 19.6K lbs splits
19.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 19.5K lbs 99.9%
- Air Releases 10 lbs 0.1%
Southwest United Industries Inc's 19.6K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitric acid.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Southwest United Industries Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Tulsa, OK, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 140 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2021, and 19.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2021 reporting years. That ranks 8,293 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Oklahoma's 350 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Southwest United Industries Inc is pounds #146 and chemical-count #179 at 19.6K lbs. International Paper Co leads reported pounds (28.8M lbs) at 21 chemicals (chemical-count #10). Clean Harbors Lone Mountain LLC Lone Mountain Facility leads chemical count at 51 chemicals (15.9M lbs, pounds #3). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Nameplates Inc; Nordam Transparency Div Casting Div; Valmont Newmark; Brainerd Chemical Co Inc. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Oklahoma: Weiland Inc; Possehl Connector Services Sc Inc.; Electro Chemical Finishing Co; Schaeffler Group USA Inc - Plant I I. Other Berkshire Hathaway Inc sites in this extract: Cerro Wire LLC; Midamerican Energy Co Walter Scott Jr Energy Center; Pacificorp Dave Johnston Plant; Pacificorp Jim Bridger Plant & Bridger Coal Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid; Lead And Lead Compounds; Lead compounds.
Southwest United Industries Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.9% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 19.6K lbs (2019–2021). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Weiland Inc and Possehl Connector Services Sc Inc..
Southwest United Industries Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
20K lbs Top 32% higher than 68% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Southwest United Industries Inc: Nitric acid-led volume
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Southwest United Industries Inc reports the 979th-largest volume (19.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitric acid alone is 98.2% of the total. Scale peers outside Oklahoma include Weiland Inc and Possehl Connector Services Sc Inc..
Concentrated means ≥60% of Southwest United Industries Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Nitric acid at 98.2%. Not a toxicity score.
Southwest United Industries Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Southwest United Industries Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 19.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2021, total releases decreased by 99% (11.6K lbs to 140 lbs).
Southwest United Industries Inc: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2021
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
What this shows Southwest United Industries Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 99% from 2019 to 2021). 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 | 11.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 7.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 140 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2021). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 19.2K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 262 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 96 lbs | - |
Southwest United Industries Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Southwest United Industries Inc
Closest other reporters in Oklahoma - including Nameplates Inc, Nordam Transparency Div Casting Div, Valmont Newmark, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 349 other reporting facilities in Oklahoma.
Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Oklahoma - e.g. Weiland Inc, Possehl Connector Services Sc Inc., Electro Chemical Finishing Co.
Compare beyond Oklahoma
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Southwest United Industries Inc on cumulative reported pounds (19.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Abb Installation Products Inc., Finisar Corp, Thermo Fisher Scientific. 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.
- Abb Installation Products Inc. Hackettstown, NJ · Electrical Equipment 19.6K lbs reported
- Finisar Corp Sherman, TX · Computers and Electronic Products 19.6K lbs reported
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Bedford, MA · Chemicals 19.6K lbs reported
- South Bend Ethanol LLC South Bend, IN · Chemicals 19.6K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Berkshire Hathaway Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Cerro Wire LLC, Midamerican Energy Co Walter Scott Jr Energy Center, Pacificorp Dave Johnston Plant.
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, Lead And Lead Compounds, Lead compounds; nearby reporters include Nameplates Inc. Southwest United Industries Inc stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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 Southwest United Industries Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Southwest United Industries Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Tulsa, OK, latest year 2021. Form-R rows span 2019–2021 (3 years). NAICS 332813 · Fabricated Metals. 0.2% of Tulsa TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Abb Installation Products Inc. (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Southwest United Industries Inc stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · 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