EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 14
Columbia, SC · Parent: General Shale Brick Inc.
- Total releases
- 13.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 14: how the 13.9K lbs splits
13.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 13.9K lbs 100.0%
General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 14's 13.9K 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: Hydrogen fluoride.
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.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway TRACE-CARC
General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 14 is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Columbia, SC, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 2.7K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 13.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 9,076 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In South Carolina's 574 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 14 is pounds #266 and chemical-count #240 at 13.9K lbs. Oceanagold Haile Gold Mine leads reported pounds (30.2M lbs) at 19 chemicals (chemical-count #14). Giant Cement Co leads chemical count at 90 chemicals (53.3K lbs, pounds #185). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Columbia Farms/house of Raeford; Concrete Supply Co Llc-West Columbia; Shaw Industries Group Inc Plant 8S; Lindau Chemicals Inc.. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside South Carolina: Florida Tile Inc; Saint-Gobain Abrasives; Icco Eagle; Calportland Redding Cement Plant. Other General Shale Brick Inc. sites in this extract: General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 65; General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 45; General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 69; General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 70. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Hydrogen fluoride; Lead; Manganese compounds.
General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 14 stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 13.9K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Florida Tile Inc and Saint-Gobain Abrasives.
General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 14 vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
14K lbs Top 35% higher than 65% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 14: Hydrogen fluoride-led volume
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 14 reports the 341st-largest volume, placing it in the top 10.4% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Hydrogen fluoride alone is more than 99.9% of the total. Scale peers outside South Carolina include Florida Tile Inc and Saint-Gobain Abrasives.
Concentrated means ≥60% of General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 14's pounds in one chemical - here Hydrogen fluoride at more than 99.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 14's total reported releases rose from 2.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 14's air releases rose from 2.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 14 Form-R facts
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See how General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 14 stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
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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 General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 14 releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 13.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 6% (2.9K lbs to 2.7K lbs).
General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 14: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 14 year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 6% 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: Hydrogen fluoride.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.9K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 2.8K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 2.8K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 2.6K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 2.7K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 3 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrogen fluoride | 13.8K lbs | - |
| Lead | 10 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Manganese compounds | 0 lbs | - |
General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 14 · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 14
Closest other reporters in South Carolina - including Columbia Farms/house of Raeford, Concrete Supply Co Llc-West Columbia, Shaw Industries Group Inc Plant 8S, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 573 other reporting facilities in South Carolina.
Similar Nonmetallic Mineral Product Facilities
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside South Carolina - e.g. Florida Tile Inc, Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Icco Eagle.
Compare beyond South Carolina
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 14 on cumulative reported pounds (13.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Unisea Inc., Brainerd Chemical Co. Inc.- Tuttle, Structural Steel of Carolina. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other General Shale Brick Inc. Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 65, General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 45, General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 69.
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 Hydrogen fluoride, Lead, Manganese compounds; nearby reporters include Columbia Farms/house of Raeford. General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 14 stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 14 TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · TRACE-CARC · lead Hydrogen fluoride) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 14 totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Columbia, SC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 327120 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 0.1% of Richland TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Unisea Inc. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 14 stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Hydrogen fluoride. 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