EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Insteel Wire Products
Gallatin, TN · Parent: Insteel Industries Inc
- Total releases
- 86.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Latest report
- 2022
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Insteel Wire Products: how the 86.3K lbs splits
86.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 86.1K lbs 99.8%
- Water Discharges 109 lbs 0.1%
- Land Disposal 21 lbs <0.1%
- Air Releases 19 lbs <0.1%
Insteel Wire Products's 86.3K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.8% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Insteel Wire Products is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Gallatin, TN, in the primary metals sector. It reported 2 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2022, and 86.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2022 reporting years. That ranks 4,900 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Tennessee's 595 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Insteel Wire Products is pounds #157 and chemical-count #158 at 86.3K lbs. Nyrstar Clarksville Inc leads reported pounds (72.9M lbs) at 13 chemicals (chemical-count #31). Tradebe Treatment & Recycling of Tn leads chemical count at 75 chemicals (6.3M lbs, pounds #13). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: John L. Armitage & Co.; Hoeganaes Corp; Tms International LLC; American Colors Inc. Dispersion Facility Gallatin Tn. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Tennessee: Crucible Industries Llc.; Franklin Investment Corp.; Eagle Alloy Inc.; Kennametal Inc (refinery). Other Insteel Industries Inc sites in this extract: Insteel Wire Products; Insteel Wire Products Co; Insteel Wire Products; Insteel Wire Products. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Zinc compounds; Lead compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds.
Insteel Wire Products stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.8% off-site transfers) across 5 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 86.3K lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Crucible Industries Llc. and Franklin Investment Corp..
Insteel Wire Products vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
86K lbs Top 19% higher than 81% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Insteel Wire Products: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Insteel Wire Products reports the 426th-largest volume (86.3K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 83.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Tennessee include Crucible Industries Llc. and Franklin Investment Corp..
Concentrated means ≥60% of Insteel Wire Products's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 83.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Insteel Wire Products Form-R facts
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25% more than the comparison
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Insteel Wire Products releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 86.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases decreased by 100% (34.7K lbs to 2 lbs).
Insteel Wire Products: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Insteel Wire Products year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% from 2019 to 2022). 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 34.7K lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 51.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 52 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 71.9K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 14.4K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 2 lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Insteel Wire Products · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Tennessee - including John L. Armitage & Co., Hoeganaes Corp, Tms International LLC, ordered by distance.
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Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Tennessee - e.g. Crucible Industries Llc., Franklin Investment Corp., Eagle Alloy Inc..
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Insteel Wire Products on cumulative reported pounds (86.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Catexel Nease LLC, Crucible Industries Llc., Printpack Inc.. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of Puerto Rico LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Insteel Industries Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Insteel Wire Products, Insteel Wire Products Co, Insteel Wire Products.
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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Zinc compounds, Lead compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds; nearby reporters include John L. Armitage & Co.. Insteel Wire Products 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 Insteel Wire Products TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Insteel Wire Products totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Gallatin, TN, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 331222 · Primary Metals. 1.1% of Sumner TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Catexel Nease LLC (Δ 22 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Insteel Wire Products stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). 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