EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Providential Fabricators
Memphis, TN · Parent: Qualico Steel Co Inc
- Total releases
- 467 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Providential Fabricators: how the 467 lbs splits
467 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 467 lbs 100.0%
Providential Fabricators's 467 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: Manganese.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Providential Fabricators is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Memphis, TN, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 159 lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 467 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 14,900 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. Providential Fabricators is pounds #458 and chemical-count #188 at 467 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). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Drexel Chemical; Helm Fertilizer Terminal Inc; Arbor Preservative Systems LLC; Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions Inc. - Memphis. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Tennessee: Reliable Plating Works Inc.; Keystone Automotive Industries Minnesota Inc; Lou-Rich Inc; Plano Metal Specialties Inc. Other Qualico Steel Co Inc sites in this extract: Covenant Steel Warehouse; Qualico Steel Co Inc; Qualico Miscellaneous Inc; Qualico Steel Co Inc Texas Div. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese; Chromium; Nickel; Lead.
Providential Fabricators stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 5 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 467 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Reliable Plating Works Inc. and Keystone Automotive Industries Minnesota Inc.
Providential Fabricators vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
467 lbs 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Providential Fabricators in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Providential Fabricators reports the 1,907th-largest volume (467 lbs). Scale peers outside Tennessee include Reliable Plating Works Inc. and Keystone Automotive Industries Minnesota Inc.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Providential Fabricators's total reported releases rose from 122 lb in 2022 to 159 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Providential Fabricators's air releases rose from 122 lb in 2022 to 159 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Providential Fabricators Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Providential Fabricators releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 467 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 141% (66 lbs to 159 lbs).
Providential Fabricators: 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 Providential Fabricators year-over-year reported totals (increased by 141% 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: Manganese.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 66 lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 65 lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 55 lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 122 lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 159 lbs | 5 |
Providential Fabricators · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Providential Fabricators
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Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Tennessee - e.g. Reliable Plating Works Inc., Keystone Automotive Industries Minnesota Inc, Lou-Rich Inc.
Other Qualico Steel Co Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Covenant Steel Warehouse, Qualico Steel Co Inc, Qualico Miscellaneous 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 Manganese, Chromium, Nickel, Lead; nearby reporters include Drexel Chemical. Providential Fabricators stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Providential Fabricators TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Providential Fabricators totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Memphis, TN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332312 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Shelby TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Bahr Brothers Manufacturing (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Providential Fabricators stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese. 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