EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Wolverine Tube Inc
Ardmore, TN
- Total releases
- 7 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Wolverine Tube Inc: how the 7 lbs splits
7 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 5 lbs 74.1%
- Water Discharges 2 lbs 25.7%
- Air Releases 0 lbs 0.1%
Wolverine Tube Inc's 7 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 74.1% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 25.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Copper.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
Wolverine Tube Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Ardmore, TN, in the primary metals sector. It reported 2 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 7 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 18,771 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. Wolverine Tube Inc is pounds #546 and chemical-count #430 at 7 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: T C Clarage; Goodman Co LP; Marelli Tennessee USA Llc.; Magneti Marelli Suspensions USA. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Tennessee: Worthington Steel; Sioux City Foundry Co; Nucor Fastener; Kaiser Aluminum Fabricated Products LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper; Lead.
Wolverine Tube Inc stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (74.1% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 7 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Worthington Steel and Sioux City Foundry Co.
Wolverine Tube Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
7 lbs 28th percentile higher than 28% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Wolverine Tube Inc in the Primary Metals sector extract
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Wolverine Tube Inc reports the 1,357th-largest volume (7 lbs). Scale peers outside Tennessee include Worthington Steel and Sioux City Foundry Co.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Wolverine Tube Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Wolverine Tube Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 7 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 4% (2 lbs to 2 lbs).
Wolverine Tube Inc: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Wolverine Tube Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 4% 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: Copper.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 lbs | 2 |
Wolverine Tube Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Wolverine Tube Inc
Closest other reporters in Tennessee - including T C Clarage, Goodman Co LP, Marelli Tennessee USA 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. Worthington Steel, Sioux City Foundry Co, Nucor Fastener.
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 Copper, Lead; nearby reporters include T C Clarage. Wolverine Tube Inc stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE 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.
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This Wolverine Tube Inc TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Copper) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Wolverine Tube Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Ardmore, TN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331420 · Primary Metals. 0.0% of Giles TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Northern Engraving Corp (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Wolverine Tube Inc stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Copper. 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