EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
Acme Brick Co-San Felipe Plant
Sealy, TX · Parent: Berkshire Hathaway Inc
- Total releases
- 18.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 6
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Acme Brick Co-San Felipe Plant: how the 18.4K lbs splits
18.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 18.4K lbs 100.0%
Acme Brick Co-San Felipe Plant's 18.4K 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.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Acme Brick Co-San Felipe Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Sealy, TX, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 1.3K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 18.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 8,425 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Texas's 2,016 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Acme Brick Co-San Felipe Plant is pounds #816 and chemical-count #566 at 18.4K lbs. Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant leads reported pounds (94.0M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #35). Veolia Es Technical Solutions LLC Port Arthur Facility leads chemical count at 246 chemicals (1.5M lbs, pounds #112). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Contech Engineered Solutions - Sealy Tx; Afglobal Maass Flange Sealy; Heidelberg Materials - Brookshire Rmc; Oldcastle Precast Inc. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Texas: General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 66; Suwannee American Cement Co LLC; General Shale Brick Inc Moncure Facility Plants 24 & 25; Manitou Concrete- Dolomite Products Co. 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: Hydrogen fluoride; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Lead And Lead Compounds; Lead compounds.
Acme Brick Co-San Felipe Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 6 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 18.4K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 66 and Suwannee American Cement Co LLC.
Acme Brick Co-San Felipe Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
18K 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
Acme Brick Co-San Felipe Plant inside Austin's TRI pounds
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, Acme Brick Co-San Felipe Plant reports the 314th-largest volume, placing it in the top 9.6% of its sector. This one site accounts for 33.8% of every pound reported in Austin. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Hydrogen fluoride alone is 65.5% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 66 and Suwannee American Cement Co LLC.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Austin's reported pounds (54.5K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Acme Brick Co-San Felipe Plant's total reported releases fell from 1.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Acme Brick Co-San Felipe Plant's air releases fell from 1.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Acme Brick Co-San Felipe Plant Form-R facts
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See how Acme Brick Co-San Felipe Plant stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
634471.4× more than the comparison
6.0× more than the comparison
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 Acme Brick Co-San Felipe Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 18.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 91% (14.6K lbs to 1.3K lbs).
Acme Brick Co-San Felipe Plant: 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 Acme Brick Co-San Felipe Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 91% 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 | 14.6K lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 1.0K lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 12 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 1.4K lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 1.3K lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrogen fluoride | 12.1K lbs | - |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 6.3K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 58 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 17 lbs | - |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 0 lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Acme Brick Co-San Felipe Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Acme Brick Co-San Felipe Plant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Contech Engineered Solutions - Sealy Tx, Afglobal Maass Flange Sealy, Heidelberg Materials - Brookshire Rmc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
Similar Nonmetallic Mineral Product Facilities
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 66, Suwannee American Cement Co LLC, General Shale Brick Inc Moncure Facility Plants 24 & 25.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Acme Brick Co-San Felipe Plant on cumulative reported pounds (18.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (6). Release-pound peers include Marathon Pipe Line - Boise, Dixline Corp, Basf Corp. Chemical-count peers include Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd, Leoni Wire Inc, Turf Care Supply-Hatfield Plant. 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 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 Hydrogen fluoride, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Lead And Lead Compounds, Lead compounds; nearby reporters include Contech Engineered Solutions - Sealy Tx. Acme Brick Co-San Felipe Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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.
Use and verify this record
This Acme Brick Co-San Felipe Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Hydrogen fluoride) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Acme Brick Co-San Felipe Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Sealy, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 327120 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 33.8% of Austin TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Marathon Pipe Line - Boise (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Acme Brick Co-San Felipe Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · 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