EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Asarco LLC Amarillo Copper Refinery
Amarillo, TX · Parent: Americas Mining Corp
- Total releases
- 833.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 11
- Carcinogens
- 4
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Asarco LLC Amarillo Copper Refinery: how the 833.5K lbs splits
833.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 777.1K lbs 93.2%
- Air Releases 31.1K lbs 3.7%
- Off-site Transfers 25.3K lbs 3.0%
Asarco LLC Amarillo Copper Refinery's 833.5K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 93.2% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 3.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Copper And Copper Compounds.
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.
MID volume LAND pathway CARC-MID
Asarco LLC Amarillo Copper Refinery is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Amarillo, TX, in the primary metals sector. It reported 105.3K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2022, and 833.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2022 reporting years. That ranks 1,451 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. Asarco LLC Amarillo Copper Refinery is pounds #151 and chemical-count #214 at 833.5K 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Quikrete - Amarillo Tx Plant; Gri Towers Texas; Southwestern Public Service Co Harrington Station; Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Texas: Yamaha Marine Precision Propellers Inc. Greenfield; Sloan Valve Co; Befesa Zinc US Inc.; Real Alloy Specification LLC. Other Americas Mining Corp sites in this extract: Asarco LLC Ray Complex/ Hayden Smelter & Concentrator; Asarco LLC Mission Complex; Asarco LLC Ray Mine Operations; Silver Bell Mining LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper And Copper Compounds; Arsenic And Arsenic Compounds; Nickel And Nickel Compounds; Copper compounds.
Asarco LLC Amarillo Copper Refinery stamps MID volume with a dominant LAND pathway (93.2% land disposal) across 11 chemicals · 4 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 833.5K lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Yamaha Marine Precision Propellers Inc. Greenfield and Sloan Valve Co.
Asarco LLC Amarillo Copper Refinery vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
834K lbs Top 6% higher than 94% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Asarco LLC Amarillo Copper Refinery inside Potter's TRI pounds
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Asarco LLC Amarillo Copper Refinery reports the 159th-largest volume, placing it in the top 9.9% of its sector. This one site accounts for 27.7% of every pound reported in Potter. Scale peers outside Texas include Yamaha Marine Precision Propellers Inc. Greenfield and Sloan Valve Co.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Potter's reported pounds (3.0M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Asarco LLC Amarillo Copper Refinery Form-R facts
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See how Asarco LLC Amarillo Copper Refinery stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
3502128.1× more than the comparison
11.0× 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 Asarco LLC Amarillo Copper Refinery releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 833.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases decreased by 7% (113.6K lbs to 105.3K lbs).
Asarco LLC Amarillo Copper Refinery: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Asarco LLC Amarillo Copper Refinery year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 7% 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: Copper And Copper Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 113.6K lbs | 7 |
| 2020 | 313.5K lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 301.1K lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 105.3K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). 4 of 11 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 431.5K lbs | - |
| Arsenic And Arsenic Compounds | 172.5K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 117.2K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Copper compounds | 77.2K lbs | - |
| Arsenic compounds | 14.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nickel compounds | 13.4K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 6.6K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 844 lbs | - |
| Selenium And Selenium Compounds | 173 lbs | - |
| Silver And Silver Compounds | 126 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 86 lbs | - |
Asarco LLC Amarillo Copper Refinery · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Asarco LLC Amarillo Copper Refinery
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Quikrete - Amarillo Tx Plant, Gri Towers Texas, Southwestern Public Service Co Harrington Station, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
Similar Primary Metals Facilities
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Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Asarco LLC Amarillo Copper Refinery on cumulative reported pounds (833.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (11). Release-pound peers include Metal Container Corp-Jacksonville Can Plant, Big West Oil LLC, Nova Chemicals Olefins LLC. Chemical-count peers include Puerto Rico Energy LLC - Bayamon Terminal, Lanco Manufacturing Corp, Buckeye Caribbean Terminals LLC (former Scyi). 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.
- Metal Container Corp-Jacksonville Can Plant Jacksonville, FL · Fabricated Metals 832.8K lbs reported
- Big West Oil LLC North Salt Lake, UT · Petroleum 835.8K lbs reported
- Nova Chemicals Olefins LLC Geismar, LA · Chemicals 836.2K lbs reported
- T.e.s. Filer City Station Filer City, MI · Electric Utilities 836.4K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
- Puerto Rico Energy LLC - Bayamon Terminal Bayamon, PR · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 11 chemicals
- Lanco Manufacturing Corp San Lorenzo, PR · Chemicals 11 chemicals
- Buckeye Caribbean Terminals LLC (former Scyi) Yabucoa, PR · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 11 chemicals
- Limetree Bay Terminals LLC DBA Ocean Point Terminals Christiansted, VI · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 11 chemicals
Other Americas Mining Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Asarco LLC Ray Complex/ Hayden Smelter & Concentrator, Asarco LLC Mission Complex, Asarco LLC Ray Mine Operations.
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 And Copper Compounds, Arsenic And Arsenic Compounds, Nickel And Nickel Compounds, Copper compounds; nearby reporters include Quikrete - Amarillo Tx Plant. Asarco LLC Amarillo Copper Refinery stamps MID volume · LAND pathway · CARC-MID 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 Asarco LLC Amarillo Copper Refinery TRI extract (MID · LAND · CARC-MID · lead Copper And Copper Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Asarco LLC Amarillo Copper Refinery totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Amarillo, TX, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 331410 · Primary Metals. 27.7% of Potter TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Metal Container Corp-Jacksonville Can Plant (Δ 717 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Asarco LLC Amarillo Copper Refinery stamps MID volume · LAND pathway · CARC-MID · lead Copper And Copper Compounds. 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