EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
Ash Grove Cement South Texas LLC
New Braunfels, TX · Parent: Ash Grove Cement South Texas LLC
- Total releases
- 274.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Ash Grove Cement South Texas LLC: how the 274.8K lbs splits
274.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 254.2K lbs 92.5%
- Land Disposal 20.6K lbs 7.5%
- Off-site Transfers 0 lbs <0.1%
Ash Grove Cement South Texas LLC's 274.8K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 92.5% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 7.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
MID volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Ash Grove Cement South Texas LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in New Braunfels, TX, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 66.0K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 274.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,722 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. Ash Grove Cement South Texas LLC is pounds #288 and chemical-count #445 at 274.8K 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Lonestar Fiberglass New Braunfels; Cgt US Ltd; Pavestone - San Marcos Tx Plant; Txi-San Marcos Ready Mix. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Texas: Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC - Kansas City; Nichiha USA Inc. - Macon Cement Fiberbo; Holcim - Ravena Cement Plant; Suwannee American Cement. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
Ash Grove Cement South Texas LLC stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (92.5% air releases) across 7 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 274.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC - Kansas City and Nichiha USA Inc. - Macon Cement Fiberbo.
Ash Grove Cement South Texas LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
275K lbs Top 10% higher than 90% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Ash Grove Cement South Texas LLC inside Comal's TRI pounds
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, Ash Grove Cement South Texas LLC reports the 105th-largest volume, placing it in the top 3.2% of its sector. This one site accounts for 31.9% of every pound reported in Comal. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 90.5% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC - Kansas City and Nichiha USA Inc. - Macon Cement Fiberbo.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Comal's reported pounds (860.6K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Ash Grove Cement South Texas LLC's total reported releases rose from 61.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 66.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ash Grove Cement South Texas LLC's land releases rose from 1.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ash Grove Cement South Texas LLC's air releases rose from 59.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 63.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Ash Grove Cement South Texas LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Ash Grove Cement South Texas LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 274.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 58% (41.7K lbs to 66.0K lbs).
Ash Grove Cement South Texas LLC: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Ash Grove Cement South Texas LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 58% 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 41.7K lbs | 6 |
| 2020 | 64.7K lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 41.0K lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 61.5K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 66.0K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 248.8K lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 13.8K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 6.4K lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 3.5K lbs | - |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 2.0K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 277 lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 166 lbs | - |
Ash Grove Cement South Texas LLC · AIR-pathway site
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Similar Nonmetallic Mineral Product Facilities
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC - Kansas City, Nichiha USA Inc. - Macon Cement Fiberbo, Holcim - Ravena Cement Plant.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Ash Grove Cement South Texas LLC on cumulative reported pounds (274.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Thor Wakarusa LLC, Arizona Environmental Container Corp, Bostik Inc.. Chemical-count peers include Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
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Similar chemical count
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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 Ammonia, Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); nearby reporters include Lonestar Fiberglass New Braunfels. Ash Grove Cement South Texas LLC stamps MID 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 Ash Grove Cement South Texas LLC TRI extract (MID · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Ash Grove Cement South Texas LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for New Braunfels, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 327310 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 31.9% of Comal TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Thor Wakarusa LLC (Δ 21 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Ash Grove Cement South Texas LLC stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ammonia. 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