EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Bell Plant 1
Fort Worth, TX · Parent: Textron Inc
- Total releases
- 24.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Bell Plant 1: how the 24.3K lbs splits
24.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 24.1K lbs 99.1%
- Water Discharges 214 lbs 0.9%
- Air Releases 14 lbs 0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Bell Plant 1's 24.3K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.1% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 0.9%. Leading chemical by pounds: Chromium.
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.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
Bell Plant 1 is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Fort Worth, TX, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 3.2K lbs of releases across 7 chemicals in 2023, and 24.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,806 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. Bell Plant 1 is pounds #763 and chemical-count #478 at 24.3K 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: Mm-Hurst Ctm & Super Slurry; Kelly-Moore Paint Co. Inc.; Hurst Bagging Facility; North American Galvanizing Co Hurst. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Texas: Team Industries Bagley; Boeing Commercial Airplane Group North Boeing Field; Vigor Alaska; Defiance Boats LLC. Other Textron Inc sites in this extract: Bell Plant 5; Textron Aviation/east Campus; Textron Aviation/pawnee Campus; Cwc Textron. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium; Lead; Nitric acid; Copper.
Compare Bell Plant 1 with
Nearest reporters in Texas
- Mm-Hurst Ctm & Super Slurry Hurst · 1 lbs
- Kelly-Moore Paint Co. Inc. Hurst · 104 lbs
- Hurst Bagging Facility Hurst · 2 lbs
- North American Galvanizing Co Hurst Hurst · 145.7K lbs
Similar-scale Transportation Equipment sites elsewhere: Team Industries Bagley (MN) · Boeing Commercial Airplane Group North Boeing Field (WA) · Vigor Alaska (AK)
Bell Plant 1 stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.1% off-site transfers) across 7 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 24.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Team Industries Bagley and Boeing Commercial Airplane Group North Boeing Field.
Bell Plant 1 vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
24K lbs Top 30% higher than 70% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Bell Plant 1: Chromium-led volume
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Bell Plant 1 reports the 504th-largest volume (24.3K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Chromium alone is 98.2% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Team Industries Bagley and Boeing Commercial Airplane Group North Boeing Field.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Bell Plant 1's pounds in one chemical - here Chromium at 98.2%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Bell Plant 1's total reported releases fell from 4.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Bell Plant 1's off-site transfers fell from 3.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Bell Plant 1 Form-R facts
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See how Bell Plant 1 stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
17234.2× more than the comparison
7.0× 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 Bell Plant 1 releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 24.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 55% (7.2K lbs to 3.2K lbs).
Bell Plant 1: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Bell Plant 1 year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 55% 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: Chromium.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 7.2K lbs | 7 |
| 2020 | 6.3K lbs | 7 |
| 2021 | 3.6K lbs | 7 |
| 2022 | 4.0K lbs | 7 |
| 2023 | 3.2K lbs | 7 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Chromium | 23.9K lbs | - |
| Lead | 240 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nitric acid | 206 lbs | - |
| Copper | 0 lbs | - |
| Manganese | 0 lbs | - |
| Nickel | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate | 0 lbs | - |
Bell Plant 1 · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Bell Plant 1
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Mm-Hurst Ctm & Super Slurry, Kelly-Moore Paint Co. Inc., Hurst Bagging Facility, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Team Industries Bagley, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group North Boeing Field, Vigor Alaska.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Bell Plant 1 on cumulative reported pounds (24.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Arkema Coating Resins, Roho West, Team Industries Bagley. 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
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Arkema Coating Resins North Kansas City, MO · Chemicals 24.3K lbs reported
- Roho West Belleville, IL · Plastics and Rubber 24.3K lbs reported
- Team Industries Bagley Bagley, MN · Transportation Equipment 24.3K lbs reported
- Mplx Terminals LLC - Louisville Algon Ky Terminal Louisville, KY · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 24.3K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Textron Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Bell Plant 5, Textron Aviation/east Campus, Textron Aviation/pawnee Campus.
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 Chromium, Lead, Nitric acid, Copper; nearby reporters include Mm-Hurst Ctm & Super Slurry. Bell Plant 1 stamps LIGHT 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.
Use and verify this record
This Bell Plant 1 TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Chromium) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Bell Plant 1 totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Fort Worth, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336411 · Transportation Equipment. 0.6% of Tarrant TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Arkema Coating Resins (Δ 4 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Bell Plant 1 stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Chromium. 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