EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Brougher Inc D/b/a Forge USA
Houston, TX
- Total releases
- 50 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Brougher Inc D/b/a Forge USA: how the 50 lbs splits
50 lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 50 lbs 100.0%
Brougher Inc D/b/a Forge USA's 50 lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Chromium.
TRACE volume WATER pathway CARC-MID
Brougher Inc D/b/a Forge USA is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Houston, TX, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 20 lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 50 lbs in total across its 2021-2023 reporting years. That ranks 17,185 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. Brougher Inc D/b/a Forge USA is pounds #1551 and chemical-count #900 at 50 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: Karbach Brewing; Mirror Industries; International Paint LLC; Fulton Plant. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Texas: Valley Chrome Plating Inc.; Elixir Door & Metals Co; Deltrol Fluid Products; Ma Metal. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium; Manganese; Nickel; Copper.
Brougher Inc D/b/a Forge USA stamps TRACE volume with a dominant WATER pathway (100.0% water discharges) across 4 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 50 lbs (2021–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Valley Chrome Plating Inc. and Elixir Door & Metals Co.
Brougher Inc D/b/a Forge USA vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
50 lbs 34th percentile higher than 34% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Brougher Inc D/b/a Forge USA in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Brougher Inc D/b/a Forge USA reports the 2,307th-largest volume (50 lbs). Scale peers outside Texas include Valley Chrome Plating Inc. and Elixir Door & Metals Co.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Brougher Inc D/b/a Forge USA Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Brougher Inc D/b/a Forge USA releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 50 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2021 to 2023, total releases increased by 33% (15 lbs to 20 lbs).
Brougher Inc D/b/a Forge USA: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2021–2023
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Brougher Inc D/b/a Forge USA year-over-year reported totals (increased by 33% from 2021 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 15 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 15 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 20 lbs | 4 |
Brougher Inc D/b/a Forge USA · WATER-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Brougher Inc D/b/a Forge USA
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Karbach Brewing, Mirror Industries, International Paint LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Valley Chrome Plating Inc., Elixir Door & Metals Co, Deltrol Fluid Products.
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, Manganese, Nickel, Copper; nearby reporters include Karbach Brewing. Brougher Inc D/b/a Forge USA stamps TRACE volume · WATER 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.
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This Brougher Inc D/b/a Forge USA TRI extract (TRACE · WATER · CARC-MID · lead Chromium) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Brougher Inc D/b/a Forge USA totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Houston, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2021–2023 (3 years). NAICS 332111 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Harris TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Adient Pulaski (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Brougher Inc D/b/a Forge USA stamps TRACE volume · WATER pathway · CARC-MID · 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