EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
Cardinal Cg
Waxahachie, TX · Parent: Cardinal Glass Industries
- Total releases
- 9.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Cardinal Cg: how the 9.1K lbs splits
9.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 9.1K lbs 100.0%
Cardinal Cg's 9.1K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc (fume or dust).
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Cardinal Cg is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Waxahachie, TX, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 9.1K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 10,013 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. Cardinal Cg is pounds #968 and chemical-count #1243 at 9.1K 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: James Hardie Building Products Waxahachie; Lippert Plant 241; Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC - Waxahachie; International Extrusion Corp Texas. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Texas: Calportland Co Rillito Plant; Northrup Farmington; Point of the Mountain Facilities; Pyrotek Inc. Other Cardinal Glass Industries sites in this extract: Cardinal Glass; Cardinal Cg; Cardinal Fg-Durant; Cardinal Fg Flat Glass Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc (fume or dust); Silver.
Compare Cardinal Cg with
Nearest reporters in Texas
- James Hardie Building Products Waxahachie Waxahachie · 301 lbs
- Lippert Plant 241 Waxahachie · 1.2K lbs
- Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC - Waxahachie Waxahachie · 1.6M lbs
- International Extrusion Corp Texas Waxahachie · 1.6K lbs
Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product sites elsewhere: Calportland Co Rillito Plant (AZ) · Northrup Farmington (NY) · Point of the Mountain Facilities (UT)
Cardinal Cg stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 9.1K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Calportland Co Rillito Plant and Northrup Farmington.
Cardinal Cg vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
9.1K lbs Top 39% higher than 61% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cardinal Cg: Zinc (fume or dust)-led volume
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, Cardinal Cg reports the 388th-largest volume, placing it in the top 11.9% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc (fume or dust) alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Calportland Co Rillito Plant and Northrup Farmington.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Cardinal Cg's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc (fume or dust) at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Cardinal Cg Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cardinal Cg releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 9.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (9.1K lbs to 0 lbs).
Cardinal Cg: 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 Cardinal Cg year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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: Zinc (fume or dust).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 9.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc (fume or dust) | 9.1K lbs | - |
| Silver | 0 lbs | - |
Cardinal Cg · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Cardinal Cg
Closest other reporters in Texas - including James Hardie Building Products Waxahachie, Lippert Plant 241, Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC - Waxahachie, 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. Calportland Co Rillito Plant, Northrup Farmington, Point of the Mountain Facilities.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cardinal Cg on cumulative reported pounds (9.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Cytec Solvay Composite Materials Anaheim, V&s Memphis Galvanizing LLC, Menzies Aviation Fueling Operations Wash Dulles Internationa. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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.
- Cytec Solvay Composite Materials Anaheim Anaheim, CA · Chemicals 9.1K lbs reported
- V&s Memphis Galvanizing LLC Millington, TN · Fabricated Metals 9.1K lbs reported
- Menzies Aviation Fueling Operations Wash Dulles Internationa Sterling, VA · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 9.1K lbs reported
- Lsc Communications / Crawfordsville Crawfordsville, IN · Printing 9.1K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Cardinal Glass Industries Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Cardinal Glass, Cardinal Cg, Cardinal Fg-Durant.
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 Zinc (fume or dust), Silver; nearby reporters include James Hardie Building Products Waxahachie. Cardinal Cg stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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.
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This Cardinal Cg TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc (fume or dust)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cardinal Cg totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Waxahachie, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 327215 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 0.2% of Ellis TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Cytec Solvay Composite Materials Anaheim (Δ 6 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cardinal Cg stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Zinc (fume or dust). 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