EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
Cemex Construction Materials South LLC - Balcones Plant
New Braunfels, TX · Parent: Cemex Inc
- Total releases
- 96.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Cemex Construction Materials South LLC - Balcones Plant: how the 96.0K lbs splits
96.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 96.0K lbs 100.0%
Cemex Construction Materials South LLC - Balcones Plant's 96.0K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway TRACE-CARC
Cemex Construction Materials South LLC - Balcones Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in New Braunfels, TX, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 19.1K lbs of releases across 6 chemicals in 2023, and 96.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,678 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. Cemex Construction Materials South LLC - Balcones Plant is pounds #459 and chemical-count #384 at 96.0K 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: Lhoist North America - Plant; Leisure Pools & Spas Manufacturing N.a. Inc.; Asphalt Inc. Garden Ridge; Asphalt Inc Hanson Garden Ridge Plant. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Texas: Johns Manville; Lhoist Na of Arizona-Apex Plant (part); Cherokee Brick & Tile Co; Custom Processing Services LLC. Other Cemex Inc sites in this extract: Cemex Southeast LLC - Demopolis Plant; Cemex Construction Materials Atlantic LLC; Cemex Construction Materials South LLC; Cemex Constr Materials Fl LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Mercury And Mercury Compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Mercury compounds.
Compare Cemex Construction Materials South LLC - Balcones Plant with
Nearest reporters in Texas
- Lhoist North America - Plant New Braunfels · 59.1K lbs
- Leisure Pools & Spas Manufacturing N.a. Inc. New Braunfels · 341.7K lbs
- Asphalt Inc. Garden Ridge New Braunfels · 3 lbs
- Asphalt Inc Hanson Garden Ridge Plant New Braunfels · 2 lbs
Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product sites elsewhere: Johns Manville (GA) · Lhoist Na of Arizona-Apex Plant (part) (NV) · Cherokee Brick & Tile Co (GA)
Cemex Construction Materials South LLC - Balcones Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 8 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 96.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Johns Manville and Lhoist Na of Arizona-Apex Plant (part).
Cemex Construction Materials South LLC - Balcones Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
96K lbs Top 18% higher than 82% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cemex Construction Materials South LLC - Balcones Plant: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, Cemex Construction Materials South LLC - Balcones Plant reports the 184th-largest volume, placing it in the top 5.6% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 99.8% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Johns Manville and Lhoist Na of Arizona-Apex Plant (part).
Concentrated means ≥60% of Cemex Construction Materials South LLC - Balcones Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 99.8%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Cemex Construction Materials South LLC - Balcones Plant's total reported releases rose from 19.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 19.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cemex Construction Materials South LLC - Balcones Plant's chemicals reported rose from 4 in 2022 to 6 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cemex Construction Materials South LLC - Balcones Plant's air releases rose from 19.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 19.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Cemex Construction Materials South LLC - Balcones Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cemex Construction Materials South LLC - Balcones Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 96.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 11% (17.2K lbs to 19.1K lbs).
Cemex Construction Materials South LLC - Balcones Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Cemex Construction Materials South LLC - Balcones Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 11% 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 | 17.2K lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 18.6K lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 22.1K lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 19.0K lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 19.1K lbs | 6 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 8 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 95.8K lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 89 lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 28 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 21 lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 8 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Zinc compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Chlorine | 0 lbs | - |
Cemex Construction Materials South LLC - Balcones Plant · AIR-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Texas - including Lhoist North America - Plant, Leisure Pools & Spas Manufacturing N.a. Inc., Asphalt Inc. Garden Ridge, ordered by distance.
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Similar Nonmetallic Mineral Product Facilities
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Johns Manville, Lhoist Na of Arizona-Apex Plant (part), Cherokee Brick & Tile Co.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cemex Construction Materials South LLC - Balcones Plant on cumulative reported pounds (96.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include Shell Norco Chemical Plant West Site, Medtronic Inc, Green Plains Central City LLC. Chemical-count peers include Prepa-South Coast Power Plant, Argos Puerto Rico Corp., US Tsubaki Automotive LLC. 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.
- Shell Norco Chemical Plant West Site Norco, LA · Chemicals 96.0K lbs reported
- Medtronic Inc Danvers, MA · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 96.0K lbs reported
- Green Plains Central City LLC Central City, NE · Chemicals 96.0K lbs reported
- Imperial Aluminum-Minerva LLC Minerva, OH · Primary Metals 96.0K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Cemex Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Cemex Southeast LLC - Demopolis Plant, Cemex Construction Materials Atlantic LLC, Cemex Construction Materials South LLC.
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, Mercury And Mercury Compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds, Mercury compounds; nearby reporters include Lhoist North America - Plant. Cemex Construction Materials South LLC - Balcones Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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.
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This Cemex Construction Materials South LLC - Balcones Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · TRACE-CARC · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cemex Construction Materials South LLC - Balcones Plant 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. 11.2% of Comal TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Shell Norco Chemical Plant West Site (Δ 22 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cemex Construction Materials South LLC - Balcones Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC · 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