EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Custom Blast Services Inc
Houston, TX
- Total releases
- 23.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Custom Blast Services Inc: how the 23.9K lbs splits
23.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 23.9K lbs 100.0%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Custom Blast Services Inc's 23.9K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Xylene (mixed isomers).
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Custom Blast Services Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Houston, TX, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 5.7K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 23.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,842 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. Custom Blast Services Inc is pounds #770 and chemical-count #1216 at 23.9K 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: Ellington Plant; Purity Isobutylene Plant; Heidelberg Materials - Genoa Rmc; Univar Solutions USA. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Texas: Ds Containers; Vorteq Coil Finishers; Valmont Newmark; Container Life Cycle Management LLC DBA Drumco. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Xylene (mixed isomers); Zinc (fume or dust).
Custom Blast Services Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 23.9K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Ds Containers and Vorteq Coil Finishers.
Custom Blast Services Inc 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
Custom Blast Services Inc: Xylene (mixed isomers)-led volume
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Custom Blast Services Inc reports the 907th-largest volume (23.9K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Xylene (mixed isomers) alone is 99.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Ds Containers and Vorteq Coil Finishers.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Custom Blast Services Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Xylene (mixed isomers) at 99.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Custom Blast Services Inc's total reported releases rose from 3.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 5.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Custom Blast Services Inc's air releases rose from 3.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 5.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Custom Blast Services Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Custom Blast Services Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 23.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 14% (5.0K lbs to 5.7K lbs).
Custom Blast Services Inc: 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 Custom Blast Services Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 14% 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: Xylene (mixed isomers).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 4.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 5.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 3.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 5.7K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 23.8K lbs | - |
| Zinc (fume or dust) | 140 lbs | - |
Custom Blast Services Inc · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Custom Blast Services Inc
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Ellington Plant, Purity Isobutylene Plant, Heidelberg Materials - Genoa Rmc, 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. Ds Containers, Vorteq Coil Finishers, Valmont Newmark.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Custom Blast Services Inc on cumulative reported pounds (23.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Custom Marble Inc, Shell Seattle Distribution Terminal, Coastal Chemical Co. Llc- Loving. 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.
- Custom Marble Inc Millstadt, IL · Plastics and Rubber 23.9K lbs reported
- Shell Seattle Distribution Terminal Seattle, WA · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 23.9K lbs reported
- Coastal Chemical Co. Llc- Loving Loving, NM · Chemical Wholesalers 23.9K lbs reported
- Electric Glass Fiber America LLC Lexington, NC · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 24.0K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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 Xylene (mixed isomers), Zinc (fume or dust); nearby reporters include Ellington Plant. Custom Blast Services Inc stamps LIGHT 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.
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This Custom Blast Services Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Xylene (mixed isomers)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Custom Blast Services Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Houston, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332812 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Harris TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Custom Marble Inc (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Custom Blast Services Inc stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Xylene (mixed isomers). 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