EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Gri Towers Texas
Amarillo, TX
- Total releases
- 524.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
MIXED Form-R mix
Gri Towers Texas: how the 524.7K lbs splits
524.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 362.7K lbs 69.1%
- Air Releases 161.8K lbs 30.8%
- Water Discharges 238 lbs <0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Gri Towers Texas's 524.7K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - off-site transfers is 69.1% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 30.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Manganese And Manganese Compounds.
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.
MID volume MIXED pathway TRACE-CARC
Gri Towers Texas is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Amarillo, TX, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 70.7K lbs of releases across 7 chemicals in 2023, and 524.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,890 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. Gri Towers Texas is pounds #199 and chemical-count #441 at 524.7K 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: Valley Proteins - Amarillo Facility; Asarco LLC Amarillo Copper Refinery; Quikrete - Amarillo Tx Plant; Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Texas: George Industries; Nucor Coatings Corp; Olin Winchester LLC Main Plant; Tech Met Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese And Manganese Compounds; n-Butyl alcohol; Xylene (mixed isomers); 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene.
Gri Towers Texas is a MID · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Amarillo, TX: 524.7K lbs across 7 chemicals (1 carcinogen-classified, TRACE-CARC). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment off-site transfers at 69.1%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include George Industries and Nucor Coatings Corp.
Gri Towers Texas vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
525K lbs Top 7% higher than 93% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Gri Towers Texas in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Gri Towers Texas reports the 94th-largest volume, placing it in the top 2.7% of its sector. Scale peers outside Texas include George Industries and Nucor Coatings Corp.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Gri Towers Texas's total reported releases fell from 94.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 70.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gri Towers Texas's water releases fell from 41 lb in 2022 to 16 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gri Towers Texas's off-site transfers fell from 87.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 63.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gri Towers Texas's air releases rose from 7.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 7.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Gri Towers Texas Form-R facts
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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 Gri Towers Texas releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 524.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 63% (193.1K lbs to 70.7K lbs).
Gri Towers Texas: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Gri Towers Texas year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 63% 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: Manganese And Manganese Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 193.1K lbs | 7 |
| 2020 | 99.9K lbs | 6 |
| 2021 | 66.9K lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 94.1K lbs | 7 |
| 2023 | 70.7K lbs | 7 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 300.3K lbs | - |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 82.3K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 79.8K lbs | - |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 62.0K lbs | - |
| Nickel | 149 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Copper | 44 lbs | - |
| Zinc (fume or dust) | 1 lbs | - |
Gri Towers Texas in Potter
Nearest TRI Facilities to Gri Towers Texas
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Valley Proteins - Amarillo Facility, Asarco LLC Amarillo Copper Refinery, Quikrete - Amarillo Tx Plant, 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. George Industries, Nucor Coatings Corp, Olin Winchester LLC Main Plant.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Gri Towers Texas on cumulative reported pounds (524.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Armstrong World Industries Inc, Dairy Farmers of America Inc, Frito Lay Inc.. 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.
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 Manganese And Manganese Compounds, n-Butyl alcohol, Xylene (mixed isomers), 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene; nearby reporters include Valley Proteins - Amarillo Facility. Gri Towers Texas stamps MID volume · MIXED 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 Gri Towers Texas TRI extract (MID · MIXED · TRACE-CARC · lead Manganese And Manganese Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Gri Towers Texas totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Amarillo, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332312 · Fabricated Metals. 17.4% of Potter TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Armstrong World Industries Inc (Δ 42 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Gri Towers Texas stamps MID · MIXED pathway (off-site transfers leads at 69.1%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. 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