EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Hydro Aluminum
Commerce, TX · Parent: Hydro Aluminum Metals USA LLC
- Total releases
- 8.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
MIXED Form-R mix
Hydro Aluminum: how the 8.9K lbs splits
8.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 4.4K lbs 49.9%
- Air Releases 4.3K lbs 48.7%
- Water Discharges 125 lbs 1.4%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Hydro Aluminum's 8.9K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - off-site transfers is 49.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 48.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Aluminum (fume or dust).
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.
LIGHT volume MIXED pathway CARC-LEAN
Hydro Aluminum is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Commerce, TX, in the primary metals sector. It reported 1.7K lbs of releases across 7 chemicals in 2023, and 8.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 10,065 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. Hydro Aluminum is pounds #972 and chemical-count #493 at 8.9K 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: Txi-Greenville Ready Mix; L3HARRIS Technologies Integrated Systems L.P.; Masonite Interior Door Plant; Cytec Engineered Materials Inc. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Texas: Almatis Burnside Inc; Rochester Silver Works LLC; Watry Industries; Kaiser Aluminum Fabricated Products Llc.. Other Hydro Aluminum Metals USA LLC sites in this extract: Hydro Aluminum Metals USA LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Aluminum (fume or dust); Manganese; Nickel; Lead.
Hydro Aluminum is a LIGHT · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Commerce, TX: 8.9K lbs across 7 chemicals (3 carcinogen-classified, CARC-LEAN). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment off-site transfers at 49.9%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Almatis Burnside Inc and Rochester Silver Works LLC.
Hydro Aluminum vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
8.9K 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
Hydro Aluminum inside Hunt's TRI pounds
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Hydro Aluminum reports the 757th-largest volume (8.9K lbs). This one site accounts for 27.0% of every pound reported in Hunt. Scale peers outside Texas include Almatis Burnside Inc and Rochester Silver Works LLC.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Hunt's reported pounds (32.9K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Hydro Aluminum's total reported releases rose from 1.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Hydro Aluminum's off-site transfers rose from 536 lb in 2022 to 1.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Hydro Aluminum's air releases fell from 456 lb in 2022 to 430 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Hydro Aluminum Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Hydro Aluminum releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 8.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 3% (1.6K lbs to 1.7K lbs).
Hydro Aluminum: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Hydro Aluminum year-over-year reported totals (increased by 3% 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: Aluminum (fume or dust).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.6K lbs | 7 |
| 2020 | 1.8K lbs | 7 |
| 2021 | 2.8K lbs | 7 |
| 2022 | 1.0K lbs | 7 |
| 2023 | 1.7K lbs | 7 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Aluminum (fume or dust) | 5.2K lbs | - |
| Manganese | 1.7K lbs | - |
| Nickel | 902 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead | 502 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Copper | 369 lbs | - |
| Chromium | 175 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Hydro Aluminum in Hunt
Nearest TRI Facilities to Hydro Aluminum
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Txi-Greenville Ready Mix, L3HARRIS Technologies Integrated Systems L.P., Masonite Interior Door Plant, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Almatis Burnside Inc, Rochester Silver Works LLC, Watry Industries.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Hydro Aluminum on cumulative reported pounds (8.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Stevens Point Mill, Birchwood Power Facility, Cleanpart Southwest. 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).
Other Hydro Aluminum Metals USA LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Hydro Aluminum Metals USA 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 Aluminum (fume or dust), Manganese, Nickel, Lead; nearby reporters include Txi-Greenville Ready Mix. Hydro Aluminum stamps LIGHT volume · MIXED pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Hydro Aluminum TRI extract (LIGHT · MIXED · CARC-LEAN · lead Aluminum (fume or dust)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Hydro Aluminum totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Commerce, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331314 · Primary Metals. 27.0% of Hunt TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Stevens Point Mill (Δ 5 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Hydro Aluminum stamps LIGHT · MIXED pathway (off-site transfers leads at 49.9%). 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