EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Industrial Models Inc
Gainesville, TX
- Total releases
- 9.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Industrial Models Inc: how the 9.6K lbs splits
9.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 9.6K lbs 100.0%
Industrial Models Inc's 9.6K 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: Styrene.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Industrial Models Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Gainesville, TX, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 2.8K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 9.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 9,884 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. Industrial Models Inc is pounds #958 and chemical-count #1607 at 9.6K 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: Texas Trailer Corp; Bmca Gainesville LLC; Gainesville Steel Fabrication Line; Molded Fiber Glass Companies/texas. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Texas: Hexpol Middlefield; Orafol; Carpenter Co; Leggett & Platt Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Styrene.
Industrial Models Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 9.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Hexpol Middlefield and Orafol.
Industrial Models Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
9.6K lbs Top 38% higher than 62% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Industrial Models Inc: Styrene-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Industrial Models Inc reports the 803rd-largest volume (9.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Styrene alone is 100% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 100% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Texas include Hexpol Middlefield and Orafol.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Industrial Models Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Styrene at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Industrial Models Inc's total reported releases rose from 2.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Industrial Models Inc's air releases rose from 2.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Industrial Models Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Industrial Models Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 9.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 32% (2.1K lbs to 2.8K lbs).
Industrial Models 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 Industrial Models Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 32% 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: Styrene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 1.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 1.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 2.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 2.8K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 1 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Styrene | 9.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
Industrial Models Inc · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Industrial Models Inc
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Texas Trailer Corp, Bmca Gainesville LLC, Gainesville Steel Fabrication Line, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Hexpol Middlefield, Orafol, Carpenter Co.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Industrial Models Inc on cumulative reported pounds (9.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Halliburton Williston Field Camp (halwest), Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Creamland, Nucor Insulated Panel Group. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico 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.
- Halliburton Williston Field Camp (halwest) Williston, ND · Chemicals 9.6K lbs reported
- Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Creamland Albuquerque, NM · Food 9.6K lbs reported
- Nucor Insulated Panel Group North Las Vegas, NV · Fabricated Metals 9.6K lbs reported
- Acme Brick Co-Ouachita Malvern, AR · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 9.6K 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 Styrene; nearby reporters include Texas Trailer Corp. Industrial Models Inc stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Industrial Models Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Styrene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Industrial Models Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Gainesville, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326199 · Plastics and Rubber. 4.3% of Cooke TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Halliburton Williston Field Camp (halwest) (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Industrial Models Inc stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Styrene. 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