EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Insteel Wire Products Co
Houston, TX · Parent: Insteel Industries Inc
- Total releases
- 104.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2022
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Insteel Wire Products Co: how the 104.2K lbs splits
104.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 104.1K lbs 100.0%
- Water Discharges 43 lbs <0.1%
- Land Disposal 4 lbs <0.1%
- Air Releases 0 lbs <0.1%
Insteel Wire Products Co's 104.2K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Insteel Wire Products Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Houston, TX, in the primary metals sector. It reported 39.3K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2022, and 104.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2022 reporting years. That ranks 4,498 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. Insteel Wire Products Co is pounds #443 and chemical-count #948 at 104.2K 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Daniel Measurement & Control Inc; United Galvanizing Inc.; Quietflex Manufacturing Co LP; Custom Crete - Brittmore. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Texas: Sark Wire; Acme Foundry Inc; Nemak Glasgow Plant #1; Mount Joy Wire Corp. Other Insteel Industries Inc sites in this extract: Insteel Wire Products; Insteel Wire Products; Insteel Wire Products; Insteel Wire Products. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Zinc compounds; Lead compounds.
Insteel Wire Products Co stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 104.2K lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Sark Wire and Acme Foundry Inc.
Insteel Wire Products Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
104K lbs Top 17% higher than 83% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Insteel Wire Products Co: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Insteel Wire Products Co reports the 402nd-largest volume (104.2K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 76.7% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Sark Wire and Acme Foundry Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Insteel Wire Products Co's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 76.7%. Not a toxicity score.
Insteel Wire Products Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Insteel Wire Products Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 104.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases increased by 28% (30.6K lbs to 39.3K lbs).
Insteel Wire Products Co: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Insteel Wire Products Co year-over-year reported totals (increased by 28% from 2019 to 2022). 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 30.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 34.2K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 4 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 39.3K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 79.9K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 24.3K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 2 lbs | - |
Insteel Wire Products Co · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Insteel Wire Products Co
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Daniel Measurement & Control Inc, United Galvanizing Inc., Quietflex Manufacturing Co LP, ordered by distance.
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Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Sark Wire, Acme Foundry Inc, Nemak Glasgow Plant #1.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Insteel Wire Products Co on cumulative reported pounds (104.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Prescolite Inc., Bellwood Printing Plant, A.g. Simpson (usa) Inc.. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Zinc compounds, Lead compounds; nearby reporters include Daniel Measurement & Control Inc. Insteel Wire Products Co stamps MID volume · OFFSITE 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 Insteel Wire Products Co TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Insteel Wire Products Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Houston, TX, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 331222 · Primary Metals. 0.0% of Harris TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Prescolite Inc. (Δ 27 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Insteel Wire Products Co stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). 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