EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
Lhoist North America - Plant
New Braunfels, TX · Parent: Lhoist N.a.
- Total releases
- 59.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Lhoist North America - Plant: how the 59.1K lbs splits
59.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 59.0K lbs 99.9%
- Air Releases 52 lbs 0.1%
Lhoist North America - Plant's 59.1K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Vanadium 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.
LIGHT volume LAND pathway CARC-LEAN
Lhoist North America - Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in New Braunfels, TX, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 8.2K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 59.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,756 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. Lhoist North America - Plant is pounds #556 and chemical-count #461 at 59.1K 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: Cemex Construction Materials South LLC - Balcones Plant; Leisure Pools & Spas Manufacturing N.a. Inc.; Asphalt Inc. Garden Ridge; Asphalt Inc Hanson Garden Ridge Plant. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Texas: Sioux City Brick & Tile Co United Brick & Tile a Div; Owens Corning Santa Clara Plant; Staker & Parson- California Avenue Facility; Green Country Marble. Other Lhoist N.a. sites in this extract: Lhoist Na of Arizona-Apex Plant (part); Lhoist North America of Texas (plant Operations); Lhoist North America Nativadad Plant; Lhoist Na. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Vanadium compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Lead compounds; Nickel And Nickel Compounds.
Lhoist North America - Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant LAND pathway (99.9% land disposal) across 7 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 59.1K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Sioux City Brick & Tile Co United Brick & Tile a Div and Owens Corning Santa Clara Plant.
Lhoist North America - Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
59K lbs Top 22% higher than 78% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Lhoist North America - Plant in the Nonmetallic Mineral Product sector extract
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, Lhoist North America - Plant reports the 218th-largest volume, placing it in the top 6.7% of its sector. Scale peers outside Texas include Sioux City Brick & Tile Co United Brick & Tile a Div and Owens Corning Santa Clara Plant.
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
- Lhoist North America - Plant's total reported releases rose from 4.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 8.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Lhoist North America - Plant's air releases rose from 3 lb in 2022 to 18 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Lhoist North America - Plant's land releases rose from 4.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 8.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Lhoist North America - Plant's chemicals reported rose from 3 in 2022 to 5 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Lhoist North America - Plant Form-R facts
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See how Lhoist North America - Plant stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Lhoist North America - Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 59.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 41% (13.9K lbs to 8.2K lbs).
Lhoist North America - Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Lhoist North America - Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 41% 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: Vanadium compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 13.9K lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 22.6K lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 9.8K lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 4.4K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 8.2K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Vanadium compounds | 31.8K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 10.7K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 8.4K lbs | - |
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 6.3K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nickel compounds | 1.7K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 96 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Lhoist North America - Plant · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Lhoist North America - Plant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Cemex Construction Materials South LLC - Balcones Plant, Leisure Pools & Spas Manufacturing N.a. Inc., Asphalt Inc. Garden Ridge, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
Similar Nonmetallic Mineral Product Facilities
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Sioux City Brick & Tile Co United Brick & Tile a Div, Owens Corning Santa Clara Plant, Staker & Parson- California Avenue Facility.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Lhoist North America - Plant on cumulative reported pounds (59.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Westerman Inc, Perrigo Pbm Covington LLC, Steel King Industries 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).
Other Lhoist N.a. Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Lhoist Na of Arizona-Apex Plant (part), Lhoist North America of Texas (plant Operations), Lhoist North America Nativadad Plant.
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 Vanadium compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds, Lead compounds, Nickel And Nickel Compounds; nearby reporters include Cemex Construction Materials South LLC - Balcones Plant. Lhoist North America - Plant stamps LIGHT volume · LAND 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 Lhoist North America - Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · LAND · CARC-LEAN · lead Vanadium compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Lhoist North America - Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for New Braunfels, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 327410 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 6.9% of Comal TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Westerman Inc (Δ 24 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Lhoist North America - Plant stamps LIGHT volume · LAND pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Vanadium compounds. 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