EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Merchant Metals LLC
Houston, TX · Parent: Merchants Metals LLC
- Total releases
- 279.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Merchant Metals LLC: how the 279.4K lbs splits
279.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 266.8K lbs 95.5%
- Air Releases 11.8K lbs 4.2%
- Water Discharges 856 lbs 0.3%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Merchant Metals LLC's 279.4K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 95.5% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 4.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Merchant Metals LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Houston, TX, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 198.6K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 279.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,692 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. Merchant Metals LLC is pounds #282 and chemical-count #931 at 279.4K 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: Eastex Forest Products; Innovex Lucerne; Weatherford Well Screen COMPANY-11939 Aldine Westfield Rd; Deacero USA Inc. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Texas: Century Plating Co Inc.; Precoat Metals; Morgan Ohare Inc.; Pioneer Metal Finishing - Chippewa Falls. Other Merchants Metals LLC sites in this extract: Merchants Metals; Adc Manufacturing. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Lead compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds.
Merchant Metals LLC stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (95.5% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 279.4K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Century Plating Co Inc. and Precoat Metals.
Merchant Metals LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
279K lbs Top 10% higher than 90% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Merchant Metals LLC: Zinc compounds-led volume
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Merchant Metals LLC reports the 201st-largest volume, placing it in the top 5.9% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 99.3% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Century Plating Co Inc. and Precoat Metals.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Merchant Metals LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 99.3%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Merchant Metals LLC's total reported releases rose from 12.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 198.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Merchant Metals LLC's off-site transfers rose from 12.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 195.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Merchant Metals LLC's air releases rose from 841 lb in 2022 to 2.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Merchant Metals LLC's water releases rose from 134 lb in 2022 to 176 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Merchant Metals LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Merchant Metals LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 279.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 765% (23.0K lbs to 198.6K lbs).
Merchant Metals LLC: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Merchant Metals LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 765% 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 23.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 23.7K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 21.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 12.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 198.6K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 277.4K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 1.1K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 889 lbs | - |
Merchant Metals LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Merchant Metals LLC
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Eastex Forest Products, Innovex Lucerne, Weatherford Well Screen COMPANY-11939 Aldine Westfield Rd, 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. Century Plating Co Inc., Precoat Metals, Morgan Ohare Inc..
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Merchant Metals LLC on cumulative reported pounds (279.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Century Plating Co Inc., Viking Yacht Co Inc, Hartson-Kennedy 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.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Century Plating Co Inc. Chicago, IL · Fabricated Metals 279.4K lbs reported
- Viking Yacht Co Inc New Gretna, NJ · Transportation Equipment 279.2K lbs reported
- Hartson-Kennedy Inc Gulfport, MS · Furniture 279.0K lbs reported
- Fujifilm Electronic Materials USA Inc Mesa, AZ · Chemicals 278.9K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Merchants Metals LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Merchants Metals, Adc Manufacturing.
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 Zinc compounds, Lead compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds; nearby reporters include Eastex Forest Products. Merchant Metals LLC 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.
Use and verify this record
This Merchant Metals LLC TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Merchant Metals LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Houston, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332812 · Fabricated Metals. 0.1% of Harris TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Century Plating Co Inc. (Δ 9 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Merchant Metals LLC stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Zinc 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