EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Merritt Preferred Components
Kilgore, TX
- Total releases
- 24 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Merritt Preferred Components: how the 24 lbs splits
24 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 19 lbs 82.0%
- Air Releases 3 lbs 11.5%
- Water Discharges 2 lbs 6.5%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Merritt Preferred Components's 24 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 82.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 11.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Copper.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Merritt Preferred Components is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Kilgore, TX, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 21 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 24 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 17,864 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. Merritt Preferred Components is pounds #1597 and chemical-count #1358 at 24 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: Coastal Chemical Co. LLC; Baker Petrolite Kilgore Blend Plant; Sun Coast Resources LLC; Lone Star Casting & Machine Partners. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Texas: Santier Inc.; Hart & Cooley; Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc.; Seneca Foods Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper; Lead.
Compare Merritt Preferred Components with
Nearest reporters in Texas
- Coastal Chemical Co. LLC Kilgore · 33.1K lbs
- Baker Petrolite Kilgore Blend Plant Kilgore · 2.8K lbs
- Sun Coast Resources LLC Kilgore · 35 lbs
- Lone Star Casting & Machine Partners Kilgore · 361.3K lbs
Similar-scale Fabricated Metals sites elsewhere: Santier Inc. (CA) · Hart & Cooley (ID) · Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc. (AL)
Merritt Preferred Components stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (82.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 24 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Santier Inc. and Hart & Cooley.
Merritt Preferred Components vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
24 lbs 31st percentile higher than 31% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Merritt Preferred Components in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Merritt Preferred Components reports the 2,435th-largest volume (24 lbs). Scale peers outside Texas include Santier Inc. and Hart & Cooley.
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
- Merritt Preferred Components's total reported releases rose from 1 lb in 2022 to 21 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Merritt Preferred Components's off-site transfers rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 18 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Merritt Preferred Components's chemicals reported rose from 1 in 2022 to 2 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Merritt Preferred Components Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Merritt Preferred Components releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 24 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 3338% (1 lbs to 21 lbs).
Merritt Preferred Components: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Merritt Preferred Components year-over-year reported totals (increased by 3338% 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: Copper.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 21 lbs | 2 |
Merritt Preferred Components · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Merritt Preferred Components
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Coastal Chemical Co. LLC, Baker Petrolite Kilgore Blend Plant, Sun Coast Resources LLC, ordered by distance.
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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 Copper, Lead; nearby reporters include Coastal Chemical Co. LLC. Merritt Preferred Components stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE 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.
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This Merritt Preferred Components TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Copper) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Merritt Preferred Components totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Kilgore, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332710 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Gregg TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Calportland Co National City Ready-Mixed (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Merritt Preferred Components stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Copper. 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