EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Merritt Preferred Components
Kilgore, TX
- Total releases
- 24 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
Reported-total composition
How the reported total is distributed
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%
The segments reconcile to the cumulative total shown above. Off-site transfers are shown separately from releases to air, water, and land.
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.
Merritt Preferred Components has reported 24 lbs of toxic releases across 2 chemicals to the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, based on annual facility disclosures from 2019 through 2023. Of the chemicals reported, 1 is classified as carcinogen, representing 50% of the facility's chemical profile. The facility operates in the Fabricated Metals sector. The primary release pathway is off-site transfers, accounting for 82% of total releases. All release data shown below is self-reported to the EPA under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) Section 313.
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
Where this facility sits in the TRI record
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Merritt Preferred Components reports the 2,435th-largest volume (24 lbs).
Placement is computed from reported TRI pounds in this database. Thresholds are fixed across every facility page: concentrated ≥60% of volume in one chemical, county-dominant ≥25% of the county total, carcinogen-heavy ≥50% of pounds. Share-based statements are shown only for sites reporting at least 1,000 lbs, because a share of a very small total is not a meaningful signal. Reported pounds are self-reported estimates and do not measure toxicity or health risk.
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.
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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).
Reported total releases by year
Merritt Preferred Components - annual TRI totals
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Year-over-year reported totals. TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production levels, waste-rock handling and reporting changes, not only with emissions controls.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 21 lbs | 2 |
Location
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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Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Santier Inc., Hart & Cooley, Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc..
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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- 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