EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Nelco
Houston, TX · Parent: Nelco
- Total releases
- 55 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
MIXED Form-R mix
Nelco: how the 55 lbs splits
55 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 28 lbs 50.9%
- Off-site Transfers 20 lbs 36.4%
- Water Discharges 7 lbs 12.7%
Nelco's 55 lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 50.9% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 36.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead.
TRACE volume MIXED pathway CARC-HEAVY
Nelco is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Houston, TX, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 10 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 55 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 17,113 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. Nelco is pounds #1547 and chemical-count #1347 at 55 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: Sun Coast Resources LLC; W. R. Grace & Co Conn; Mauser Corp.; Lone Star Heat Treating Corp. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Texas: Forge Group Dekalb LLC DBA Dekalb Forge Co; Rebco Inc; Leader Tech Inc.; Carpenter Technology Corp - Athens South. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead; Antimony.
Nelco is a TRACE · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Houston, TX: 55 lbs across 2 chemicals (1 carcinogen-classified, CARC-HEAVY). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 50.9%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Forge Group Dekalb LLC DBA Dekalb Forge Co and Rebco Inc.
Nelco vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
55 lbs 34th percentile higher than 34% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Nelco in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Nelco reports the 2,300th-largest volume (55 lbs). Scale peers outside Texas include Forge Group Dekalb LLC DBA Dekalb Forge Co and Rebco Inc.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Nelco Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Nelco releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 55 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 33% (15 lbs to 10 lbs).
Nelco: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Nelco year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 33% 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: Lead.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 15 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 14 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 11 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 5 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 10 lbs | 2 |
Nelco in Harris
Nearest TRI Facilities to Nelco
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Sun Coast Resources LLC, W. R. Grace & Co Conn, Mauser Corp., 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. Forge Group Dekalb LLC DBA Dekalb Forge Co, Rebco Inc, Leader Tech 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 Lead, Antimony; nearby reporters include Sun Coast Resources LLC. Nelco stamps TRACE volume · MIXED pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Nelco TRI extract (TRACE · MIXED · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Nelco totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Houston, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332312 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Harris TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Forge Group Dekalb LLC DBA Dekalb Forge Co (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Nelco stamps TRACE · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 50.9%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. 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