EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Praxair Surface Technologies Inc
Houston, TX · Parent: Praxair Inc
- Total releases
- 275 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2020
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Praxair Surface Technologies Inc: how the 275 lbs splits
275 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 275 lbs 100.0%
Praxair Surface Technologies Inc's 275 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Propylene.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Praxair Surface Technologies Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Houston, TX, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 130 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2020, and 275 lbs in total across its 2019-2020 reporting years. That ranks 15,456 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. Praxair Surface Technologies Inc is pounds #1418 and chemical-count #1714 at 275 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: Jersey Village Plant; Sika Mbcc US LLC; Koch Heat Transfer Co LP; Nov Rig Systems Fm 529. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Texas: Hobson & Motzer, Inc.; American Metal Fibers Inc; Kirby Building System; Liberty Safe & Security Inc. Other Praxair Inc sites in this extract: Praxair Inc; Praxair Inc - Praxair Geismar Ssu Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Propylene.
Praxair Surface Technologies Inc stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 275 lbs (2019–2020). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Hobson & Motzer, Inc. and American Metal Fibers Inc.
Praxair Surface Technologies Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
275 lbs 41st percentile higher than 41% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Praxair Surface Technologies Inc in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Praxair Surface Technologies Inc reports the 2,010th-largest volume (275 lbs). Scale peers outside Texas include Hobson & Motzer, Inc. and American Metal Fibers Inc.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Praxair Surface Technologies Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Praxair Surface Technologies Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 275 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2020, total releases decreased by 10% (145 lbs to 130 lbs).
Praxair Surface Technologies Inc: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2020
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
What this shows Praxair Surface Technologies Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 10% from 2019 to 2020). 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: Propylene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 145 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 130 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2020). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Propylene | 275 lbs | - |
Praxair Surface Technologies Inc · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Praxair Surface Technologies Inc
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Jersey Village Plant, Sika Mbcc US LLC, Koch Heat Transfer Co LP, 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. Hobson & Motzer, Inc., American Metal Fibers Inc, Kirby Building System.
Other Praxair Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Praxair Inc, Praxair Inc - Praxair Geismar Ssu 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 Propylene; nearby reporters include Jersey Village Plant. Praxair Surface Technologies Inc stamps TRACE volume · AIR 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.
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This Praxair Surface Technologies Inc TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Propylene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Praxair Surface Technologies Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Houston, TX, latest year 2020. Form-R rows span 2019–2020 (2 years). NAICS 332812 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Harris TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: H.b. Fuller Co (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Praxair Surface Technologies Inc stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Propylene. 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