EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Pure Castings Co
Lockhart, TX · Parent: Pure Castings Co
- Total releases
- 2.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Pure Castings Co: how the 2.6K lbs splits
2.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 2.4K lbs 91.5%
- Air Releases 223 lbs 8.4%
- Water Discharges 3 lbs 0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Pure Castings Co's 2.6K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 91.5% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 8.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Chromium.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Pure Castings Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Lockhart, TX, in the primary metals sector. It reported 660 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 2.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 12,322 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. Pure Castings Co is pounds #1181 and chemical-count #1038 at 2.6K 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: Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi LLC Mustang Ridge; Elgi Rubber Co LLC; Collins Aerospace San Marcos; Txi-San Marcos Ready Mix. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Texas: Bull Moose Tube Co; Iwg Nest Inc- Rome; Certified Alloy Products Inc; Worthington Steel Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium; Nickel; Copper.
Pure Castings Co stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (91.5% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Bull Moose Tube Co and Iwg Nest Inc- Rome.
Pure Castings Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.6K lbs Top 47% higher than 53% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Pure Castings Co: Chromium-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Pure Castings Co reports the 927th-largest volume (2.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Chromium alone is 72.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Bull Moose Tube Co and Iwg Nest Inc- Rome.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Pure Castings Co's pounds in one chemical - here Chromium at 72.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Pure Castings Co's total reported releases rose from 320 lb in 2022 to 660 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Pure Castings Co's off-site transfers rose from 287 lb in 2022 to 608 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Pure Castings Co's chemicals reported rose from 1 in 2022 to 2 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Pure Castings Co's air releases rose from 32 lb in 2022 to 51 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Pure Castings Co Form-R facts
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Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Pure Castings Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 40% (1.1K lbs to 660 lbs).
Pure Castings Co: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Pure Castings Co year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 40% 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: Chromium.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.1K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 281 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 278 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 320 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 660 lbs | 2 |
Pure Castings Co · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Pure Castings Co
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi LLC Mustang Ridge, Elgi Rubber Co LLC, Collins Aerospace San Marcos, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Bull Moose Tube Co, Iwg Nest Inc- Rome, Certified Alloy Products Inc.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Pure Castings Co on cumulative reported pounds (2.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Chemaid Laboratories Inc., Bull Moose Tube Co, Univar Solutions USA 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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 Chromium, Nickel, Copper; nearby reporters include Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi LLC Mustang Ridge. Pure Castings Co stamps LIGHT 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.
Use and verify this record
This Pure Castings Co TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Chromium) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Pure Castings Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Lockhart, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331512 · Primary Metals. 3.3% of Caldwell TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Chemaid Laboratories Inc. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Pure Castings Co stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Chromium. 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