EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Quality Electric Steel Castings LP
Houston, TX
- Total releases
- 19.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Quality Electric Steel Castings LP: how the 19.1K lbs splits
19.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 18.6K lbs 97.4%
- Air Releases 434 lbs 2.3%
- Water Discharges 68 lbs 0.4%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Quality Electric Steel Castings LP's 19.1K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 97.4% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 2.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Quality Electric Steel Castings LP is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Houston, TX, in the primary metals sector. It reported 661 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 19.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 8,341 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. Quality Electric Steel Castings LP is pounds #812 and chemical-count #668 at 19.1K 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Nvent; Hydril Co; Vibrantz Energy LLC; Tyson Refrigerated Processed Meats Inc.. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Texas: Amg Titanium LLC; Hydro Precision Tubing USA LLC; Castalloy Inc.; Aviva Metals Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Diisocyanates; Manganese; Phenol.
Quality Electric Steel Castings LP stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (97.4% off-site transfers) across 5 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 19.1K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Amg Titanium LLC and Hydro Precision Tubing USA LLC.
Quality Electric Steel Castings LP vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
19K lbs Top 32% higher than 68% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Quality Electric Steel Castings LP in the Primary Metals sector extract
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Quality Electric Steel Castings LP reports the 650th-largest volume (19.1K lbs). Scale peers outside Texas include Amg Titanium LLC and Hydro Precision Tubing USA LLC.
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
- Quality Electric Steel Castings LP's total reported releases fell from 4.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 661 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Quality Electric Steel Castings LP's off-site transfers fell from 4.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 650 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Quality Electric Steel Castings LP's air releases fell from 48 lb in 2022 to 7 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Quality Electric Steel Castings LP's chemicals reported fell from 4 in 2022 to 1 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Quality Electric Steel Castings LP Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Quality Electric Steel Castings LP releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 19.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 88% (5.4K lbs to 661 lbs).
Quality Electric Steel Castings LP: 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 Quality Electric Steel Castings LP year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 88% 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 compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5.4K lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 7.0K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 1.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 4.8K lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 661 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 5 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 9.4K lbs | - |
| Diisocyanates | 5.8K lbs | - |
| Manganese | 3.7K lbs | - |
| Phenol | 246 lbs | - |
| Naphthalene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Quality Electric Steel Castings LP · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Quality Electric Steel Castings LP on cumulative reported pounds (19.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Carlisle Polyurethane Systems, Pennengineering, Fehrer Automotive N.a. LLC. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of Puerto Rico LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
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Similar chemical count
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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 Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Diisocyanates, Manganese, Phenol; nearby reporters include Nvent. Quality Electric Steel Castings LP stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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 Quality Electric Steel Castings LP TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Quality Electric Steel Castings LP totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Houston, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331513 · Primary Metals. 0.0% of Harris TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Thorpe Plant Services (Δ 4 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Quality Electric Steel Castings LP stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region). 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