EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
S + S Industries
Houston, TX · Parent: S + S Industries
- Total releases
- 179.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 11
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
S + S Industries: how the 179.2K lbs splits
179.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 163.0K lbs 91.0%
- Air Releases 16.2K lbs 9.0%
S + S Industries's 179.2K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 91.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 9.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitric acid.
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.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
S + S Industries is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Houston, TX, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 38.5K lbs of releases across 9 chemicals in 2023, and 179.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,443 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. S + S Industries is pounds #354 and chemical-count #224 at 179.2K 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: Set Environmental Inc.; H & M Plating Co Inc.; Mykawa Plant; Univar Solutions USA. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Texas: Meyer Utility Structures LLC Plt No 1665; L&m Fabrication & Machine Inc. (south); Professional Plating; Wolverine Advanced Materials. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid; Zinc compounds; N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone; Cyanide compounds.
S + S Industries stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (91.0% off-site transfers) across 11 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 179.2K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Meyer Utility Structures LLC Plt No 1665 and L&m Fabrication & Machine Inc. (south).
S + S Industries vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
179K lbs Top 13% higher than 87% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
S + S Industries in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, S + S Industries reports the 303rd-largest volume, placing it in the top 8.9% of its sector. Scale peers outside Texas include Meyer Utility Structures LLC Plt No 1665 and L&m Fabrication & Machine Inc. (south).
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
- S + S Industries's total reported releases rose from 38.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 38.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- S + S Industries's off-site transfers rose from 34.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 34.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- S + S Industries's air releases fell from 4.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
S + S Industries Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How S + S Industries releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 179.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 120% (17.5K lbs to 38.5K lbs).
S + S Industries: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows S + S Industries year-over-year reported totals (increased by 120% 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: Nitric acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 17.5K lbs | 6 |
| 2020 | 43.9K lbs | 7 |
| 2021 | 41.4K lbs | 9 |
| 2022 | 38.0K lbs | 9 |
| 2023 | 38.5K lbs | 9 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 11 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 79.7K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 65.8K lbs | - |
| N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 14.3K lbs | - |
| Cyanide compounds | 7.6K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 4.1K lbs | - |
| Nickel compounds | 3.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 2.9K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Certain glycol ethers | 1.9K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 5 lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 0 lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 0 lbs | - |
S + S Industries · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to S + S Industries
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Set Environmental Inc., H & M Plating Co Inc., Mykawa Plant, 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. Meyer Utility Structures LLC Plt No 1665, L&m Fabrication & Machine Inc. (south), Professional Plating.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest S + S Industries on cumulative reported pounds (179.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (11). Release-pound peers include K81 - Goodland Oilseeds, Birla Carbon USA Inc, Dairyland Power Cooperative - Genoa Site. Chemical-count peers include Puerto Rico Energy LLC - Bayamon Terminal, Lanco Manufacturing Corp, Buckeye Caribbean Terminals LLC (former Scyi). 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).
- Puerto Rico Energy LLC - Bayamon Terminal Bayamon, PR · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 11 chemicals
- Lanco Manufacturing Corp San Lorenzo, PR · Chemicals 11 chemicals
- Buckeye Caribbean Terminals LLC (former Scyi) Yabucoa, PR · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 11 chemicals
- Limetree Bay Terminals LLC DBA Ocean Point Terminals Christiansted, VI · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 11 chemicals
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 Nitric acid, Zinc compounds, N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone, Cyanide compounds; nearby reporters include Set Environmental Inc.. S + S Industries stamps MID 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 S + S Industries TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
S + S Industries totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Houston, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332813 · Fabricated Metals. 0.1% of Harris TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: K81 - Goodland Oilseeds (Δ 53 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
S + S Industries stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Nitric acid. 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