EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Solar Turbines Inc- Turbofab
Channelview, TX · Parent: Caterpillar Inc
- Total releases
- 30 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Solar Turbines Inc- Turbofab: how the 30 lbs splits
30 lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 30 lbs 100.0%
Solar Turbines Inc- Turbofab's 30 lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Chromium.
TRACE volume WATER pathway CARC-HEAVY
Solar Turbines Inc- Turbofab is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Channelview, TX, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 30 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 17,636 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. Solar Turbines Inc- Turbofab is pounds #1585 and chemical-count #1356 at 30 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: K-Solv Chemicals LLC; Hartree Refinery; Technipfmc Umbilicals Inc; Monument Chemical Houston LLC. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Texas: Kaga (u.s.a.) Inc.; Thermionics Metal Processing Inc.; Tanco Engineering Inc.; Plating for Electronics Inc.. Other Caterpillar Inc sites in this extract: Caterpillar Reman Div; Caterpillar Inc Mapleton Plant; Caterpillar East Peoria; Caterpillar Inc. - High Performance Molded Products. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium; Nickel.
Solar Turbines Inc- Turbofab stamps TRACE volume with a dominant WATER pathway (100.0% water discharges) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 30 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Kaga (u.s.a.) Inc. and Thermionics Metal Processing Inc..
Solar Turbines Inc- Turbofab vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
30 lbs 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Solar Turbines Inc- Turbofab in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Solar Turbines Inc- Turbofab reports the 2,391st-largest volume (30 lbs). Scale peers outside Texas include Kaga (u.s.a.) Inc. and Thermionics Metal Processing Inc..
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Solar Turbines Inc- Turbofab Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Solar Turbines Inc- Turbofab releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 30 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (10 lbs to 0 lbs).
Solar Turbines Inc- Turbofab: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Solar Turbines Inc- Turbofab year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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 | 10 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 10 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 10 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 2 |
Solar Turbines Inc- Turbofab · WATER-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Solar Turbines Inc- Turbofab
Closest other reporters in Texas - including K-Solv Chemicals LLC, Hartree Refinery, Technipfmc Umbilicals Inc, 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. Kaga (u.s.a.) Inc., Thermionics Metal Processing Inc., Tanco Engineering Inc..
Other Caterpillar Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Caterpillar Reman Div, Caterpillar Inc Mapleton Plant, Caterpillar East Peoria.
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; nearby reporters include K-Solv Chemicals LLC. Solar Turbines Inc- Turbofab stamps TRACE volume · WATER 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.
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This Solar Turbines Inc- Turbofab TRI extract (TRACE · WATER · CARC-HEAVY · lead Chromium) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Solar Turbines Inc- Turbofab totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Channelview, 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: Alexandria Extrusion Co (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Solar Turbines Inc- Turbofab stamps TRACE volume · WATER pathway · CARC-HEAVY · 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