EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Southwestern Plating Co. Inc.
Houston, TX · Parent: Southwestern Plating Co
- Total releases
- 24.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Southwestern Plating Co. Inc.: how the 24.2K lbs splits
24.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 24.1K lbs 99.3%
- Air Releases 171 lbs 0.7%
Southwestern Plating Co. Inc.'s 24.2K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.3% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
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-MID
Southwestern Plating Co. Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Houston, TX, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 3.7K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 24.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,812 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. Southwestern Plating Co. Inc. is pounds #764 and chemical-count #479 at 24.2K 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Dee Foundries Inc; Dixie Electro Plating Co.; Fulton Plant; Modern Welding Co of Tx Inc. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Texas: Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Plant 2; Container Life Cycle Management LLC DBA Drumco; Valmont Newmark; Vorteq Coil Finishers. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Cadmium And Cadmium Compounds; Cadmium compounds; Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
Southwestern Plating Co. Inc. stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.3% off-site transfers) across 7 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 24.2K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Plant 2 and Container Life Cycle Management LLC DBA Drumco.
Southwestern Plating Co. Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
24K lbs Top 30% higher than 70% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Southwestern Plating Co. Inc. in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Southwestern Plating Co. Inc. reports the 900th-largest volume (24.2K lbs). Scale peers outside Texas include Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Plant 2 and Container Life Cycle Management LLC DBA Drumco.
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
- Southwestern Plating Co. Inc.'s total reported releases fell from 4.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Southwestern Plating Co. Inc.'s off-site transfers fell from 4.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Southwestern Plating Co. Inc. Form-R facts
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See how Southwestern Plating Co. Inc. stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
15.1× more than the comparison
7.0× more than the comparison
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 Southwestern Plating Co. Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 24.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 45% (6.6K lbs to 3.7K lbs).
Southwestern Plating Co. Inc.: 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 Southwestern Plating Co. Inc. year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 45% 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6.6K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 5.3K lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 4.4K lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 4.3K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 3.7K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 10.0K lbs | - |
| Cadmium And Cadmium Compounds | 7.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Cadmium compounds | 3.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 3.4K lbs | - |
| Cyanide compounds | 248 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 3 lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 1 lbs | - |
Southwestern Plating Co. Inc. · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Southwestern Plating Co. Inc.
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Dee Foundries Inc, Dixie Electro Plating Co., Fulton Plant, 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. Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Plant 2, Container Life Cycle Management LLC DBA Drumco, Valmont Newmark.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Southwestern Plating Co. Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (24.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Green Bay Packaging Inc, Tempur Production USA LLC DBA Mountain Top Foam, Vigor Alaska. Chemical-count peers include Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. 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.
- Green Bay Packaging Inc Green Bay, WI · Paper 24.2K lbs reported
- Tempur Production USA LLC DBA Mountain Top Foam Mountain Top, PA · Plastics and Rubber 24.2K lbs reported
- Vigor Alaska Ketchikan, AK · Transportation Equipment 24.2K lbs reported
- Hammond Steam Electric Generating Plant Rome, GA · Electric Utilities 24.2K lbs reported
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 Zinc compounds, Cadmium And Cadmium Compounds, Cadmium compounds, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); nearby reporters include Dee Foundries Inc. Southwestern Plating Co. Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-MID 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 Southwestern Plating Co. Inc. TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-MID · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Southwestern Plating Co. Inc. 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. 0.0% of Harris TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Green Bay Packaging Inc (Δ 3 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Southwestern Plating Co. Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-MID · lead Zinc compounds. 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