EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Superior Essex International Inc.
Brownwood, TX · Parent: Superior Essex Inc
- Total releases
- 5.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Superior Essex International Inc.: how the 5.4K lbs splits
5.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 5.3K lbs 98.4%
- Air Releases 70 lbs 1.3%
- Water Discharges 16 lbs 0.3%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Superior Essex International Inc.'s 5.4K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 98.4% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 1.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Copper.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Superior Essex International Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Brownwood, TX, in the primary metals sector. It reported 347 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 5.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 11,042 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. Superior Essex International Inc. is pounds #1063 and chemical-count #1023 at 5.4K 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: Wright Asphalt Products - Brownwood; Sawyer Oilfield Products; Vrc Technologies; Kohler Co. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Texas: Reading Alloys LLC; Ptc Tubular Products LLC; Omega Wire Inc.- Plant 1; Motor Wheel LLC. Other Superior Essex Inc sites in this extract: Essex Group Inc Chemical Processing Plant; Ls Cable & System U.s.a., Inc.; Superior Essex International Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper; Antimony compounds; Antimony And Antimony Compounds.
Superior Essex International Inc. stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (98.4% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 5.4K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Reading Alloys LLC and Ptc Tubular Products LLC.
Superior Essex International Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
5.4K lbs Top 42% higher than 58% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Superior Essex International Inc.: Copper-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Superior Essex International Inc. reports the 828th-largest volume (5.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Copper alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Reading Alloys LLC and Ptc Tubular Products LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Superior Essex International Inc.'s pounds in one chemical - here Copper at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Superior Essex International Inc.'s total reported releases fell from 3.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 347 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Superior Essex International Inc.'s off-site transfers fell from 3.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 336 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Superior Essex International Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Superior Essex International Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 5.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 1441% (23 lbs to 347 lbs).
Superior Essex International 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 Superior Essex International Inc. year-over-year reported totals (increased by 1441% 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: Copper.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 23 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 835 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 866 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 3.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 347 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Copper | 5.4K lbs | - |
| Antimony compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Superior Essex International Inc. · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Superior Essex International Inc.
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Wright Asphalt Products - Brownwood, Sawyer Oilfield Products, Vrc Technologies, 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. Reading Alloys LLC, Ptc Tubular Products LLC, Omega Wire Inc.- Plant 1.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Superior Essex International Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (5.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include St. Marys Carbon Co Inc, Sub Zero Freezer Co Inc, Nyco Products Co. 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.
- St. Marys Carbon Co Inc Saint Marys, PA · Electrical Equipment 5.4K lbs reported
- Sub Zero Freezer Co Inc Goodyear, AZ · Electrical Equipment 5.4K lbs reported
- Nyco Products Co Countryside, IL · Chemicals 5.4K lbs reported
- Giant Resource Recovery-Sumter Inc Sumter, SC · Hazardous Waste 5.4K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Superior Essex Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Essex Group Inc Chemical Processing Plant, Ls Cable & System U.s.a., Inc., Superior Essex International Inc..
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 Copper, Antimony compounds, Antimony And Antimony Compounds; nearby reporters include Wright Asphalt Products - Brownwood. Superior Essex International Inc. 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.
Use and verify this record
This Superior Essex International Inc. TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Copper) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Superior Essex International Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Brownwood, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331420 · Primary Metals. 0.3% of Brown TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: St. Marys Carbon Co Inc (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Superior Essex International Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Copper. 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