EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
United Copper Industries LLC
Denton, TX · Parent: United Copper Industries LLC
- Total releases
- 31.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 6
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
Reported-total composition
How the reported total is distributed
31.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 19.4K lbs 60.8%
- Off-site Transfers 12.3K lbs 38.7%
- Water Discharges 153 lbs 0.5%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
The segments reconcile to the cumulative total shown above. Off-site transfers are shown separately from releases to air, water, and land.
LIGHT volume MIXED pathway TRACE-CARC
United Copper Industries LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Denton, TX, in the primary metals sector. It reported 8.1K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 31.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,166 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. United Copper Industries LLC is pounds #699 and chemical-count #556 at 31.9K 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: Safety-Kleen Systems Denton Recycle Center; Redi-Mix - Denton; Acme Brick Co-Denton Plant; Victor Equipment Co. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Texas: Northern Iron & Machine; Superior Brass & Aluminum Casting Co; Bekaert Corp; Skyline Steel Llc-Newton. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper And Copper Compounds; Antimony compounds; Antimony And Antimony Compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds.
United Copper Industries LLC has reported 31.9K lbs of toxic releases across 6 chemicals to the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, based on annual facility disclosures from 2019 through 2023. Of the chemicals reported, 1 is classified as carcinogen, representing 17% of the facility's chemical profile. The facility operates in the Primary Metals sector. The primary release pathway is air releases, accounting for 61% of total releases. All release data shown below is self-reported to the EPA under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) Section 313.
United Copper Industries LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
32K lbs Top 28% higher than 72% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Where this facility sits in the TRI record
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, United Copper Industries LLC reports the 567th-largest volume (31.9K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Copper And Copper Compounds alone is 79.9% of the total.
Placement is computed from reported TRI pounds in this database. Thresholds are fixed across every facility page: concentrated ≥60% of volume in one chemical, county-dominant ≥25% of the county total, carcinogen-heavy ≥50% of pounds. Share-based statements are shown only for sites reporting at least 1,000 lbs, because a share of a very small total is not a meaningful signal. Reported pounds are self-reported estimates and do not measure toxicity or health risk.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- United Copper Industries LLC's total reported releases rose from 5.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 8.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- United Copper Industries LLC's off-site transfers rose from 1.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Quick Facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How United Copper Industries LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 31.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 46% (5.6K lbs to 8.1K lbs).
Reported total releases by year
United Copper Industries LLC - annual TRI totals
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Year-over-year reported totals. TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production levels, waste-rock handling and reporting changes, not only with emissions controls.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5.6K lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 6.7K lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 6.2K lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 5.2K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 8.1K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 6 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 25.5K lbs | - |
| Antimony compounds | 4.7K lbs | - |
| Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 1.3K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 382 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Zinc compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Location
Nearest TRI Facilities to United Copper Industries LLC
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Safety-Kleen Systems Denton Recycle Center, Redi-Mix - Denton, Acme Brick Co-Denton Plant, ordered by distance.
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Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Northern Iron & Machine, Superior Brass & Aluminum Casting Co, Bekaert Corp.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest United Copper Industries LLC on cumulative reported pounds (31.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (6). Release-pound peers include US Dod Usaf Cannon Afb, Alaglass Pools, Poet Biorefining - Ashton. Chemical-count peers include Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd, Leoni Wire Inc, Turf Care Supply-Hatfield Plant. 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).
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 And Copper Compounds, Antimony compounds, Antimony And Antimony Compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds; nearby reporters include Safety-Kleen Systems Denton Recycle Center. United Copper Industries LLC stamps LIGHT volume · MIXED pathway · TRACE-CARC 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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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