EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
USA Fastener
Houston, TX · Parent: Mw Industries Inc
- Total releases
- 22 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
USA Fastener: how the 22 lbs splits
22 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 20 lbs 90.9%
- Water Discharges 2 lbs 9.1%
USA Fastener's 22 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 90.9% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 9.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Manganese.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
USA Fastener is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Houston, TX, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 21 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 22 lbs in total across its 2022-2023 reporting years. That ranks 17,900 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. USA Fastener is pounds #1600 and chemical-count #1359 at 22 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: Henry Co; Standard Machine Works Inc; H.b. Fuller Construction Products Inc.; Modern Welding Co of Tx Inc. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Texas: Cooper B-Line Inc Pinckneyville Illinois; Continental Heat Treating Inc; Hart & Cooley; A & E Inc. Other Mw Industries Inc sites in this extract: Mw Components - Greer: Springs; Mw Components - Baltimore; Pontotoc Spring; Paragon Medical. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese; Nickel.
USA Fastener stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (90.9% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 22 lbs (2022–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Cooper B-Line Inc Pinckneyville Illinois and Continental Heat Treating Inc.
USA Fastener vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
22 lbs 31st percentile higher than 31% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
USA Fastener in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, USA Fastener reports the 2,437th-largest volume (22 lbs). Scale peers outside Texas include Cooper B-Line Inc Pinckneyville Illinois and Continental Heat Treating Inc.
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
- USA Fastener's total reported releases rose from 1 lb in 2022 to 21 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- USA Fastener's off-site transfers rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 20 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- USA Fastener's chemicals reported rose from 1 in 2022 to 2 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
USA Fastener Form-R facts
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See how USA Fastener stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
43% more than the comparison
2.0× 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 USA Fastener releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 22 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2022 to 2023, total releases increased by 2000% (1 lbs to 21 lbs).
USA Fastener: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2022–2023
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows USA Fastener year-over-year reported totals (increased by 2000% from 2022 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: Manganese.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 21 lbs | 2 |
USA Fastener · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to USA Fastener
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Henry Co, Standard Machine Works Inc, H.b. Fuller Construction Products Inc., 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. Cooper B-Line Inc Pinckneyville Illinois, Continental Heat Treating Inc, Hart & Cooley.
Other Mw Industries Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Mw Components - Greer: Springs, Mw Components - Baltimore, Pontotoc Spring.
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 Manganese, Nickel; nearby reporters include Henry Co. USA Fastener stamps TRACE 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 USA Fastener TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
USA Fastener totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Houston, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2022–2023 (2 years). NAICS 332722 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Harris TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Anderson Chemical Co (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
USA Fastener stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese. 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