EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
Cardinal Glass
Vinton, VA · Parent: Cardinal Glass Industries
- Total releases
- 38 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Cardinal Glass: how the 38 lbs splits
38 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 38 lbs 100.0%
Cardinal Glass's 38 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Chromium.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Cardinal Glass is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Vinton, VA, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 38 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 17,480 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Virginia's 434 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Cardinal Glass is pounds #342 and chemical-count #185 at 38 lbs. U.S. Army Radford Army Ammunition Plant leads reported pounds (50.1M lbs) at 12 chemicals (chemical-count #15). Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc-Front Royal Plant leads chemical count at 28 chemicals (244.6K lbs, pounds #59). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Virginia Transformer Corp.; Frank Chervan Inc; Safety-Kleen Systems Vinton (roa); Chemsolv Inc. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Virginia: S&w Castle Hayne Plant; Irvine Plant 21; 14096 - Prosper; Molalla Concrete. Other Cardinal Glass Industries sites in this extract: Cardinal Glass; Cardinal Cg; Cardinal Fg-Durant; Cardinal Fg Flat Glass Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium; Manganese; Nickel.
Cardinal Glass stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 38 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include S&w Castle Hayne Plant and Irvine Plant 21.
Cardinal Glass vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
38 lbs 33rd percentile higher than 33% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cardinal Glass in the Nonmetallic Mineral Product sector extract
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, Cardinal Glass reports the 1,009th-largest volume (38 lbs). Scale peers outside Virginia include S&w Castle Hayne Plant and Irvine Plant 21.
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
- Cardinal Glass's total reported releases fell from 19 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cardinal Glass's off-site transfers fell from 19 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cardinal Glass's chemicals reported rose from 2 in 2022 to 3 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Cardinal Glass Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cardinal Glass releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 38 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Cardinal Glass: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Cardinal Glass year-over-year reported totals. 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 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 19 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 19 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 3 |
Cardinal Glass · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Virginia - including Virginia Transformer Corp., Frank Chervan Inc, Safety-Kleen Systems Vinton (roa), ordered by distance.
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Similar Nonmetallic Mineral Product Facilities
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Virginia - e.g. S&w Castle Hayne Plant, Irvine Plant 21, 14096 - Prosper.
Other Cardinal Glass Industries Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Cardinal Glass, Cardinal Cg, Cardinal Fg-Durant.
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, Manganese, Nickel; nearby reporters include Virginia Transformer Corp.. Cardinal Glass stamps TRACE 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 Cardinal Glass TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Chromium) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cardinal Glass totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Vinton, VA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 327215 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 0.0% of Roanoke TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Independent Ink Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cardinal Glass stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · 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