EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
Cardinal Cg
Spring Green, WI · Parent: Cardinal Glass Industries
- Total releases
- 64.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Cardinal Cg: how the 64.5K lbs splits
64.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 64.5K lbs 100.0%
Cardinal Cg's 64.5K 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: Zinc (fume or dust).
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Cardinal Cg is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Spring Green, WI, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 11.4K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 64.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,556 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Wisconsin's 836 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Cardinal Cg is pounds #214 and chemical-count #680 at 64.5K lbs. Mullins Cheese Inc leads reported pounds (11.2M lbs) at 3 chemicals (chemical-count #319). Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek leads chemical count at 32 chemicals (2.2M lbs, pounds #16). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Cardinal Glass; Cardinal Glass; Cardinal Rotar; Coating Place Inc. Sauk City. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Wisconsin: Lehigh White Cement Co / Waco Plant; Armstrong World Industries Inc Millwood Wv; Ofs Fitel Llc.; Dal-Tile Sunnyvale Mfg. Other Cardinal Glass Industries sites in this extract: Cardinal Glass; Cardinal Fg-Durant; Cardinal Fg Flat Glass Plant; Cardinal Glass. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc (fume or dust).
Cardinal Cg stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 64.5K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Lehigh White Cement Co / Waco Plant and Armstrong World Industries Inc Millwood Wv.
Cardinal Cg vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
64K lbs Top 21% higher than 79% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cardinal Cg: Zinc (fume or dust)-led volume
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, Cardinal Cg reports the 211th-largest volume, placing it in the top 6.5% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc (fume or dust) alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Wisconsin include Lehigh White Cement Co / Waco Plant and Armstrong World Industries Inc Millwood Wv.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Cardinal Cg's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc (fume or dust) at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Cardinal Cg's total reported releases fell from 12.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 11.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cardinal Cg's off-site transfers fell from 12.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 11.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Cardinal Cg Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cardinal Cg releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 64.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 51% (7.6K lbs to 11.4K lbs).
Cardinal Cg: 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 Cardinal Cg year-over-year reported totals (increased by 51% 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 (fume or dust).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 7.6K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 12.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 20.6K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 12.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 11.4K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc (fume or dust) | 64.5K lbs | - |
Cardinal Cg · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Cardinal Cg
Closest other reporters in Wisconsin - including Cardinal Glass, Cardinal Glass, Cardinal Rotar, ordered by distance.
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Similar Nonmetallic Mineral Product Facilities
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Wisconsin - e.g. Lehigh White Cement Co / Waco Plant, Armstrong World Industries Inc Millwood Wv, Ofs Fitel Llc..
Compare beyond Wisconsin
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cardinal Cg on cumulative reported pounds (64.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Seadrift Coke LP, Lehigh White Cement Co / Waco Plant, Corn LP. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. 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).
Other Cardinal Glass Industries Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Cardinal Glass, Cardinal Fg-Durant, Cardinal Fg Flat Glass Plant.
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 (fume or dust); nearby reporters include Cardinal Glass. Cardinal Cg 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 Cardinal Cg TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc (fume or dust)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cardinal Cg totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Spring Green, WI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 327215 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 2.6% of Sauk TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Seadrift Coke LP (Δ 4 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cardinal Cg stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Zinc (fume or dust). 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