EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
Cardinal Fg
Portage, WI · Parent: Cardinal Glass Industries
- Total releases
- 589 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Cardinal Fg: how the 589 lbs splits
589 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 555 lbs 94.2%
- Off-site Transfers 34 lbs 5.8%
Cardinal Fg's 589 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 94.2% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 5.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Cardinal Fg is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Portage, WI, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 139 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 589 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 14,564 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 Fg is pounds #574 and chemical-count #583 at 589 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Fxi Inc. - Portage; Encapsys LLC; Energizer Manufacturing - Portage Plant; Henry G. Meigs Inc.. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Wisconsin: Tumalo Concrete; Concrete Inc; Spotsylvania Plant; Capital Concrete Inc.. 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: Ammonia; Lead.
Cardinal Fg stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (94.2% air releases) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 589 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Tumalo Concrete and Concrete Inc.
Cardinal Fg vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
589 lbs 44th percentile higher than 44% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cardinal Fg in the Nonmetallic Mineral Product sector extract
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, Cardinal Fg reports the 693rd-largest volume, placing it in the top 21.2% of its sector. Scale peers outside Wisconsin include Tumalo Concrete and Concrete Inc.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Cardinal Fg Form-R facts
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29% less than the comparison
2.0× more than the comparison
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cardinal Fg releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 589 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 1314% (10 lbs to 139 lbs).
Cardinal Fg: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Cardinal Fg year-over-year reported totals (increased by 1314% 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 10 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 144 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 149 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 147 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 139 lbs | 2 |
Cardinal Fg · AIR-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Wisconsin - including Fxi Inc. - Portage, Encapsys LLC, Energizer Manufacturing - Portage Plant, 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. Tumalo Concrete, Concrete Inc, Spotsylvania Plant.
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 Ammonia, Lead; nearby reporters include Fxi Inc. - Portage. Cardinal Fg stamps TRACE volume · AIR 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.
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This Cardinal Fg TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cardinal Fg totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Portage, WI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 327211 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 0.0% of Columbia TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Commscope Inc- Greensboro Facility (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cardinal Fg stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Ammonia. 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