EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Cardinal Rotar
Spring Green, WI · Parent: Cardinal Glass Industries
- Total releases
- 153 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Cardinal Rotar: how the 153 lbs splits
153 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 153 lbs 100.0%
Cardinal Rotar's 153 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Nickel.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Cardinal Rotar is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Spring Green, WI, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 43 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 153 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 16,136 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 Rotar is pounds #641 and chemical-count #602 at 153 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: Cardinal Glass; Cardinal Cg; Cardinal Glass; Coating Place Inc. Sauk City. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Wisconsin: Lane Supply Inc.; Stoll Industries Inc.; Kloeckner Metals Corp; Pasadena Fabrication Facility. 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: Nickel; Chromium.
Cardinal Rotar stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 153 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Lane Supply Inc. and Stoll Industries Inc..
Cardinal Rotar vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
153 lbs 38th percentile higher than 38% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cardinal Rotar in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Cardinal Rotar reports the 2,117th-largest volume (153 lbs). Scale peers outside Wisconsin include Lane Supply Inc. and Stoll Industries Inc..
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Cardinal Rotar Form-R facts
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17.0× more than the comparison
33% less 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 Cardinal Rotar releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 153 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 72% (25 lbs to 43 lbs).
Cardinal Rotar: 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 Rotar year-over-year reported totals (increased by 72% 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: Nickel.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 25 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 25 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 26 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 34 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 43 lbs | 2 |
Cardinal Rotar · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Cardinal Rotar
Closest other reporters in Wisconsin - including Cardinal Glass, Cardinal Cg, Cardinal Glass, ordered by distance.
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Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Wisconsin - e.g. Lane Supply Inc., Stoll Industries Inc., Kloeckner Metals Corp.
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 Nickel, Chromium; nearby reporters include Cardinal Glass. Cardinal Rotar stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Rotar TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Nickel) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cardinal Rotar totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Spring Green, WI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332999 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Sauk TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Apct Oc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cardinal Rotar stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Nickel. 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