EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Premier Aluminum LLC
Racine, WI · Parent: Ligon Industries LLC
- Total releases
- 384 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Premier Aluminum LLC: how the 384 lbs splits
384 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 345 lbs 89.8%
- Off-site Transfers 39 lbs 10.2%
Premier Aluminum LLC's 384 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 89.8% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 10.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Copper.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Premier Aluminum LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Racine, WI, in the primary metals sector. It reported 81 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 384 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 15,117 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. Premier Aluminum LLC is pounds #596 and chemical-count #411 at 384 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: Twin Disc Inc; D & D Industrial Coating Inc; Insinkerator LLC; Thermal Transfer Products. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Wisconsin: Universal Electric Foundry Inc; Rec Solar Grade Silicon; Pimalco (a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Arconic); Steel Warehouse Tennessee. Other Ligon Industries LLC sites in this extract: Watry Industries; Hampton Hydraulics LLC (great Bend Industries); Tpi Arcade LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper; Lead; Lead compounds.
Premier Aluminum LLC stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (89.8% air releases) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 384 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Universal Electric Foundry Inc and Rec Solar Grade Silicon.
Premier Aluminum LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
384 lbs 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Premier Aluminum LLC in the Primary Metals sector extract
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Premier Aluminum LLC reports the 1,113th-largest volume (384 lbs). Scale peers outside Wisconsin include Universal Electric Foundry Inc and Rec Solar Grade Silicon.
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
- Premier Aluminum LLC's off-site transfers fell from 27 lb in 2022 to 12 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Premier Aluminum LLC's air releases rose from 58 lb in 2022 to 69 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Premier Aluminum LLC Form-R facts
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See how Premier Aluminum LLC stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
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25% less than the comparison
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Premier Aluminum LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 384 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Premier Aluminum LLC: 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 Premier Aluminum LLC 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: Copper.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 218 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 85 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 81 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 3 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Copper | 364 lbs | - |
| Lead | 20 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Premier Aluminum LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Premier Aluminum LLC
Closest other reporters in Wisconsin - including Twin Disc Inc, D & D Industrial Coating Inc, Insinkerator LLC, ordered by distance.
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Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Wisconsin - e.g. Universal Electric Foundry Inc, Rec Solar Grade Silicon, Pimalco (a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Arconic).
Other Ligon Industries LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Watry Industries, Hampton Hydraulics LLC (great Bend Industries), Tpi Arcade LLC.
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 Copper, Lead, Lead compounds; nearby reporters include Twin Disc Inc. Premier Aluminum LLC 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.
Use and verify this record
This Premier Aluminum LLC TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Copper) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Premier Aluminum LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Racine, WI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331523 · Primary Metals. 0.0% of Racine TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Trane US Inc. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Premier Aluminum LLC stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Copper. 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