EPA TRI Facility · Electrical Equipment
Southwire Co LLC
Pleasant Prairie, WI · Parent: Southwire Co
- Total releases
- 15.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Southwire Co LLC: how the 15.2K lbs splits
15.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 12.5K lbs 82.4%
- Air Releases 2.7K lbs 17.6%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Southwire Co LLC's 15.2K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 82.4% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 17.6%. Leading chemical by pounds: Copper.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Southwire Co LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Pleasant Prairie, WI, in the electrical equipment sector. It reported 3.3K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 15.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 8,877 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. Southwire Co LLC is pounds #354 and chemical-count #186 at 15.2K 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: Rust-Oleum Corp; Aalberts Surface Technologies Pp LLC; Aludyne N.a. LLC - Pleasant Prairie; Emco Chemical Distributors Inc. Similar-scale Electrical Equipment peers outside Wisconsin: Abb Motors & Mechanical Inc.; East Penn Manufacturing Co Inc; Toshiba International Corp; Southwire Co Huntersville Plant. Other Southwire Co sites in this extract: Southwire Co; Southwire Co Villa Rica Plant; Southwire Co North Campus; Southwire Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper; Antimony compounds; Zinc compounds; Antimony And Antimony Compounds.
Southwire Co LLC stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (82.4% off-site transfers) across 5 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 15.2K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Abb Motors & Mechanical Inc. and East Penn Manufacturing Co Inc.
Southwire Co LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
15K lbs Top 34% higher than 66% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Southwire Co LLC: Copper-led volume
Among the 566 Electrical Equipment facilities in this database, Southwire Co LLC reports the 160th-largest volume (15.2K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Copper alone is 82.3% of the total. Scale peers outside Wisconsin include Abb Motors & Mechanical Inc. and East Penn Manufacturing Co Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Southwire Co LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Copper at 82.3%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Southwire Co LLC's total reported releases fell from 3.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Southwire Co LLC's air releases fell from 1.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 831 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Southwire Co LLC's chemicals reported rose from 3 in 2022 to 4 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Southwire Co LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Southwire Co LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 15.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 25% (2.7K lbs to 3.3K lbs).
Southwire Co LLC: 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 Southwire Co LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 25% 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: Copper.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.7K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 2.7K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 2.7K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 3.8K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 3.3K lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Copper | 12.5K lbs | - |
| Antimony compounds | 1.2K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 749 lbs | - |
| Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 620 lbs | - |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 78 lbs | - |
Southwire Co LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Wisconsin - including Rust-Oleum Corp, Aalberts Surface Technologies Pp LLC, Aludyne N.a. LLC - Pleasant Prairie, ordered by distance.
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Similar Electrical Equipment Facilities
Other Electrical Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Wisconsin - e.g. Abb Motors & Mechanical Inc., East Penn Manufacturing Co Inc, Toshiba International Corp.
Compare beyond Wisconsin
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Southwire Co LLC on cumulative reported pounds (15.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Pilot Thomas Logistics LLC - Odessa Andrews Highway, Clermont Steel Fabricators Inc, Kinpak LLC. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of 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.
- Pilot Thomas Logistics LLC - Odessa Andrews Highway Odessa, TX · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 15.2K lbs reported
- Clermont Steel Fabricators Inc Batavia, OH · Fabricated Metals 15.2K lbs reported
- Kinpak LLC Montgomery, AL · Petroleum 15.2K lbs reported
- Pilot Industries of Texas Inc Houston, TX · Chemicals 15.2K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Southwire Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Southwire Co, Southwire Co Villa Rica Plant, Southwire Co North Campus.
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, Antimony compounds, Zinc compounds, Antimony And Antimony Compounds; nearby reporters include Rust-Oleum Corp. Southwire Co LLC 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 Southwire Co LLC TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Copper) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Southwire Co LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Pleasant Prairie, WI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 335929 · Electrical Equipment. 1.9% of Kenosha TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Pilot Thomas Logistics LLC - Odessa Andrews Highway (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Southwire Co LLC stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · 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