Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
CEMEX CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS SOUTH LLC - BALCONES PLANT
2580 WALD RD, NEW BRAUNFELS, TX, 78132
Parent company: CEMEX INC
Carcinogen
PBT
— EPA classifications across all reporting years
Top chemical totals
The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.
Full release table
Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.
| All values in pounds (lbs) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Ammonia | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | Zinc compounds | Lead compounds | Mercury compounds | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 19,432 | — | — | — | — | 19,451 |
| 2023 | 19,086 | — | — | — | 21 | 19,112 |
| 2022 | 18,956 | — | — | — | — | 18,987 |
| 2021 | 22,076 | — | — | — | — | 22,099 |
| 2020 | 18,580 | — | — | — | — | 18,606 |
| 2019 | 17,151 | — | — | — | — | 17,190 |
| 2018 | 15,645 | — | — | 5 | 6 | 15,655 |
| 2017 | 16,177 | — | — | 5 | 6 | 16,188 |
| 2016 | 13,721 | — | — | 4 | 6 | 13,731 |
| 2015 | 15,944 | — | — | 5 | 6 | 15,954 |
| 2014 | 14,025 | — | — | 5 | 6 | 14,036 |
| 2013 | 14,157 | — | — | 3 | 6 | 14,166 |
| 2012 | 12,827 | — | — | 4 | 6 | 12,837 |
| 2011 | 14,825 | — | 544 | 3 | 6 | 15,379 |
| 2010 | 14,964 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 14,969 |
| 2009 | 21,237 | — | 283 | 4 | 3 | 21,530 |
| 2008 | 11,404 | — | 406 | 68 | 22 | 11,900 |
| 2007 | — | — | 610 | 711 | 225 | 1,546 |
| 2006 | — | — | 583 | 731 | 482 | 1,796 |
| 2005 | — | — | — | 43 | 24 | 67 |
| 2004 | — | — | — | 44 | 25 | 70 |
| 2003 | — | — | — | 42 | 24 | 66 |
| 2002 | — | 19,701 | 535 | 46 | 24 | 20,306 |
| 2001 | — | — | — | 34 | 24 | 60 |
| 2000 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 86 |
| 1997 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| 1996 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| 1995 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| 1993 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.