Belden Inc
6 facilities · 4 states · 322.6K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Belden Inc is the reported parent of 6 Form R facilities across 4 states, disclosing 322.6K lbs of toxic releases. 3 of 19 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Indiana (287.9K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Belden Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Belden Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+40.0%
5 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+40.0%
63.3 thousand lb → 88.6 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Belden Inc's total reported releases rose from 63.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 88.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Belden Inc's off-site transfers rose from 62.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 87.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Belden Inc's chemicals reported rose from 11 in 2022 to 12 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Belden Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Belden; West Penn Wire/cdt - Wa; Belden Cdt Inc-Bec; Alpha Wire Co. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; US Steel Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Antimony And Antimony Compounds; Zinc compounds; Copper And Copper Compounds; Copper; Copper compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Indiana; Pennsylvania; Massachusetts. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Primary Metals; Electrical Equipment; Machinery; Fabricated Metals. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Belden; West Penn Wire/cdt - Wa; Belden Cdt Inc-Bec; Alpha Wire Co. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; US Steel Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Antimony And Antimony Compounds; Zinc compounds; Copper And Copper Compounds; Copper; Copper compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Indiana; Pennsylvania; Massachusetts. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Primary Metals; Electrical Equipment; Machinery; Fabricated Metals.
Belden Inc ranks #1,070 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Belden Inc files across 4 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: Belden accounts for most of Belden Inc's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Belden Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; US Steel Corp) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Belden Inc sits among TRI parents
Belden Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Cleveland-Cliffs Inc and US Steel Corp. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Cleveland-Cliffs Inc · rank #1,068 · 131.7M lbs
- US Steel Corp · rank #1,069 · 79.2M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Belden Inc
Antimony And Antimony Compounds; Zinc compounds; Copper And Copper Compounds; Copper; Copper compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Belden. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 261.1K lbs |
| Zinc compounds | 50.4K lbs |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 9.8K lbs |
| Copper | 667 lbs |
| Copper compounds | 343 lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 2 | 287.9K lbs |
| Pennsylvania | 2 | 31.0K lbs |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 2.6K lbs |
| New York | 1 | 1.1K lbs |
Facilities (6)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Belden Richmond, IN | 284.2K lbs |
| West Penn Wire/cdt - Wa Washington, PA | 31.0K lbs |
| Belden Cdt Inc-Bec Richmond, IN | 3.7K lbs |
| Alpha Wire Co Leominster, MA | 2.6K lbs |
| Ppc a Belden Co East Syracuse, NY | 1.1K lbs |
| X-Mark/belden Washington, PA | 33 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Belden Inc on total disclosed release pounds (322.6K lbs) and reporting facility count (6). Release-volume peers include Merchants Metals LLC, Lci Industries, Osi Group LLC. Facility-count peers include Abbott Laboratories, Agribeef Co, Allnex USA Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Indiana, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Belden Inc's TRI parent record
From Belden Inc, open Belden or compare against Cleveland-Cliffs Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Belden Inc (Belden in IN). Largest facility
- Compare against US Steel Corp, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Belden Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, US Steel Corp) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
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Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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