Berkshire Hathaway Inc
205 facilities · 37 states · 88.8M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Berkshire Hathaway Inc is the reported parent of 205 Form R facilities across 37 states, disclosing 88.8M lbs of toxic releases. 35 of 991 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Wyoming (21.2M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Berkshire Hathaway Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Berkshire Hathaway Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-19.1%
176 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-19.0%
18.0 million lb → 14.6 million lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 5 facilities filed for the first time and 11 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc's total reported releases fell from 18.0 million lb in 2022 to 14.5 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc's off-site transfers fell from 9.0 million lb in 2022 to 6.6 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc's land releases fell from 7.0 million lb in 2022 to 6.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc's air releases fell from 1.9 million lb in 2022 to 1.7 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Berkshire Hathaway Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Cerro Wire LLC; Midamerican Energy Co Walter Scott Jr Energy Center; Pacificorp Dave Johnston Plant; Pacificorp Jim Bridger Plant & Bridger Coal Co. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; US Steel Corp; Sabic US Holdings LP. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper; Barium And Barium Compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Chlorine; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Wyoming; Indiana; Iowa. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Electric Utilities; Primary Metals; Nonmetallic Mineral Product; Chemicals. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Cerro Wire LLC; Midamerican Energy Co Walter Scott Jr Energy Center; Pacificorp Dave Johnston Plant; Pacificorp Jim Bridger Plant & Bridger Coal Co. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; US Steel Corp; Sabic US Holdings LP. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper; Barium And Barium Compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Chlorine; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Wyoming; Indiana; Iowa. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Electric Utilities; Primary Metals; Nonmetallic Mineral Product; Chemicals.
Berkshire Hathaway Inc ranks #26 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Berkshire Hathaway Inc spans 37 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Berkshire Hathaway Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 205 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Berkshire Hathaway Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; US Steel Corp; Sabic US Holdings LP) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Berkshire Hathaway Inc sits among TRI parents
Berkshire Hathaway Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Cleveland-Cliffs Inc and US Steel Corp and Sabic US Holdings LP. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Cleveland-Cliffs Inc · rank #24 · 131.7M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- US Steel Corp · rank #27 · 79.2M lbs
- Sabic US Holdings LP · rank #28 · 27.7M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Berkshire Hathaway Inc
Copper; Barium And Barium Compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Chlorine; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Cerro Wire LLC. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Copper | 20.5M lbs |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 19.2M lbs |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 14.4M lbs |
| Chlorine | 5.7M lbs |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 3.9M lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | 4 | 21.2M lbs |
| Indiana | 9 | 20.7M lbs |
| Iowa | 6 | 12.5M lbs |
| Utah | 5 | 9.3M lbs |
| Nevada | 4 | 6.5M lbs |
| Texas | 24 | 5.3M lbs |
| Ohio | 14 | 4.0M lbs |
| Oregon | 9 | 3.3M lbs |
| Georgia | 10 | 1.4M lbs |
| California | 23 | 1.4M lbs |
| Tennessee | 8 | 734.8K lbs |
| Arkansas | 4 | 615.1K lbs |
| Kentucky | 5 | 297.6K lbs |
| South Carolina | 5 | 291.4K lbs |
| Oklahoma | 5 | 248.2K lbs |
| Kansas | 3 | 232.3K lbs |
| West Virginia | 3 | 189.0K lbs |
| New York | 3 | 123.2K lbs |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | 121.8K lbs |
| Montana | 2 | 121.3K lbs |
| Alabama | 10 | 119.5K lbs |
| Mississippi | 2 | 100.7K lbs |
| Washington | 5 | 59.3K lbs |
| Nebraska | 1 | 58.9K lbs |
| Massachusetts | 4 | 31.8K lbs |
| Wisconsin | 2 | 30.7K lbs |
| Missouri | 4 | 30.3K lbs |
| New Jersey | 4 | 20.6K lbs |
| North Carolina | 3 | 12.9K lbs |
| Virginia | 2 | 9.4K lbs |
| Connecticut | 2 | 9.3K lbs |
| Michigan | 2 | 6.7K lbs |
| Louisiana | 1 | 3.0K lbs |
| Arizona | 2 | 665 lbs |
| Illinois | 3 | 564 lbs |
| New Hampshire | 2 | 203 lbs |
| Florida | 1 | 137 lbs |
Facilities (205)
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Berkshire Hathaway Inc on total disclosed release pounds (88.8M lbs) and reporting facility count (205). Release-volume peers include Nutrien US Topco LLC, Americas Mining Corp, Tyson Foods Inc. Facility-count peers include Cemex Inc, Quikrete Holdings, Clean Harbors Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
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About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Wyoming, Indiana, Iowa; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Berkshire Hathaway Inc's TRI parent record
From Berkshire Hathaway Inc, open Cerro Wire LLC or compare against Cleveland-Cliffs Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Berkshire Hathaway Inc (Cerro Wire LLC in IN). Largest facility
- Compare against Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Berkshire Hathaway 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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