Corning Inc
11 facilities · 8 states · 1.4M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Corning Inc is the reported parent of 11 Form R facilities across 8 states, disclosing 1.4M lbs of toxic releases. 2 of 30 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is North Carolina (773.5K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Corning Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Corning Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+86.7%
8 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+86.7%
292.5 thousand lb → 546.0 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 1 facility filed for the first time and 0 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Corning Inc's total reported releases rose from 292.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 546.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Corning Inc's off-site transfers rose from 100.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 391.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Corning Inc's air releases fell from 192.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 154.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Corning Inc's chemicals reported fell from 14 in 2022 to 12 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Corning Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Corning Inc; Corning Inc; Corning Inc; Hemlock Semiconductor Operations LLC. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Befesa Zinc US Inc.; Duke Energy Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chlorine; Lithium carbonate; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); 1-Bromopropane. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: North Carolina; Kentucky; Michigan. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Nonmetallic Mineral Product; 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: Corning Inc; Corning Inc; Corning Inc; Hemlock Semiconductor Operations LLC. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Befesa Zinc US Inc.; Duke Energy Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chlorine; Lithium carbonate; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); 1-Bromopropane. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: North Carolina; Kentucky; Michigan. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Nonmetallic Mineral Product; Electrical Equipment; Machinery; Fabricated Metals.
Corning Inc ranks #542 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Corning Inc spans 8 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Corning Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 11 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Corning Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Befesa Zinc US Inc.; Duke Energy Corp) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Corning Inc sits among TRI parents
Corning Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Befesa Zinc US Inc. and Duke Energy Corp. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Befesa Zinc US Inc. · rank #540 · 43.1M lbs
- Duke Energy Corp · rank #541 · 24.1M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Corning Inc
Chlorine; Lithium carbonate; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); 1-Bromopropane lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Corning Inc. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Chlorine | 489.7K lbs |
| Lithium carbonate | 475.1K lbs |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 228.7K lbs |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 64.6K lbs |
| 1-Bromopropane | 39.7K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 3 | 773.5K lbs |
| Kentucky | 1 | 476.9K lbs |
| Michigan | 1 | 102.8K lbs |
| New Jersey | 1 | 23.0K lbs |
| New York | 2 | 17.1K lbs |
| Arizona | 1 | 563 lbs |
| Washington | 1 | 13 lbs |
| Texas | 1 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (11)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Corning Inc Wilmington, NC | 612.2K lbs |
| Corning Inc Harrodsburg, KY | 476.9K lbs |
| Corning Inc Midland, NC | 122.1K lbs |
| Hemlock Semiconductor Operations LLC Hemlock, MI | 102.8K lbs |
| Corning Optical Communications Llc-Hmtc Hickory, NC | 39.2K lbs |
| Corning Pharmaceutical Glass LLC Vineland, NJ | 23.0K lbs |
| Corning Inc - Integrated Die Manufacturing Painted Post, NY | 16.1K lbs |
| Corning Inc Canton, NY | 967 lbs |
| Corning Optical Communications Rf LLC Glendale, AZ | 563 lbs |
| Hot Cell Services Corp Kent, WA | 13 lbs |
| Corning Optical Communications LLC Fort Worth, TX | 0 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Corning Inc on total disclosed release pounds (1.4M lbs) and reporting facility count (11). Release-volume peers include Talen Energy Corp, Daikin America Inc, Avery Dennison Corp. Facility-count peers include Ag Processing Inc, American Electric Power, Atlas Roofing Corp. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
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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 North Carolina, Kentucky, Michigan; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Corning Inc's TRI parent record
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- Open the largest Form R site for Corning Inc (Corning Inc in NC). Largest facility
- Compare against Duke Energy Corp, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Corning Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Befesa Zinc US Inc., Duke Energy 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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