Heraeus Inc
3 facilities · 3 states · 13.5K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Heraeus Inc is the reported parent of 3 Form R facilities across 3 states, disclosing 13.5K lbs of toxic releases. 3 of 15 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is California (9.6K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Heraeus Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Heraeus Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-11.3%
3 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-11.3%
2.5 thousand lb → 2.2 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Heraeus Inc's total reported releases fell from 2.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Heraeus Inc's chemicals reported fell from 12 in 2022 to 10 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Heraeus Inc's air releases fell from 2.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Heraeus Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Heraeus Precious Metals Na LLC; Heraeus Quartz N.a. LLC (hqna) F/k/a Heraeus Tenevo; Heraeus Precious Metals Na Conshohocken LLC. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Clean Harbors Inc; Waste Management Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Hydrogen fluoride; Nitric acid; Ammonia; Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size). Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: California; Georgia; Pennsylvania. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Primary Metals; Nonmetallic Mineral Product; Computers and Electronic Products. 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: Heraeus Precious Metals Na LLC; Heraeus Quartz N.a. LLC (hqna) F/k/a Heraeus Tenevo; Heraeus Precious Metals Na Conshohocken LLC. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Clean Harbors Inc; Waste Management Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Hydrogen fluoride; Nitric acid; Ammonia; Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size). Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: California; Georgia; Pennsylvania. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Primary Metals; Nonmetallic Mineral Product; Computers and Electronic Products.
Heraeus Inc ranks #2,656 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Heraeus Inc files across 3 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: Heraeus Precious Metals Na LLC accounts for most of Heraeus Inc's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Heraeus Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Clean Harbors Inc; Waste Management Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Heraeus Inc sits among TRI parents
Heraeus Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Clean Harbors Inc and Waste Management Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Clean Harbors Inc · rank #2,654 · 52.2M lbs
- Waste Management Inc · rank #2,655 · 19.2M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Heraeus Inc
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Hydrogen fluoride; Nitric acid; Ammonia; Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Heraeus Precious Metals Na LLC. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 6.9K lbs |
| Hydrogen fluoride | 3.6K lbs |
| Nitric acid | 1.3K lbs |
| Ammonia | 787 lbs |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 445 lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| California | 1 | 9.6K lbs |
| Georgia | 1 | 3.6K lbs |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 222 lbs |
Facilities (3)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Heraeus Precious Metals Na LLC Santa Fe Springs, CA | 9.6K lbs |
| Heraeus Quartz N.a. LLC (hqna) F/k/a Heraeus Tenevo Buford, GA | 3.6K lbs |
| Heraeus Precious Metals Na Conshohocken LLC Conshohocken, PA | 222 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Heraeus Inc on total disclosed release pounds (13.5K lbs) and reporting facility count (3). Release-volume peers include Trane Technologies Co LLC, Colonial Group Inc, Graco Inc. Facility-count peers include A-Gas US Holdings Inc, Abb Holdings Inc, Adams Resources & Energy Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
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Similar facility count
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About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are California, Georgia, Pennsylvania; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Heraeus Inc's TRI parent record
From Heraeus Inc, open Heraeus Precious Metals Na LLC or compare against Clean Harbors Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Heraeus Inc (Heraeus Precious Metals Na LLC in CA). Largest facility
- Compare against Waste Management Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Heraeus Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Clean Harbors Inc, Waste Management Inc) 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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