Lydall Inc
3 facilities · 2 states · 20.4K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Lydall Inc is the reported parent of 3 Form R facilities across 2 states, disclosing 20.4K lbs of toxic releases. 1 of 6 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is South Carolina (19.6K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Lydall Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Lydall Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-28.4%
1 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-40.7%
4.8 thousand lb → 2.9 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 1 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Lydall Inc's total reported releases fell from 4.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Lydall Inc's air releases fell from 4.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Lydall Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Southern Felt Co Inc.; Lydall Performance Materials; Lydall Performance Materials. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Nucor Corp; International Paper Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Phenol; Zinc compounds; Benzo[g,h,i]perylene; Polycyclic aromatic compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: South Carolina; New York. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Textiles; Miscellaneous Manufacturing. 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: Southern Felt Co Inc.; Lydall Performance Materials; Lydall Performance Materials. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Nucor Corp; International Paper Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Phenol; Zinc compounds; Benzo[g,h,i]perylene; Polycyclic aromatic compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: South Carolina; New York. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Textiles; Miscellaneous Manufacturing.
Lydall Inc ranks #2,447 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Lydall Inc files across 2 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: Southern Felt Co Inc. accounts for most of Lydall Inc's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Lydall Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Nucor Corp; International Paper Co) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Lydall Inc sits among TRI parents
Lydall Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Nucor Corp and International Paper Co. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Nucor Corp · rank #2,445 · 15.8M lbs
- International Paper Co · rank #2,446 · 13.0M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Lydall Inc
Phenol; Zinc compounds; Benzo[g,h,i]perylene; Polycyclic aromatic compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Southern Felt Co Inc.. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Phenol | 19.6K lbs |
| Zinc compounds | 830 lbs |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 7 lbs |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 7 lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 1 | 19.6K lbs |
| New York | 2 | 843 lbs |
Facilities (3)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Southern Felt Co Inc. Bethune, SC | 19.6K lbs |
| Lydall Performance Materials Beaver Falls, NY | 837 lbs |
| Lydall Performance Materials Fulton, NY | 6 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Lydall Inc on total disclosed release pounds (20.4K lbs) and reporting facility count (3). Release-volume peers include Flowserve Corp, Fxi Inc., Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co LP. 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.
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 South Carolina, New York; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Lydall Inc's TRI parent record
From Lydall Inc, open Southern Felt Co Inc. or compare against Nucor Corp rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Lydall Inc (Southern Felt Co Inc. in SC). Largest facility
- Compare against International Paper Co, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Lydall Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Nucor Corp, International Paper Co) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Lydall Inc's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
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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