Penn Color Inc
4 facilities · 4 states · 30.2K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Penn Color Inc is the reported parent of 4 Form R facilities across 4 states, disclosing 30.2K lbs of toxic releases. 3 of 26 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Pennsylvania (30.2K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Penn Color Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Penn Color Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-85.1%
3 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-85.1%
5.1 thousand lb → 756 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.
- Penn Color Inc's total reported releases fell from 5.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 756 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Penn Color Inc's air releases fell from 1.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 146 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Penn Color Inc's off-site transfers fell from 3.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 610 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Penn Color Inc's chemicals reported fell from 14 in 2022 to 10 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Penn Color Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Penn Color Inc.; Penn Color Inc.; Penn Color Inc.; Penn Color Ringgold. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: US Steel Corp; Keystone-Conemaugh Projects LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Antimony compounds; Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Zinc compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Antimony And Antimony Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Pennsylvania; New Jersey; Wisconsin. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals. 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: Penn Color Inc.; Penn Color Inc.; Penn Color Inc.; Penn Color Ringgold. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: US Steel Corp; Keystone-Conemaugh Projects LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Antimony compounds; Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Zinc compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Antimony And Antimony Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Pennsylvania; New Jersey; Wisconsin. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals.
Penn Color Inc ranks #2,250 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Penn Color Inc files across 4 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: Penn Color Inc. accounts for most of Penn Color Inc's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Penn Color Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (US Steel Corp; Keystone-Conemaugh Projects LLC) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Penn Color Inc sits among TRI parents
Penn Color Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside US Steel Corp and Keystone-Conemaugh Projects LLC. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- US Steel Corp · rank #2,248 · 40.6M lbs
- Keystone-Conemaugh Projects LLC · rank #2,249 · 15.0M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Penn Color Inc
Antimony compounds; Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Zinc compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Antimony And Antimony Compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Penn Color Inc.. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Antimony compounds | 10.9K lbs |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 10.2K lbs |
| Zinc compounds | 6.1K lbs |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 4.2K lbs |
| Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 3.9K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 30.2K lbs |
| New Jersey | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Georgia | 1 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (4)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Penn Color Inc. Hatfield, PA | 30.2K lbs |
| Penn Color Inc. Elmwood Park, NJ | 0 lbs |
| Penn Color Inc. Milton, WI | 0 lbs |
| Penn Color Ringgold Ringgold, GA | 0 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Penn Color Inc on total disclosed release pounds (30.2K lbs) and reporting facility count (4). Release-volume peers include Harsco Corp, Generac Holdings Inc, Delaval Inc. Facility-count peers include A Stucki Holding Corp, Advanced Heat Treat Corp, Alleima USA LLC. 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 Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Wisconsin; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Penn Color Inc's TRI parent record
From Penn Color Inc, open Penn Color Inc. or compare against US Steel Corp rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Penn Color Inc (Penn Color Inc. in PA). Largest facility
- Compare against Keystone-Conemaugh Projects LLC, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Penn Color Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (US Steel Corp, Keystone-Conemaugh Projects LLC) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Penn Color 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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