EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Gold Tech Industries - Aerospace/telecommunications Division
Tempe, AZ · Parent: Chawk International Inc
- Total releases
- 52.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Gold Tech Industries - Aerospace/telecommunications Division: how the 52.3K lbs splits
52.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 52.2K lbs 99.8%
- Air Releases 121 lbs 0.2%
Gold Tech Industries - Aerospace/telecommunications Division's 52.3K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.8% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitric acid.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Gold Tech Industries - Aerospace/telecommunications Division is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Tempe, AZ, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 16.0K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 52.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 6,033 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Arizona's 288 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Gold Tech Industries - Aerospace/telecommunications Division is pounds #52 and chemical-count #207 at 52.3K lbs. Freeport-McMoran Miami Inc leads reported pounds (129.3M lbs) at 17 chemicals (chemical-count #10). Freeport-McMoran Morenci Inc leads chemical count at 33 chemicals (36.9M lbs, pounds #4). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: General Dynamics Mission Systems; Dobson Batch Plant #12; Martin Marietta Arizona LLC - Dobson Plant; Acme Aerospace Inc. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Arizona: Azz Galvanizing - Louisiana LLC; Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant; Dura-Bond Steel Corp; Crown Group East Moline Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid.
Gold Tech Industries - Aerospace/telecommunications Division stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.8% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 52.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Azz Galvanizing - Louisiana LLC and Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant.
Gold Tech Industries - Aerospace/telecommunications Division vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
52K lbs Top 23% higher than 77% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Gold Tech Industries - Aerospace/telecommunications Division: Nitric acid-led volume
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Gold Tech Industries - Aerospace/telecommunications Division reports the 675th-largest volume, placing it in the top 19.7% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitric acid alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Arizona include Azz Galvanizing - Louisiana LLC and Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Gold Tech Industries - Aerospace/telecommunications Division's pounds in one chemical - here Nitric acid at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Gold Tech Industries - Aerospace/telecommunications Division's total reported releases rose from 8.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 16.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gold Tech Industries - Aerospace/telecommunications Division's off-site transfers rose from 8.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 15.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Gold Tech Industries - Aerospace/telecommunications Division Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Gold Tech Industries - Aerospace/telecommunications Division releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 52.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 71% (9.3K lbs to 16.0K lbs).
Gold Tech Industries - Aerospace/telecommunications Division: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Gold Tech Industries - Aerospace/telecommunications Division year-over-year reported totals (increased by 71% from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Nitric acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 9.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 7.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 11.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 8.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 16.0K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 52.3K lbs | - |
Gold Tech Industries - Aerospace/telecommunications Division · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Gold Tech Industries - Aerospace/telecommunications Division
Closest other reporters in Arizona - including General Dynamics Mission Systems, Dobson Batch Plant #12, Martin Marietta Arizona LLC - Dobson Plant, ordered by distance.
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Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Arizona - e.g. Azz Galvanizing - Louisiana LLC, Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Dura-Bond Steel Corp.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Gold Tech Industries - Aerospace/telecommunications Division on cumulative reported pounds (52.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Boise Cascade Wood Products LLC, Nitto Inc., The Whitaker Co. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
Similar chemical count
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About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Nitric acid; nearby reporters include General Dynamics Mission Systems. Gold Tech Industries - Aerospace/telecommunications Division stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
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This Gold Tech Industries - Aerospace/telecommunications Division TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Gold Tech Industries - Aerospace/telecommunications Division totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Tempe, AZ, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332813 · Fabricated Metals. 0.7% of Maricopa TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Boise Cascade Wood Products LLC (Δ 10 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Gold Tech Industries - Aerospace/telecommunications Division stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov