EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Sterling Machinery Co.
Mena, AR
- Total releases
- 649 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 6
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Sterling Machinery Co.: how the 649 lbs splits
649 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 649 lbs 100.0%
Sterling Machinery Co.'s 649 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Nickel.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Sterling Machinery Co. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Mena, AR, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 649 lbs of releases across 6 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 14,449 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Arkansas's 350 reporting TRI sites, Clean Harbors el Dorado LLC leads both reported pounds (16.6M lbs) and chemical count (251 chemicals). The two rankings do not invert in this pool. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Nidec Motor Corp; Red River Ready Mix LLC; Tyson Poultry Inc. - Grannis Processing Plant; Tyson Poultry Inc. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Arkansas: Quantumclean Corp Colo Spgs; Keystone Forging Co.; Universal Industrial Sales Inc.; Ellwood Texas Forge Navasota. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nickel; Chromium; Cobalt; Manganese.
Sterling Machinery Co. stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 6 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 649 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Quantumclean Corp Colo Spgs and Keystone Forging Co..
Sterling Machinery Co. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
649 lbs 44th percentile higher than 44% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Sterling Machinery Co. in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Sterling Machinery Co. reports the 1,836th-largest volume (649 lbs). Scale peers outside Arkansas include Quantumclean Corp Colo Spgs and Keystone Forging Co..
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Sterling Machinery Co. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Sterling Machinery Co. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 649 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (444 lbs to 0 lbs).
Sterling Machinery Co.: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Sterling Machinery Co. year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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: Nickel.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 444 lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 205 lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 4 |
Sterling Machinery Co. · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Sterling Machinery Co.
Closest other reporters in Arkansas - including Nidec Motor Corp, Red River Ready Mix LLC, Tyson Poultry Inc. - Grannis Processing Plant, ordered by distance.
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Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Arkansas - e.g. Quantumclean Corp Colo Spgs, Keystone Forging Co., Universal Industrial Sales Inc..
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 Nickel, Chromium, Cobalt, Manganese; nearby reporters include Nidec Motor Corp. Sterling Machinery Co. stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Sterling Machinery Co. TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Nickel) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Sterling Machinery Co. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Mena, AR, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332710 · Fabricated Metals. 0.1% of Polk TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Kent Nutrition Group Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Sterling Machinery Co. stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Nickel. 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