EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Designed Metal Connections
Gardena, CA · Parent: Berkshire Hathaway Inc
- Total releases
- 5.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Designed Metal Connections: how the 5.8K lbs splits
5.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 5.8K lbs 99.3%
- Water Discharges 28 lbs 0.5%
- Air Releases 15 lbs 0.3%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Designed Metal Connections's 5.8K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.3% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 0.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Chromium.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-MID
Designed Metal Connections is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Gardena, CA, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 2.0K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 5.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 10,896 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In California's 1,149 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Designed Metal Connections is pounds #483 and chemical-count #441 at 5.8K lbs. Clean Harbors Buttonwillow LLC leads reported pounds (50.4M lbs) at 45 chemicals (chemical-count #2). Chevron Products Co Richmond Refinery leads chemical count at 46 chemicals (3.0M lbs, pounds #13). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Spectrum Plating; Coast Plating Inc 1; Phillips 66 Los Angeles Terminal; Spectrum Laboratory Products Inc.. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside California: Craft Coating - Slinger Facility; Fraen Machining Corp; Rocky Mountain Hardware Inc. (hailey); Component Technologies Inc. Other Berkshire Hathaway Inc sites in this extract: Cerro Wire LLC; Midamerican Energy Co Walter Scott Jr Energy Center; Pacificorp Dave Johnston Plant; Pacificorp Jim Bridger Plant & Bridger Coal Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium; Nickel; Manganese.
Designed Metal Connections stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.3% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 5.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Craft Coating - Slinger Facility and Fraen Machining Corp.
Designed Metal Connections vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
5.8K lbs Top 42% higher than 58% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Designed Metal Connections: Chromium-led volume
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Designed Metal Connections reports the 1,317th-largest volume (5.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Chromium alone is 65.2% of the total. Scale peers outside California include Craft Coating - Slinger Facility and Fraen Machining Corp.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Designed Metal Connections's pounds in one chemical - here Chromium at 65.2%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Designed Metal Connections's total reported releases rose from 1.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Designed Metal Connections's chemicals reported rose from 2 in 2022 to 3 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Designed Metal Connections's off-site transfers rose from 1.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Designed Metal Connections Form-R facts
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50% more than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Designed Metal Connections releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 5.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 412% (398 lbs to 2.0K lbs).
Designed Metal Connections: 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 Designed Metal Connections year-over-year reported totals (increased by 412% 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: Chromium.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 398 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 292 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 1.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 1.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 2.0K lbs | 3 |
Designed Metal Connections · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Designed Metal Connections
Closest other reporters in California - including Spectrum Plating, Coast Plating Inc 1, Phillips 66 Los Angeles Terminal, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,148 other reporting facilities in California.
Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside California - e.g. Craft Coating - Slinger Facility, Fraen Machining Corp, Rocky Mountain Hardware Inc. (hailey).
Compare beyond California
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Designed Metal Connections on cumulative reported pounds (5.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Mateenbar Composite Reinforcements LLC, Renaissance Manufacturing Group - Waukesha Foundry, Gleason Cutting Tools Corp. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Mateenbar Composite Reinforcements LLC Concord, NC · Plastics and Rubber 5.8K lbs reported
- Renaissance Manufacturing Group - Waukesha Foundry Waukesha, WI · Primary Metals 5.8K lbs reported
- Gleason Cutting Tools Corp Loves Park, IL · Machinery 5.9K lbs reported
- Instruments Transformers LLC Clearwater, FL · Electrical Equipment 5.8K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Berkshire Hathaway Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Cerro Wire LLC, Midamerican Energy Co Walter Scott Jr Energy Center, Pacificorp Dave Johnston Plant.
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 Chromium, Nickel, Manganese; nearby reporters include Spectrum Plating. Designed Metal Connections stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-MID carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Designed Metal Connections TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-MID · lead Chromium) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Designed Metal Connections totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Gardena, CA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332721 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Los Angeles TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Mateenbar Composite Reinforcements LLC (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Designed Metal Connections stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-MID · lead Chromium. 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