EPA TRI Facility · Machinery
Solar Turbines Inc Kearny Mesa
San Diego, CA · Parent: Caterpillar Inc
- Total releases
- 22 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Solar Turbines Inc Kearny Mesa: how the 22 lbs splits
22 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 22 lbs 100.0%
Solar Turbines Inc Kearny Mesa's 22 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: Chromium.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-MID
Solar Turbines Inc Kearny Mesa is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in San Diego, CA, in the machinery sector. It reported 8 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 22 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 17,917 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. Solar Turbines Inc Kearny Mesa is pounds #932 and chemical-count #709 at 22 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Saint Gobain Solar Gard LLC; L3 Technologies Inc.; Airgas USA LLC; Kyocera International Inc. Similar-scale Machinery peers outside California: Toro Co; Laars Heating Systems; Kennametal Inc; Precision Pulley & Idler Inc. Other Caterpillar Inc sites in this extract: Caterpillar Reman Div; Caterpillar Inc Mapleton Plant; Caterpillar East Peoria; Caterpillar Inc. - High Performance Molded Products. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium; Nickel.
Solar Turbines Inc Kearny Mesa stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 22 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Toro Co and Laars Heating Systems.
Solar Turbines Inc Kearny Mesa vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
22 lbs 31st percentile higher than 31% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Solar Turbines Inc Kearny Mesa in the Machinery sector extract
Among the 1,186 Machinery facilities in this database, Solar Turbines Inc Kearny Mesa reports the 771st-largest volume (22 lbs). Scale peers outside California include Toro Co and Laars Heating Systems.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Solar Turbines Inc Kearny Mesa Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Solar Turbines Inc Kearny Mesa releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 22 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 148% (3 lbs to 8 lbs).
Solar Turbines Inc Kearny Mesa: 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 Solar Turbines Inc Kearny Mesa year-over-year reported totals (increased by 148% 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 | 3 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 3 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 5 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 8 lbs | 2 |
Solar Turbines Inc Kearny Mesa · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Solar Turbines Inc Kearny Mesa
Closest other reporters in California - including Saint Gobain Solar Gard LLC, L3 Technologies Inc., Airgas USA LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,148 other reporting facilities in California.
Similar Machinery Facilities
Other Machinery facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside California - e.g. Toro Co, Laars Heating Systems, Kennametal Inc.
Other Caterpillar Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Caterpillar Reman Div, Caterpillar Inc Mapleton Plant, Caterpillar East Peoria.
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; nearby reporters include Saint Gobain Solar Gard LLC. Solar Turbines Inc Kearny Mesa stamps TRACE volume · AIR 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.
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This Solar Turbines Inc Kearny Mesa TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-MID · lead Chromium) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Solar Turbines Inc Kearny Mesa totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for San Diego, CA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 333611 · Machinery. 0.0% of San Diego TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Indicom Buildings Inc. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Solar Turbines Inc Kearny Mesa stamps TRACE volume · AIR 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