EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Watkins Manufacturing
Vista, CA · Parent: Masco Corp
- Total releases
- 14.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Watkins Manufacturing: how the 14.8K lbs splits
14.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 14.8K lbs 100.0%
Watkins Manufacturing's 14.8K 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: Methyl methacrylate.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Watkins Manufacturing is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Vista, CA, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 2.5K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 14.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 8,931 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. Watkins Manufacturing is pounds #355 and chemical-count #578 at 14.8K 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Bachem Americas Inc.; Hughes Circuits Inc; Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Piercan USA Inc.. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside California: Bridgestone Americas Off Road; Vibracoustic USA Inc. Carmi Mixing Div; Polyvantis Sanford LLC; Nov Fiber Glass Systems-Burkburnett. Other Masco Corp sites in this extract: Delta Faucet Co; Behr Process LLC - Chicago Heights; Behr Process Corp - Garry & Yale; Behr Process LLC - Allentown. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methyl methacrylate; Diisocyanates.
Compare Watkins Manufacturing with
Nearest reporters in California
- Bachem Americas Inc. Vista · 3.6K lbs
- Hughes Circuits Inc San Marcos · 43 lbs
- Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc. Carlsbad · 26 lbs
- Piercan USA Inc. San Marcos · 11.1K lbs
Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber sites elsewhere: Bridgestone Americas Off Road (IL) · Vibracoustic USA Inc. Carmi Mixing Div (IL) · Polyvantis Sanford LLC (ME)
Watkins Manufacturing stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 14.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Bridgestone Americas Off Road and Vibracoustic USA Inc. Carmi Mixing Div.
Watkins Manufacturing vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
15K lbs Top 34% higher than 66% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Watkins Manufacturing: Methyl methacrylate-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Watkins Manufacturing reports the 737th-largest volume (14.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Methyl methacrylate alone is 97.6% of the total. Scale peers outside California include Bridgestone Americas Off Road and Vibracoustic USA Inc. Carmi Mixing Div.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Watkins Manufacturing's pounds in one chemical - here Methyl methacrylate at 97.6%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Watkins Manufacturing's total reported releases fell from 4.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Watkins Manufacturing's air releases fell from 4.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Watkins Manufacturing Form-R facts
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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 Watkins Manufacturing releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 14.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 14% (2.2K lbs to 2.5K lbs).
Watkins Manufacturing: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Watkins Manufacturing year-over-year reported totals (increased by 14% 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: Methyl methacrylate.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 2.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 3.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 4.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 2.5K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methyl methacrylate | 14.4K lbs | - |
| Diisocyanates | 358 lbs | - |
Watkins Manufacturing · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Watkins Manufacturing
Closest other reporters in California - including Bachem Americas Inc., Hughes Circuits Inc, Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc., ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,148 other reporting facilities in California.
Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside California - e.g. Bridgestone Americas Off Road, Vibracoustic USA Inc. Carmi Mixing Div, Polyvantis Sanford LLC.
Compare beyond California
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Watkins Manufacturing on cumulative reported pounds (14.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Brenntag Southwest Inc St Gabriel, Ethox Chemicals LLC, Roggen Plant. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Masco Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Delta Faucet Co, Behr Process LLC - Chicago Heights, Behr Process Corp - Garry & Yale.
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 Methyl methacrylate, Diisocyanates; nearby reporters include Bachem Americas Inc.. Watkins Manufacturing stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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.
Use and verify this record
This Watkins Manufacturing TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Methyl methacrylate) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Watkins Manufacturing totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Vista, CA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326191 · Plastics and Rubber. 0.2% of San Diego TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Brenntag Southwest Inc St Gabriel (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Watkins Manufacturing stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Methyl methacrylate. 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