EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Co
Simsbury, CT · Parent: Ensign-Bickford Industries Inc
- Total releases
- 3.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Co: how the 3.6K lbs splits
3.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 3.6K lbs 99.9%
- Water Discharges 3 lbs 0.1%
- Air Releases 1 lbs <0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Co's 3.6K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Simsbury, CT, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 387 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2024, and 3.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 11,991 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Connecticut's 240 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Co is pounds #114 and chemical-count #146 at 3.2K lbs. Clean Harbors of Connecticut Inc leads reported pounds (1.5M lbs) at 15 chemicals (chemical-count #2). Allnex USA Inc. Wallingford Ct Site leads chemical count at 19 chemicals (436.7K lbs, pounds #3). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Dyno Nobel Inc; Otis Service Center; Scapa Na LLC; Orafol Americas Inc. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Connecticut: Steelscape LLC; Remarms LLC; Omnimax International LLC; Bodycote Thermal Processing. Other Ensign-Bickford Industries Inc sites in this extract: Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds.
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Co stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.9% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 3.2K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Steelscape LLC and Remarms LLC.
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
3.2K lbs Top 46% higher than 54% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Co in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Co reports the 1,474th-largest volume (3.2K lbs). Scale peers outside Connecticut include Steelscape LLC and Remarms LLC.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Co's total reported releases rose from 135 lb in 2022 to 207 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Co's off-site transfers rose from 135 lb in 2022 to 207 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 28% (535 lbs to 387 lbs).
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Co: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Co year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 28% from 2019 to 2024). 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: Lead compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 535 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 535 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 1.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 135 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 207 lbs | 1 |
| 2024 | 387 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead compounds | 2.0K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 1.7K lbs | - |
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Co · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Co
Closest other reporters in Connecticut - including Dyno Nobel Inc, Otis Service Center, Scapa Na LLC, ordered by distance.
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Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Connecticut - e.g. Steelscape LLC, Remarms LLC, Omnimax International LLC.
Compare beyond Connecticut
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Co on cumulative reported pounds (3.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Harsco Metals - Pittsboro, Kdc One / Cosmetic Laboratories of America Inc, Fci Aliceville Federal Bureau of Prisons. 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.
- Harsco Metals - Pittsboro Pittsboro, IN · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 3.2K lbs reported
- Kdc One / Cosmetic Laboratories of America Inc Chatsworth, CA · Chemicals 3.2K lbs reported
- Fci Aliceville Federal Bureau of Prisons Aliceville, AL · Other 3.2K lbs reported
- Kingchem Laboratories Inc. Saint Francis, WI · Chemicals 3.2K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Ensign-Bickford Industries Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Co.
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 Lead compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds; nearby reporters include Dyno Nobel Inc. Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Co 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.
Use and verify this record
This Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Co TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Lead compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Simsbury, CT, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 332993 · Fabricated Metals. 0.1% of Hartford TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Harsco Metals - Pittsboro (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Co stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Lead compounds. 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