EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Microbest Inc
Waterbury, CT
- Total releases
- 69 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2022
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Microbest Inc: how the 69 lbs splits
69 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 69 lbs 100.0%
Microbest Inc's 69 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Microbest Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Waterbury, CT, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 69 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 16,916 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. Microbest Inc is pounds #183 and chemical-count #162 at 69 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Silgan Dispensing Systems Covit America; Consolidated Industries Inc.; Electric Cable Compounds Inc; Wieland Rolled Products N.a. - Waterbury Facility. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Connecticut: Texas Honing Inc - Pearland; Avk Industrial Products; Smw Manufacturing; Lapham-Hickey Steel Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
Microbest Inc stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 69 lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Texas Honing Inc - Pearland and Avk Industrial Products.
Microbest Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
69 lbs 35th percentile higher than 35% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Microbest Inc in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Microbest Inc reports the 2,252nd-largest volume (69 lbs). Scale peers outside Connecticut include Texas Honing Inc - Pearland and Avk Industrial Products.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Microbest Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Microbest Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 69 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases decreased by 100% (19 lbs to 0 lbs).
Microbest Inc: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Microbest Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% from 2019 to 2022). 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 and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 19 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 29 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 21 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 50 lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 19 lbs | - |
Microbest Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Connecticut - including Silgan Dispensing Systems Covit America, Consolidated Industries Inc., Electric Cable Compounds Inc, 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. Texas Honing Inc - Pearland, Avk Industrial Products, Smw Manufacturing.
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 and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); nearby reporters include Silgan Dispensing Systems Covit America. Microbest Inc stamps TRACE 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.
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This Microbest Inc TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Microbest Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Waterbury, CT, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 332721 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of New Haven TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Apex Chemical Corp (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Microbest Inc stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region). 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