EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Rogers Corp - Bear
Bear, DE · Parent: Rogers Corp
- Total releases
- 10.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Rogers Corp - Bear: how the 12.0K lbs splits
12.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 11.8K lbs 98.7%
- Off-site Transfers 157 lbs 1.3%
Rogers Corp - Bear's 12.0K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 98.7% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 1.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Xylene (mixed isomers).
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 AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Rogers Corp - Bear is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Bear, DE, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 1.6K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2024, and 10.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 9,755 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Delaware's 53 reporting TRI sites, Delaware City Refinery leads both reported pounds (27.7M lbs) and chemical count (42 chemicals). The two rankings do not invert in this pool. Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Nexpera - Red Lion Plant; Kuehne Chemical Co Inc; Hma Concrete LLC DBA Heritage Concrete Bear Facility; Air Products & Chemicals. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Delaware: Bridgestone Bandag LLC Abilene Plant; Griffith Rubber Mills; Tarkett USA DBA Johnsonite Rubber Flooring; Michelin Na Inc-Starr Facility. Other Rogers Corp sites in this extract: Rogers Corp - Roosevelt; Rogers Corp - Narragansett; Rogers Corp - Woodstock; Rogers Corp - Moosup. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Xylene (mixed isomers); Ethylbenzene; Copper.
Rogers Corp - Bear stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (98.7% air releases) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 10.3K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Bridgestone Bandag LLC Abilene Plant and Griffith Rubber Mills.
Rogers Corp - Bear vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
10K lbs Top 38% higher than 62% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Rogers Corp - Bear: Xylene (mixed isomers)-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Rogers Corp - Bear reports the 798th-largest volume (10.3K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Xylene (mixed isomers) alone is 80.8% of the total. Scale peers outside Delaware include Bridgestone Bandag LLC Abilene Plant and Griffith Rubber Mills.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Rogers Corp - Bear's pounds in one chemical - here Xylene (mixed isomers) at 80.8%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Rogers Corp - Bear's total reported releases fell from 2.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Rogers Corp - Bear's off-site transfers fell from 80 lb in 2022 to 18 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Rogers Corp - Bear's air releases fell from 2.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Rogers Corp - Bear Form-R facts
Compare this facility
See how Rogers Corp - Bear stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
61% less than the comparison
25% less 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 Rogers Corp - Bear releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 12.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 34% (2.5K lbs to 1.6K lbs).
Rogers Corp - Bear: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Rogers Corp - Bear year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 34% 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: Xylene (mixed isomers).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.5K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 2.0K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 2.2K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 2.2K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 1.5K lbs | 3 |
| 2024 | 1.6K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 1 of 3 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 9.7K lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 2.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Copper | 217 lbs | - |
Rogers Corp - Bear · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Rogers Corp - Bear
Closest other reporters in Delaware - including Nexpera - Red Lion Plant, Kuehne Chemical Co Inc, Hma Concrete LLC DBA Heritage Concrete Bear Facility, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 52 other reporting facilities in Delaware.
Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Delaware - e.g. Bridgestone Bandag LLC Abilene Plant, Griffith Rubber Mills, Tarkett USA DBA Johnsonite Rubber Flooring.
Compare beyond Delaware
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Rogers Corp - Bear on cumulative reported pounds (10.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Frazier Industrial Co, Seatex - el Campo, Miller Industries Towing Equipment Inc.. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Rogers Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Rogers Corp - Roosevelt, Rogers Corp - Narragansett, Rogers Corp - Woodstock.
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 Xylene (mixed isomers), Ethylbenzene, Copper; nearby reporters include Nexpera - Red Lion Plant. Rogers Corp - Bear stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Rogers Corp - Bear TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Xylene (mixed isomers)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Rogers Corp - Bear totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Bear, DE, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 326130 · Plastics and Rubber. 0.0% of New Castle TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Frazier Industrial Co (Δ 5 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Rogers Corp - Bear stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Xylene (mixed isomers). 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