EPA TRI Facility · Miscellaneous Manufacturing
Alcon Laboratories Inc-Johns Creek Manufacturing
Duluth, GA
- Total releases
- 14.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Alcon Laboratories Inc-Johns Creek Manufacturing: how the 14.2K lbs splits
14.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 14.2K lbs 100.0%
Alcon Laboratories Inc-Johns Creek Manufacturing's 14.2K 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: Formic acid.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Alcon Laboratories Inc-Johns Creek Manufacturing is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Duluth, GA, in the miscellaneous manufacturing sector. It reported 2.6K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 14.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 9,019 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Georgia's 705 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Alcon Laboratories Inc-Johns Creek Manufacturing is pounds #284 and chemical-count #541 at 14.2K lbs. Rayonier Performance Fibers Jesup Mill leads reported pounds (22.6M lbs) at 26 chemicals (chemical-count #4). Bowen Steam Electric Generating Plant leads chemical count at 30 chemicals (3.3M lbs, pounds #18). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Solvay Specialty Polymers USA Llc-Alpharetta; Roto-Die Co Inc.; Innovative Water Care LLC; L3HARRIS Aviation Products Inc. Similar-scale Miscellaneous Manufacturing peers outside Georgia: Zimmer Biomet Inc.; Gentex Optics Inc; Zimmer Biomet Inc; Leachgarner. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Formic acid.
Alcon Laboratories Inc-Johns Creek Manufacturing stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 14.2K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Zimmer Biomet Inc. and Gentex Optics Inc.
Alcon Laboratories Inc-Johns Creek Manufacturing vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
14K lbs Top 35% higher than 65% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Alcon Laboratories Inc-Johns Creek Manufacturing: Formic acid-led volume
Among the 371 Miscellaneous Manufacturing facilities in this database, Alcon Laboratories Inc-Johns Creek Manufacturing reports the 100th-largest volume (14.2K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Formic acid alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Georgia include Zimmer Biomet Inc. and Gentex Optics Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Alcon Laboratories Inc-Johns Creek Manufacturing's pounds in one chemical - here Formic acid at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Alcon Laboratories Inc-Johns Creek Manufacturing's total reported releases fell from 3.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Alcon Laboratories Inc-Johns Creek Manufacturing's air releases fell from 3.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Alcon Laboratories Inc-Johns Creek Manufacturing Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Alcon Laboratories Inc-Johns Creek Manufacturing releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 14.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 49% (5.1K lbs to 2.6K lbs).
Alcon Laboratories Inc-Johns Creek 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 Alcon Laboratories Inc-Johns Creek Manufacturing year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 49% 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: Formic acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 1.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 1.6K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 3.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 2.6K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Formic acid | 14.2K lbs | - |
Alcon Laboratories Inc-Johns Creek Manufacturing · AIR-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Georgia - including Solvay Specialty Polymers USA Llc-Alpharetta, Roto-Die Co Inc., Innovative Water Care LLC, ordered by distance.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Alcon Laboratories Inc-Johns Creek Manufacturing on cumulative reported pounds (14.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Ultra Plating, Bell Laboratories Inc., Avery Dennison Mfd. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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Similar chemical count
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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 Formic acid; nearby reporters include Solvay Specialty Polymers USA Llc-Alpharetta. Alcon Laboratories Inc-Johns Creek 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 Alcon Laboratories Inc-Johns Creek Manufacturing TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Formic acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Alcon Laboratories Inc-Johns Creek Manufacturing totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Duluth, GA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 339115 · Miscellaneous Manufacturing. 1.0% of Fulton TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Ultra Plating (Δ 3 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Alcon Laboratories Inc-Johns Creek Manufacturing stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Formic acid. 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