EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Bluewater Thermal Solutions
South Bend, IN · Parent: Bwt LLC
- Total releases
- 1.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2022
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Bluewater Thermal Solutions: how the 1.6K lbs splits
1.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 1.6K lbs 100.0%
Bluewater Thermal Solutions's 1.6K 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: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Bluewater Thermal Solutions is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in South Bend, IN, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 118 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2022, and 1.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2022 reporting years. That ranks 13,187 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Indiana's 871 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Bluewater Thermal Solutions is pounds #580 and chemical-count #776 at 1.6K lbs. Uss Gary Works leads reported pounds (77.4M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #9). Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC leads chemical count at 98 chemicals (11.9M lbs, pounds #12). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Imagineering Enterprises LLC; Royal Adhesives & Sealants; Safety-Kleen Systems South Bend (sbi); Molding Products LLC. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Indiana: U S Chrome Corp of New York; Riverdale Mills Corp; Consolidated Pipe & Supply Co Inc; Federal Cartridge Co-Speer. Other Bwt LLC sites in this extract: Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Plant 2; Bluewater Thermal Solutions; Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Rockford. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia.
Bluewater Thermal Solutions stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.6K lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include U S Chrome Corp of New York and Riverdale Mills Corp.
Bluewater Thermal Solutions vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.6K lbs 49th percentile higher than 49% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Bluewater Thermal Solutions: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Bluewater Thermal Solutions reports the 1,650th-largest volume (1.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Indiana include U S Chrome Corp of New York and Riverdale Mills Corp.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Bluewater Thermal Solutions's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Bluewater Thermal Solutions Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Bluewater Thermal Solutions releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases decreased by 50% (236 lbs to 118 lbs).
Bluewater Thermal Solutions: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Bluewater Thermal Solutions year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 50% 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 236 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 1.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 123 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 118 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 1.6K lbs | - |
Bluewater Thermal Solutions · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Bluewater Thermal Solutions
Closest other reporters in Indiana - including Imagineering Enterprises LLC, Royal Adhesives & Sealants, Safety-Kleen Systems South Bend (sbi), ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 870 other reporting facilities in Indiana.
Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Indiana - e.g. U S Chrome Corp of New York, Riverdale Mills Corp, Consolidated Pipe & Supply Co Inc.
Compare beyond Indiana
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Bluewater Thermal Solutions on cumulative reported pounds (1.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include U S Chrome Corp of New York, Riverdale Mills Corp, Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC. 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.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- U S Chrome Corp of New York Batavia, NY · Fabricated Metals 1.6K lbs reported
- Riverdale Mills Corp Northbridge, MA · Fabricated Metals 1.6K lbs reported
- Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC Vega Baja, PR · Electrical Equipment 1.6K lbs reported
- Faurecia Emissions Control Technology Franklin, OH · Transportation Equipment 1.6K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Bwt LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Plant 2, Bluewater Thermal Solutions, Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Rockford.
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 Ammonia; nearby reporters include Imagineering Enterprises LLC. Bluewater Thermal Solutions 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.
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This Bluewater Thermal Solutions TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Bluewater Thermal Solutions totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for South Bend, IN, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 332811 · Fabricated Metals. 0.1% of St. Joseph TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: U S Chrome Corp of New York (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Bluewater Thermal Solutions stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ammonia. 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