EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
Harsco Minerals - Nbc
East Chicago, IN · Parent: Opta (usa)
- Total releases
- 2 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 10
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Harsco Minerals - Nbc: how the 2 lbs splits
2 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 2 lbs 100.0%
Harsco Minerals - Nbc's 2 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: Lead And Lead Compounds.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Harsco Minerals - Nbc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in East Chicago, IN, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 1 lbs of releases across 9 chemicals in 2023, and 2 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 19,561 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. Harsco Minerals - Nbc is pounds #823 and chemical-count #77 at 2 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: Eco-Services Operations; Niagara Lasalle Corp-Hammond Plant; Grace Davison East Chicago; Electric Coating Technologies LLC D/b/a Material Sciences Co. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Indiana: Certainteed Gypsum; Holcim (us) - South Chicago; 419 Lewisville; Titan Florida-Ft. Lauderdale Rmc Plant. Other Opta (usa) sites in this extract: Anker Industries; Opta - New Kensington; Affival Inc; Opta - Myoma. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds; Lead compounds; Aluminum (fume or dust); Chromium.
Harsco Minerals - Nbc stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 10 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Certainteed Gypsum and Holcim (us) - South Chicago.
Harsco Minerals - Nbc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2 lbs 25th percentile higher than 25% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Harsco Minerals - Nbc in the Nonmetallic Mineral Product sector extract
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, Harsco Minerals - Nbc reports the 1,465th-largest volume (2 lbs). Scale peers outside Indiana include Certainteed Gypsum and Holcim (us) - South Chicago.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Harsco Minerals - Nbc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Harsco Minerals - Nbc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 182% (0 lbs to 1 lbs).
Harsco Minerals - Nbc: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Harsco Minerals - Nbc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 182% 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: Lead And Lead Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 lbs | 9 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 9 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 9 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 9 |
| 2023 | 1 lbs | 9 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 10 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 1 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Aluminum (fume or dust) | 0 lbs | - |
| Chromium | 0 lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 0 lbs | - |
| Copper | 0 lbs | - |
| Manganese | 0 lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Nickel | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Zinc (fume or dust) | 0 lbs | - |
Harsco Minerals - Nbc · AIR-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Indiana - including Eco-Services Operations, Niagara Lasalle Corp-Hammond Plant, Grace Davison East Chicago, ordered by distance.
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Similar Nonmetallic Mineral Product Facilities
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Indiana - e.g. Certainteed Gypsum, Holcim (us) - South Chicago, 419 Lewisville.
Other Opta (usa) Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Anker Industries, Opta - New Kensington, Affival Inc.
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 And Lead Compounds, Lead compounds, Aluminum (fume or dust), Chromium; nearby reporters include Eco-Services Operations. Harsco Minerals - Nbc stamps TRACE 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 Harsco Minerals - Nbc TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Lead And Lead Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Harsco Minerals - Nbc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for East Chicago, IN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 327992 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 0.0% of Lake TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Certainteed Gypsum (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Harsco Minerals - Nbc stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Lead And 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