EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Merchants Metals
New Paris, IN · Parent: Merchants Metals LLC
- Total releases
- 42.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2020
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Merchants Metals: how the 42.1K lbs splits
42.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 41.0K lbs 97.4%
- Water Discharges 820 lbs 1.9%
- Air Releases 262 lbs 0.6%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Merchants Metals's 42.1K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 97.4% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 1.9%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Merchants Metals is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in New Paris, IN, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 11.0K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2020, and 42.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2020 reporting years. That ranks 6,513 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. Merchants Metals is pounds #307 and chemical-count #382 at 42.1K 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: Better Way Products; Smart LLC; Brock Grain Systems; Pigtek a Div of Ctb Inc. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Indiana: Aluminum Precision Products Inc; Stupp Bridge Co; Mpc Plating Inc; Thyssenkrupp Rothe Erde USA Inc.. Other Merchants Metals LLC sites in this extract: Merchant Metals LLC; Adc Manufacturing. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Lead compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds.
Merchants Metals stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (97.4% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 42.1K lbs (2019–2020). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Aluminum Precision Products Inc and Stupp Bridge Co.
Merchants Metals vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
42K lbs Top 25% higher than 75% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Merchants Metals: Zinc compounds-led volume
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Merchants Metals reports the 735th-largest volume, placing it in the top 21.5% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 95.1% of the total. Scale peers outside Indiana include Aluminum Precision Products Inc and Stupp Bridge Co.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Merchants Metals's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 95.1%. Not a toxicity score.
Merchants Metals Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Merchants Metals releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 42.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2020, total releases decreased by 65% (31.1K lbs to 11.0K lbs).
Merchants Metals: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2020
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
What this shows Merchants Metals year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 65% from 2019 to 2020). 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 31.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 11.0K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2020). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 40.0K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 1.5K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 599 lbs | - |
Merchants Metals · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Merchants Metals on cumulative reported pounds (42.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include U.S. Army National Guard Camp Butner Range, Midas Project, Pcc Structurals Inc Small Structurals Business Operation. 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.
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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 Zinc compounds, Lead compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds; nearby reporters include Better Way Products. Merchants Metals stamps LIGHT 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 Merchants Metals TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Merchants Metals totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for New Paris, IN, latest year 2020. Form-R rows span 2019–2020 (2 years). NAICS 332812 · Fabricated Metals. 0.2% of Elkhart TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: U.S. Army National Guard Camp Butner Range (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Merchants Metals stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Zinc 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