EPA TRI Facility · Furniture
Smart LLC
New Paris, IN
- Total releases
- 33.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Smart LLC: how the 33.3K lbs splits
33.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 33.2K lbs 99.7%
- Off-site Transfers 114 lbs 0.3%
Smart LLC's 33.3K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 99.7% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 0.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Certain glycol ethers.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Smart LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in New Paris, IN, in the furniture sector. It reported 6.1K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 33.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,057 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. Smart LLC is pounds #329 and chemical-count #708 at 33.3K 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). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Better Way Products; Merchants Metals; Smoker Craft Inc.; Brock Grain Systems. Similar-scale Furniture peers outside Indiana: Cabinetworks Group Middlefield Plant 3; Counter Form LLC; Springs Window Fashions LLC; Legend Cabinetry. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Certain glycol ethers.
Smart LLC stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (99.7% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 33.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Cabinetworks Group Middlefield Plant 3 and Counter Form LLC.
Smart LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
33K lbs Top 27% higher than 73% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Smart LLC: Certain glycol ethers-led volume
Among the 185 Furniture facilities in this database, Smart LLC reports the 81st-largest volume (33.3K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Certain glycol ethers alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Indiana include Cabinetworks Group Middlefield Plant 3 and Counter Form LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Smart LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Certain glycol ethers at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Smart LLC's total reported releases fell from 7.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 6.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Smart LLC's air releases fell from 7.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 6.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Smart LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Smart LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 33.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 2% (6.0K lbs to 6.1K lbs).
Smart LLC: 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 Smart LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 2% 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: Certain glycol ethers.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 6.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 7.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 7.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 6.1K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Certain glycol ethers | 33.3K lbs | - |
Smart LLC · AIR-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Indiana - including Better Way Products, Merchants Metals, Smoker Craft Inc., ordered by distance.
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Similar Furniture Facilities
Other Furniture facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Indiana - e.g. Cabinetworks Group Middlefield Plant 3, Counter Form LLC, Springs Window Fashions LLC.
Compare beyond Indiana
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Smart LLC on cumulative reported pounds (33.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Easton Mill, Apache Nitrogen Products Inc, Dexsys. 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
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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 Certain glycol ethers; nearby reporters include Better Way Products. Smart LLC 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 Smart LLC TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Smart LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for New Paris, IN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 337110 · Furniture. 0.2% of Elkhart TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Easton Mill (Δ 4 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Smart LLC stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers. 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