EPA TRI Facility · Machinery
Urschel Laboratories Inc
Chesterton, IN
- Total releases
- 107.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Urschel Laboratories Inc: how the 107.4K lbs splits
107.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 107.3K lbs 100.0%
- Air Releases 5 lbs <0.1%
Urschel Laboratories Inc's 107.4K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Chromium.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Urschel Laboratories Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Chesterton, IN, in the machinery sector. It reported 15.8K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 107.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,444 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. Urschel Laboratories Inc is pounds #208 and chemical-count #370 at 107.4K 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Worthington Steel Co; Natl Park Service Indiana Dunes National Park Indu; Pvs Technologies Inc.; Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor LLC. Similar-scale Machinery peers outside Indiana: Usnr LLC; Astec Inc; Lindsay Manufacturing Co; Rite Hite Products Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium; Copper; Nickel.
Urschel Laboratories Inc stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 107.4K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Usnr LLC and Astec Inc.
Urschel Laboratories Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
107K lbs Top 17% higher than 83% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Urschel Laboratories Inc: Chromium-led volume
Among the 1,186 Machinery facilities in this database, Urschel Laboratories Inc reports the 56th-largest volume, placing it in the top 4.7% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Chromium alone is 64.1% of the total. Scale peers outside Indiana include Usnr LLC and Astec Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Urschel Laboratories Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Chromium at 64.1%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Urschel Laboratories Inc's total reported releases rose from 13.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 15.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Urschel Laboratories Inc's off-site transfers rose from 13.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 15.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Urschel Laboratories Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Urschel Laboratories Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 107.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 44% (28.1K lbs to 15.8K lbs).
Urschel Laboratories Inc: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Urschel Laboratories Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 44% 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: Chromium.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 28.1K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 30.0K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 20.3K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 13.1K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 15.8K lbs | 3 |
Urschel Laboratories Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Urschel Laboratories Inc on cumulative reported pounds (107.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Arc Colorado Inc., Equistar Chemicals LP, Fibertech Inc.. 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.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
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 Chromium, Copper, Nickel; nearby reporters include Worthington Steel Co. Urschel Laboratories Inc stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Urschel Laboratories Inc TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Chromium) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Urschel Laboratories Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Chesterton, IN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 333241 · Machinery. 0.3% of Porter TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Arc Colorado Inc. (Δ 78 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Urschel Laboratories Inc stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Chromium. 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