EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Wayne Chemical Inc
Fort Wayne, IN
- Total releases
- 270 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Wayne Chemical Inc: how the 270 lbs splits
270 lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 255 lbs 94.4%
- Off-site Transfers 10 lbs 3.7%
- Air Releases 5 lbs 1.9%
Wayne Chemical Inc's 270 lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 94.4% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 3.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitric acid.
TRACE volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Wayne Chemical Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Fort Wayne, IN, in the chemicals sector. It reported 270 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 15,479 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. Wayne Chemical Inc is pounds #678 and chemical-count #604 at 270 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: Gm Truck Group Fort Wayne Assembly; Waterfurnace International; Faurecia Clean Mobility; Fort Wayne Metals Research Products LLC (avionics Site). Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Indiana: Rust-Oleum - Phoenix; Smarkchem Industries Inc.; Fresh Products LLC; Church & Dwight Co. Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid; Certain glycol ethers.
Wayne Chemical Inc stamps TRACE volume with a dominant LAND pathway (94.4% land disposal) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 270 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Rust-Oleum - Phoenix and Smarkchem Industries Inc..
Wayne Chemical Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
270 lbs 40th percentile higher than 40% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Wayne Chemical Inc in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Wayne Chemical Inc reports the 3,056th-largest volume (270 lbs). Scale peers outside Indiana include Rust-Oleum - Phoenix and Smarkchem Industries Inc..
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Wayne Chemical Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Wayne Chemical Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 270 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (270 lbs to 0 lbs).
Wayne Chemical Inc: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Wayne Chemical Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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: Nitric acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 270 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 260 lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 10 lbs | - |
Wayne Chemical Inc · LAND-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Indiana - including Gm Truck Group Fort Wayne Assembly, Waterfurnace International, Faurecia Clean Mobility, ordered by distance.
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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 Nitric acid, Certain glycol ethers; nearby reporters include Gm Truck Group Fort Wayne Assembly. Wayne Chemical Inc stamps TRACE volume · LAND 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 Wayne Chemical Inc TRI extract (TRACE · LAND · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Wayne Chemical Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Fort Wayne, IN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325611 · Chemicals. 0.0% of Allen TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Caterpillar Inc North American Hydraulic Excavator Facility (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Wayne Chemical Inc stamps TRACE volume · LAND pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid. 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