EPA TRI Facility · Machinery
Harper Industries
Harper, KS · Parent: Harper Industries
- Total releases
- 10.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 6
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Harper Industries: how the 10.8K lbs splits
10.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 10.8K lbs 100.0%
Harper Industries's 10.8K 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: Diisocyanates.
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.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Harper Industries is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Harper, KS, in the machinery sector. It reported 78 lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 10.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 9,659 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Kansas's 317 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Harper Industries is pounds #136 and chemical-count #59 at 10.8K lbs. Ecovyst Catalyst Technologies LLC leads reported pounds (19.3M lbs) at 9 chemicals (chemical-count #32). Ash Grove Cement Co leads chemical count at 45 chemicals (929.5K lbs, pounds #26). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Central Electropolishing Co; Farrar Corp; Concrete Enterprises; Great Lakes Polymer Technologies LLC. Similar-scale Machinery peers outside Kansas: Itt Goulds Pumps Inc.; Crane Payment Innovations; Primetals Technologies USA LLC; Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Diisocyanates; Chromium; Nickel; Manganese.
Harper Industries stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 6 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 10.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Itt Goulds Pumps Inc. and Crane Payment Innovations.
Harper Industries vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
11K lbs Top 37% higher than 63% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Harper Industries: Diisocyanates-led volume
Among the 1,186 Machinery facilities in this database, Harper Industries reports the 203rd-largest volume, placing it in the top 17.1% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Diisocyanates alone is 88.5% of the total. Scale peers outside Kansas include Itt Goulds Pumps Inc. and Crane Payment Innovations.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Harper Industries's pounds in one chemical - here Diisocyanates at 88.5%. Not a toxicity score.
Harper Industries Form-R facts
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78% less than the comparison
3.0× more than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Harper Industries releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 10.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Harper Industries: 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 Harper Industries year-over-year reported totals. 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: Diisocyanates.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 3.4K lbs | 6 |
| 2021 | 7.3K lbs | 6 |
| 2022 | 69 lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 78 lbs | 5 |
Harper Industries · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Harper Industries
Closest other reporters in Kansas - including Central Electropolishing Co, Farrar Corp, Concrete Enterprises, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 316 other reporting facilities in Kansas.
Similar Machinery Facilities
Other Machinery facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kansas - e.g. Itt Goulds Pumps Inc., Crane Payment Innovations, Primetals Technologies USA LLC.
Compare beyond Kansas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Harper Industries on cumulative reported pounds (10.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (6). Release-pound peers include Southern Graphic Systems LLC, Uniform Color Co, Lone Star Tubular Operations. Chemical-count peers include Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd, Leoni Wire Inc, Turf Care Supply-Hatfield Plant. 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
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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 Diisocyanates, Chromium, Nickel, Manganese; nearby reporters include Central Electropolishing Co. Harper Industries stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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 Harper Industries TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Diisocyanates) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Harper Industries totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Harper, KS, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 333111 · Machinery. 18.3% of Harper TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Southern Graphic Systems LLC (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Harper Industries stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Diisocyanates. 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