EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Park Aerospace Corp.
Newton, KS · Parent: Park Electrochemical Corp
- Total releases
- 1.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Park Aerospace Corp.: how the 1.6K lbs splits
1.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 1.6K lbs 100.0%
Park Aerospace Corp.'s 1.6K 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: N,N-Dimethylformamide.
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-HEAVY
Park Aerospace Corp. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Newton, KS, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 276 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 1.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 13,159 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. Park Aerospace Corp. is pounds #174 and chemical-count #200 at 1.6K 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). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Future Foam Inc.; Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc.; Mid Continent Cabinetry; Full Vision Inc.. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Kansas: Te Connectivity - Pegg Road; Inalfa Roof Systems Inc; Vehtek Systems Inc; Faurecia Emissions Control Technology. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: N,N-Dimethylformamide; Tetrabromobisphenol A.
Park Aerospace Corp. stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Te Connectivity - Pegg Road and Inalfa Roof Systems Inc.
Park Aerospace Corp. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.6K lbs 49th percentile higher than 49% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Park Aerospace Corp.: N,N-Dimethylformamide-led volume
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Park Aerospace Corp. reports the 827th-largest volume (1.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: N,N-Dimethylformamide alone is 99.6% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 99.6% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Kansas include Te Connectivity - Pegg Road and Inalfa Roof Systems Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Park Aerospace Corp.'s pounds in one chemical - here N,N-Dimethylformamide at 99.6%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Park Aerospace Corp.'s total reported releases fell from 314 lb in 2022 to 276 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Park Aerospace Corp.'s air releases fell from 314 lb in 2022 to 276 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Park Aerospace Corp. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Park Aerospace Corp. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 16% (327 lbs to 276 lbs).
Park Aerospace Corp.: 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 Park Aerospace Corp. year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 16% 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: N,N-Dimethylformamide.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 327 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 333 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 335 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 314 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 276 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 2 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| N,N-Dimethylformamide | 1.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Tetrabromobisphenol A | 6 lbs | - |
Park Aerospace Corp. · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Park Aerospace Corp.
Closest other reporters in Kansas - including Future Foam Inc., Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc., Mid Continent Cabinetry, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 316 other reporting facilities in Kansas.
Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kansas - e.g. Te Connectivity - Pegg Road, Inalfa Roof Systems Inc, Vehtek Systems Inc.
Compare beyond Kansas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Park Aerospace Corp. on cumulative reported pounds (1.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Elite Spice Inc., Jtl Group Belgrade DBA Knife River - Belgrade, Dutch Made Cabinets LLC. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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 N,N-Dimethylformamide, Tetrabromobisphenol A; nearby reporters include Future Foam Inc.. Park Aerospace Corp. stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Park Aerospace Corp. TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead N,N-Dimethylformamide) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Park Aerospace Corp. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Newton, KS, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336413 · Transportation Equipment. 0.9% of Harvey TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Elite Spice Inc. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Park Aerospace Corp. stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead N,N-Dimethylformamide. 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