EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Vita Craft Corp
Shawnee, KS
- Total releases
- 2.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Vita Craft Corp: how the 2.6K lbs splits
2.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 2.5K lbs 97.1%
- Air Releases 50 lbs 1.9%
- Land Disposal 25 lbs 1.0%
Vita Craft Corp's 2.6K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 97.1% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 1.9%. Leading chemical by pounds: Chromium.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Vita Craft Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Shawnee, KS, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 1.1K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 2.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 12,355 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. Vita Craft Corp is pounds #165 and chemical-count #264 at 2.6K 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Argenta US Manufacturing Llc.; Concrete Materials Inc; Universal Engraving Inc; Biomune Co.. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Kansas: Elmira Heat Treating Inc; Flowserve; Forum Energy Technologies - Clearfield; Worthington Samuel Coil Processing - East. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium.
Vita Craft Corp stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (97.1% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Elmira Heat Treating Inc and Flowserve.
Vita Craft Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.6K lbs Top 48% higher than 52% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Vita Craft Corp: Chromium-led volume
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Vita Craft Corp reports the 1,521st-largest volume (2.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Chromium alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Kansas include Elmira Heat Treating Inc and Flowserve.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Vita Craft Corp's pounds in one chemical - here Chromium at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Vita Craft Corp's total reported releases rose from 378 lb in 2022 to 1.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Vita Craft Corp's off-site transfers rose from 363 lb in 2022 to 1.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Vita Craft Corp Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Vita Craft Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 56% (686 lbs to 1.1K lbs).
Vita Craft Corp: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Vita Craft Corp year-over-year reported totals (increased by 56% 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 | 686 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 170 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 299 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 378 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 1.1K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Chromium | 2.6K lbs | - |
Vita Craft Corp · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Vita Craft Corp
Closest other reporters in Kansas - including Argenta US Manufacturing Llc., Concrete Materials Inc, Universal Engraving Inc, ordered by distance.
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Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kansas - e.g. Elmira Heat Treating Inc, Flowserve, Forum Energy Technologies - Clearfield.
Compare beyond Kansas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Vita Craft Corp on cumulative reported pounds (2.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Elmira Heat Treating Inc, Willow Brook Foods, Fxi Inc. - Archbald. 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.
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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; nearby reporters include Argenta US Manufacturing Llc.. Vita Craft Corp stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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 Vita Craft Corp TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Chromium) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Vita Craft Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Shawnee, KS, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332215 · Fabricated Metals. 0.9% of Johnson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Elmira Heat Treating Inc (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Vita Craft Corp stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · 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