EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
Corning Inc
Harrodsburg, KY · Parent: Corning Inc
- Total releases
- 476.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Corning Inc: how the 476.9K lbs splits
476.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 476.5K lbs 99.9%
- Air Releases 337 lbs 0.1%
Corning Inc's 476.9K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lithium carbonate.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Corning Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Harrodsburg, KY, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 372.6K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 476.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,010 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Kentucky's 422 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Corning Inc is pounds #59 and chemical-count #256 at 476.9K lbs. North American Stainless leads reported pounds (35.2M lbs) at 15 chemicals (chemical-count #36). Safety-Kleen Systems Inc. leads chemical count at 50 chemicals (725.8K lbs, pounds #50). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Astemo Americas Inc-Hk; Kentucky Utilities Co. - E. W. Brown Station; Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems Kentucky Corp; Denyo Manufacturing Corp. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Kentucky: Cemex Construction Materials Pacific LLC; Graymont Western U.S. Inc Cricket Mtn Lime Production; Wheelabrator Abrasives Inc; Carmeuse Lime Inc Buffington. Other Corning Inc sites in this extract: Corning Inc; Corning Inc; Hemlock Semiconductor Operations LLC; Corning Optical Communications Llc-Hmtc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lithium carbonate; Zinc (fume or dust).
Corning Inc stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.9% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 476.9K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Cemex Construction Materials Pacific LLC and Graymont Western U.S. Inc Cricket Mtn Lime Production.
Corning Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
477K lbs Top 8% higher than 92% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Corning Inc inside Mercer's TRI pounds
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, Corning Inc reports the 65th-largest volume, placing it in the top 2% of its sector. This one site accounts for 27.7% of every pound reported in Mercer. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Lithium carbonate alone is 99.6% of the total. Scale peers outside Kentucky include Cemex Construction Materials Pacific LLC and Graymont Western U.S. Inc Cricket Mtn Lime Production.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Mercer's reported pounds (1.7M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Corning Inc's total reported releases rose from 49.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 372.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Corning Inc's off-site transfers rose from 49.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 372.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Corning Inc's air releases fell from 255 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Corning Inc's chemicals reported fell from 2 in 2022 to 1 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Corning Inc Form-R facts
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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 Corning Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 476.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 4206% (8.7K lbs to 372.6K lbs).
Corning 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 Corning Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 4206% 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: Lithium carbonate.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 8.7K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 10.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 35.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 49.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 372.6K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lithium carbonate | 475.1K lbs | - |
| Zinc (fume or dust) | 1.8K lbs | - |
Corning Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Corning Inc
Closest other reporters in Kentucky - including Astemo Americas Inc-Hk, Kentucky Utilities Co. - E. W. Brown Station, Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems Kentucky Corp, ordered by distance.
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Similar Nonmetallic Mineral Product Facilities
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kentucky - e.g. Cemex Construction Materials Pacific LLC, Graymont Western U.S. Inc Cricket Mtn Lime Production, Wheelabrator Abrasives Inc.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Corning Inc on cumulative reported pounds (476.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include US Nitrogen LLC, Punxsutawney Finishing Works, Basf Corp. 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).
Other Corning Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Corning Inc, Corning Inc, Hemlock Semiconductor Operations LLC.
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 Lithium carbonate, Zinc (fume or dust); nearby reporters include Astemo Americas Inc-Hk. Corning Inc stamps MID 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 Corning Inc TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Lithium carbonate) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Corning Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Harrodsburg, KY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 327211 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 27.7% of Mercer TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: US Nitrogen LLC (Δ 122 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Corning Inc stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Lithium carbonate. 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