EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Colonial Metals Inc
Elkton, MD · Parent: Ames Goldsmith
- Total releases
- 808 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Colonial Metals Inc: how the 818 lbs splits
818 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 788 lbs 96.3%
- Air Releases 30 lbs 3.7%
Colonial Metals Inc's 818 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 96.3% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 3.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nickel compounds.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-HEAVY
Colonial Metals Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Elkton, MD, in the chemicals sector. It reported 10 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2024, and 808 lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 14,154 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Maryland's 152 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Colonial Metals Inc is pounds #83 and chemical-count #62 at 808 lbs. Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility leads reported pounds (9.1M lbs) at 4 chemicals (chemical-count #37). Brandon Shores & Wagner Complex leads chemical count at 27 chemicals (560.1K lbs, pounds #9). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Terumo Medical Corp; W.l. Gore & Associates Inc - Lovett I; W L Gore & Associates Inc; Composite & Metal Products USA Inc DBA Composites USA. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Maryland: Novalent Ltd; Kemira Water Solutions Inc; Chemtreat Inc Eldridge Ia; Blue Ridge Solvents & Coatings. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nickel compounds; Chlorine; Nickel And Nickel Compounds.
Colonial Metals Inc stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (96.3% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 808 lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Novalent Ltd and Kemira Water Solutions Inc.
Colonial Metals Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
808 lbs 46th percentile higher than 46% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Colonial Metals Inc in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Colonial Metals Inc reports the 2,881st-largest volume (808 lbs). Scale peers outside Maryland include Novalent Ltd and Kemira Water Solutions Inc.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Colonial Metals Inc's total reported releases fell from 33 lb in 2022 to 3 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Colonial Metals Inc's off-site transfers fell from 30 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Colonial Metals Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Colonial Metals Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 818 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 150% (4 lbs to 10 lbs).
Colonial Metals Inc: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Colonial Metals Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 150% from 2019 to 2024). 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: Nickel compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 758 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 10 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 33 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 3 lbs | 2 |
| 2024 | 10 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 2 of 3 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nickel compounds | 782 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chlorine | 28 lbs | - |
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 8 lbs | Carcinogen |
Colonial Metals Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
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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 Nickel compounds, Chlorine, Nickel And Nickel Compounds; nearby reporters include Terumo Medical Corp. Colonial Metals Inc stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE 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.
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This Colonial Metals Inc TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CARC-HEAVY · lead Nickel compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Colonial Metals Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Elkton, MD, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 325998 · Chemicals. 0.3% of Cecil TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Raybestos Powertrain LLC (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Colonial Metals Inc stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Nickel compounds. 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