EPA TRI Facility · Leather
Onguard Industries
Havre De Grace, MD
- Total releases
- 40 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2021
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Onguard Industries: how the 40 lbs splits
40 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 40 lbs 100.0%
Onguard Industries's 40 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: Ethylene glycol.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Onguard Industries is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Havre De Grace, MD, in the leather sector. It reported 15 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2021, and 40 lbs in total across its 2019-2021 reporting years. That ranks 17,419 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. Onguard Industries is pounds #114 and chemical-count #101 at 40 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Elite Comfort Solutions - Havre de Grace; Tanner Industries Inc; Cytec Engineered Inc; U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Ground. Similar-scale Leather peers outside Maryland: Wood & Hyde Leather Co Inc; Belleville Shoe Manufacturing Co; Original Footwear LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ethylene glycol; Diisocyanates.
Onguard Industries stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 40 lbs (2019–2021). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Wood & Hyde Leather Co Inc and Belleville Shoe Manufacturing Co.
Onguard Industries vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
40 lbs 33rd percentile higher than 33% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Onguard Industries in the Leather sector extract
Among the 22 Leather facilities in this database, Onguard Industries reports the 17th-largest volume (40 lbs). Scale peers outside Maryland include Wood & Hyde Leather Co Inc and Belleville Shoe Manufacturing Co.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Onguard Industries Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Onguard Industries releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 40 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2021, total releases held roughly flat (15 lbs to 15 lbs).
Onguard Industries: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2021
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
What this shows Onguard Industries year-over-year reported totals (held roughly flat from 2019 to 2021). 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: Ethylene glycol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 15 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 10 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 15 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2021). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ethylene glycol | 25 lbs | - |
| Diisocyanates | 15 lbs | - |
Onguard Industries · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Onguard Industries
Closest other reporters in Maryland - including Elite Comfort Solutions - Havre de Grace, Tanner Industries Inc, Cytec Engineered Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 151 other reporting facilities in Maryland.
Similar Leather Facilities
Other Leather facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Maryland - e.g. Wood & Hyde Leather Co Inc, Belleville Shoe Manufacturing Co, Original Footwear 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 Ethylene glycol, Diisocyanates; nearby reporters include Elite Comfort Solutions - Havre de Grace. Onguard Industries stamps TRACE volume · AIR 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 Onguard Industries TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ethylene glycol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Onguard Industries totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Havre De Grace, MD, latest year 2021. Form-R rows span 2019–2021 (3 years). NAICS 316210 · Leather. 0.0% of Harford TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Agritek Industries Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Onguard Industries stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ethylene glycol. 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