EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Babs Foundry
Norton, MA
- Total releases
- 4.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2022
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Babs Foundry: how the 4.2K lbs splits
4.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 3.4K lbs 81.6%
- Air Releases 764 lbs 18.4%
Babs Foundry's 4.2K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 81.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 18.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Copper.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Babs Foundry is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Norton, MA, in the primary metals sector. It reported 900 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2022, and 4.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2022 reporting years. That ranks 11,516 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Massachusetts's 373 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Babs Foundry is pounds #175 and chemical-count #293 at 4.2K lbs. Solutia Inc leads reported pounds (2.5M lbs) at 9 chemicals (chemical-count #10). Astro Chemicals Inc leads chemical count at 17 chemicals (5.9K lbs, pounds #154). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Cps Technologies Corp; Professional Contract Sterilization Inc (pcs); Qg Printing II Corp; V&s Taunton Galvanizing LLC. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Massachusetts: Omega Wire Inc-Sherrill Operations; Goldens' Foundry & Machine Co; Effort Foundry Inc; Col-Fin Specialty Steel II LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper.
Compare Babs Foundry with
Nearest reporters in Massachusetts
- Cps Technologies Corp Norton · 20.6K lbs
- Professional Contract Sterilization Inc (pcs) Taunton · 282 lbs
- Qg Printing II Corp Taunton · 6.4K lbs
- V&s Taunton Galvanizing LLC Taunton · 32.0K lbs
Similar-scale Primary Metals sites elsewhere: Omega Wire Inc-Sherrill Operations (NY) · Goldens' Foundry & Machine Co (GA) · Effort Foundry Inc (PA)
Babs Foundry stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (81.6% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 4.2K lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Omega Wire Inc-Sherrill Operations and Goldens' Foundry & Machine Co.
Babs Foundry vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
4.2K lbs Top 44% higher than 56% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Babs Foundry: Copper-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Babs Foundry reports the 866th-largest volume (4.2K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Copper alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Massachusetts include Omega Wire Inc-Sherrill Operations and Goldens' Foundry & Machine Co.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Babs Foundry's pounds in one chemical - here Copper at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Babs Foundry Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Babs Foundry releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 4.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases decreased by 29% (1.3K lbs to 900 lbs).
Babs Foundry: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Babs Foundry year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 29% from 2019 to 2022). 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: Copper.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 1.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 984 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 900 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Copper | 4.2K lbs | - |
Babs Foundry · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Babs Foundry
Closest other reporters in Massachusetts - including Cps Technologies Corp, Professional Contract Sterilization Inc (pcs), Qg Printing II Corp, ordered by distance.
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Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Massachusetts - e.g. Omega Wire Inc-Sherrill Operations, Goldens' Foundry & Machine Co, Effort Foundry Inc.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Babs Foundry on cumulative reported pounds (4.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include General Coatings Manufacturing Corp, Itw Permatex Inc Solon, Integrated Dna Technologies. 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 Copper; nearby reporters include Cps Technologies Corp. Babs Foundry 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 Babs Foundry TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Copper) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Babs Foundry totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Norton, MA, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 331529 · Primary Metals. 0.2% of Bristol TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: General Coatings Manufacturing Corp (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Babs Foundry stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Copper. 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