EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
Berkshire Concrete Corp
Pittsfield, MA · Parent: Petricca Industries Inc
- Total releases
- 8.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Berkshire Concrete Corp: how the 8.8K lbs splits
8.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 8.8K lbs 100.0%
Berkshire Concrete Corp's 8.8K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
LIGHT volume LAND pathway CARC-LEAN
Berkshire Concrete Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Pittsfield, MA, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 1 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2024, and 8.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 10,076 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. Berkshire Concrete Corp is pounds #139 and chemical-count #118 at 8.8K 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: Crane Pioneer Mill; Crane & Co. Inc.; O'Connell Oil Co Merrill Road Facility; Pittsfield Generating Co LP. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Massachusetts: Engis Corp; Glacier Northwest Inc Front Ave Ready-Mix Plant; American Rock Products Hanford; Momentive Performance Materials Quartz Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Lead; Mercury.
Compare Berkshire Concrete Corp with
Nearest reporters in Massachusetts
- Crane Pioneer Mill Dalton · 0 lbs
- Crane & Co. Inc. Dalton · 0 lbs
- O'Connell Oil Co Merrill Road Facility Pittsfield · 28.8K lbs
- Pittsfield Generating Co LP Pittsfield · 22.4K lbs
Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product sites elsewhere: Engis Corp (IL) · Glacier Northwest Inc Front Ave Ready-Mix Plant (OR) · American Rock Products Hanford (WA)
Berkshire Concrete Corp stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant LAND pathway (100.0% land disposal) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 8.8K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Engis Corp and Glacier Northwest Inc Front Ave Ready-Mix Plant.
Berkshire Concrete Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
8.8K lbs Top 39% higher than 61% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Berkshire Concrete Corp: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, Berkshire Concrete Corp reports the 393rd-largest volume, placing it in the top 12% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 98.6% of the total. Scale peers outside Massachusetts include Engis Corp and Glacier Northwest Inc Front Ave Ready-Mix Plant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Berkshire Concrete Corp's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 98.6%. Not a toxicity score.
Berkshire Concrete Corp Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Berkshire Concrete Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 8.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 99% (214 lbs to 1 lbs).
Berkshire Concrete Corp: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Berkshire Concrete Corp year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 99% 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 214 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 281 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 8.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 lbs | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 1 of 3 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 8.7K lbs | - |
| Lead | 124 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Mercury | 1 lbs | - |
Berkshire Concrete Corp · LAND-pathway site
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Similar Nonmetallic Mineral Product Facilities
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Massachusetts - e.g. Engis Corp, Glacier Northwest Inc Front Ave Ready-Mix Plant, American Rock Products Hanford.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Berkshire Concrete Corp on cumulative reported pounds (8.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Weatherford Artificial Lift Systems Inc, Hydrite Chemical Co., Almatis Burnside Inc. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
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Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead, Mercury; nearby reporters include Crane Pioneer Mill. Berkshire Concrete Corp stamps LIGHT volume · LAND pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Berkshire Concrete Corp TRI extract (LIGHT · LAND · CARC-LEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Berkshire Concrete Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Pittsfield, MA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 327320 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 4.4% of Berkshire TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Weatherford Artificial Lift Systems Inc (Δ 7 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Berkshire Concrete Corp stamps LIGHT volume · LAND pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). 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