EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Cyalume Technologies Inc
West Springfield, MA
- Total releases
- 1.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2020
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Cyalume Technologies Inc: how the 1.3K lbs splits
1.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 1.3K lbs 100.0%
Cyalume Technologies Inc's 1.3K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitric acid.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Cyalume Technologies Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in West Springfield, MA, in the chemicals sector. It reported 531 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2020, and 1.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2020 reporting years. That ranks 13,445 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. Cyalume Technologies Inc is pounds #214 and chemical-count #310 at 1.3K 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: Essential Power Massachusetts LLC West Springfield Station; Agrimark Inc; Valley Plating Inc; Luster-On Products Inc. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Massachusetts: Carus LLC Belmont Site; Metal Chem Inc.; Asterion Finishing Technologies; Chem-Trend LP. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid.
Cyalume Technologies Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.3K lbs (2019–2020). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Carus LLC Belmont Site and Metal Chem Inc..
Cyalume Technologies Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.3K lbs 48th percentile higher than 48% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cyalume Technologies Inc: Nitric acid-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Cyalume Technologies Inc reports the 2,756th-largest volume (1.3K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitric acid alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Massachusetts include Carus LLC Belmont Site and Metal Chem Inc..
Concentrated means ≥60% of Cyalume Technologies Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Nitric acid at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Cyalume Technologies Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cyalume Technologies Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2020, total releases decreased by 31% (773 lbs to 531 lbs).
Cyalume Technologies Inc: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2020
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
What this shows Cyalume Technologies Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 31% from 2019 to 2020). 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: Nitric acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 773 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 531 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2020). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 1.3K lbs | - |
Cyalume Technologies Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Massachusetts - including Essential Power Massachusetts LLC West Springfield Station, Agrimark Inc, Valley Plating Inc, ordered by distance.
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Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cyalume Technologies Inc on cumulative reported pounds (1.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Linde Advanced Material Technologies Inc., Blue Bell Creameries LP, Sonoco Products Co. 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 Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Essential Power Massachusetts LLC West Springfield Station. Cyalume Technologies Inc 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 Cyalume Technologies Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cyalume Technologies Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for West Springfield, MA, latest year 2020. Form-R rows span 2019–2020 (2 years). NAICS 325998 · Chemicals. 0.0% of Hampden TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Blue Bell Creameries LP (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cyalume Technologies Inc stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid. 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