EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Pace Industries - Cambridge Div
North Billerica, MA · Parent: Pace Industries LLC
- Total releases
- 5.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Pace Industries - Cambridge Div: how the 5.1K lbs splits
5.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 5.1K lbs 100.0%
Pace Industries - Cambridge Div's 5.1K 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: Zinc compounds.
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 AIR pathway TRACE-CARC
Pace Industries - Cambridge Div is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in North Billerica, MA, in the primary metals sector. It reported 0 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2024, and 5.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 11,179 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. Pace Industries - Cambridge Div is pounds #164 and chemical-count #56 at 5.1K 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). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Standex International Spincraft Div; Thermo Fisher Scientific; 3M Co Chelmsford; Edwards Vacuum LLC. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Massachusetts: Omega Wire Inc. - Jordan Plant; Braeburn Alloy Steel LLC; Dynacast Inc; Top Die Casting Co. Other Pace Industries LLC sites in this extract: Alloy Resource Corp; Pace Industries Inc; Pace Industries Inc.; Port City Die Cast. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Copper; Lead; Certain glycol ethers.
Pace Industries - Cambridge Div stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 5 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 5.1K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Omega Wire Inc. - Jordan Plant and Braeburn Alloy Steel LLC.
Pace Industries - Cambridge Div vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
5.1K lbs Top 43% higher than 57% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Pace Industries - Cambridge Div: Zinc compounds-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Pace Industries - Cambridge Div reports the 842nd-largest volume (5.1K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 99.8% of the total. Scale peers outside Massachusetts include Omega Wire Inc. - Jordan Plant and Braeburn Alloy Steel LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Pace Industries - Cambridge Div's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 99.8%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Pace Industries - Cambridge Div's total reported releases fell from 1.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Pace Industries - Cambridge Div's air releases fell from 1.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Pace Industries - Cambridge Div's chemicals reported fell from 4 in 2022 to 1 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Pace Industries - Cambridge Div Form-R facts
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See how Pace Industries - Cambridge Div stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
101.3× more than the comparison
67% more than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Pace Industries - Cambridge Div releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 5.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 100% (2.5K lbs to 0 lbs).
Pace Industries - Cambridge Div: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Pace Industries - Cambridge Div year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.5K lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 1.1K lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 9 lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 1.5K lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 1 of 5 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 5.1K lbs | - |
| Copper | 6 lbs | - |
| Lead | 4 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Certain glycol ethers | 0 lbs | - |
| Mixture | 0 lbs | - |
Pace Industries - Cambridge Div · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Pace Industries - Cambridge Div
Closest other reporters in Massachusetts - including Standex International Spincraft Div, Thermo Fisher Scientific, 3M Co Chelmsford, ordered by distance.
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Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Massachusetts - e.g. Omega Wire Inc. - Jordan Plant, Braeburn Alloy Steel LLC, Dynacast Inc.
Compare beyond Massachusetts
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Pace Industries - Cambridge Div on cumulative reported pounds (5.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Holcim Solutions & Products US LLC, Zinus USA Inc., Coastal Chemical Co. LLC. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of Puerto Rico LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Pace Industries LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Alloy Resource Corp, Pace Industries Inc, Pace Industries Inc..
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 Zinc compounds, Copper, Lead, Certain glycol ethers; nearby reporters include Standex International Spincraft Div. Pace Industries - Cambridge Div stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Pace Industries - Cambridge Div TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · TRACE-CARC · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Pace Industries - Cambridge Div totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for North Billerica, MA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 331523 · Primary Metals. 0.1% of Middlesex TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Holcim Solutions & Products US LLC (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Pace Industries - Cambridge Div stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Zinc 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