EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Valley Plating Inc
Springfield, MA
- Total releases
- 2.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2019
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Valley Plating Inc: how the 2.4K lbs splits
2.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 2.4K lbs 100.0%
Valley Plating Inc's 2.4K 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
Valley Plating Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Springfield, MA, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 2.4K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2019. That ranks 12,519 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. Valley Plating Inc is pounds #194 and chemical-count #299 at 2.4K 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: Luster-On Products Inc; Smith & Wesson Brands Inc.; Astro Chemicals Inc; Doncasters Storms Forge. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Massachusetts: Nitrex Inc; Kohler Co Arkansas Faucet Op Erations - Sheridan Plant; Marshall Excelsior Co; Quanex Building Products. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid.
Valley Plating Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.4K lbs (2019–2019). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Nitrex Inc and Kohler Co Arkansas Faucet Op Erations - Sheridan Plant.
Valley Plating Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.4K lbs Top 48% higher than 52% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Valley Plating Inc: Nitric acid-led volume
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Valley Plating Inc reports the 1,545th-largest volume (2.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitric acid alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Massachusetts include Nitrex Inc and Kohler Co Arkansas Faucet Op Erations - Sheridan Plant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Valley Plating Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Nitric acid at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Valley Plating Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Valley Plating Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.4K lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2019). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 2.4K lbs | - |
Valley Plating Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Valley Plating Inc
Closest other reporters in Massachusetts - including Luster-On Products Inc, Smith & Wesson Brands Inc., Astro Chemicals Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Massachusetts - e.g. Nitrex Inc, Kohler Co Arkansas Faucet Op Erations - Sheridan Plant, Marshall Excelsior Co.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Valley Plating Inc on cumulative reported pounds (2.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Briggs & Stratton LLC, Biomerieux, James Austin 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.
Similar reported release pounds
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Similar chemical count
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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 Luster-On Products Inc. Valley Plating 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 Valley Plating Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Valley Plating Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Springfield, MA, latest year 2019. NAICS 332813 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Hampden TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Briggs & Stratton LLC (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Valley Plating 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