EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Phillips & Johnston Rock River Fabrications
Grand Rapids, MI
- Total releases
- 22.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Phillips & Johnston Rock River Fabrications: how the 22.4K lbs splits
22.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 22.3K lbs 99.5%
- Water Discharges 95 lbs 0.4%
- Air Releases 15 lbs 0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Phillips & Johnston Rock River Fabrications's 22.4K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.5% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 0.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Copper.
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 OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
Phillips & Johnston Rock River Fabrications is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Grand Rapids, MI, in the primary metals sector. It reported 2.2K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 22.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,992 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Michigan's 791 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Phillips & Johnston Rock River Fabrications is pounds #297 and chemical-count #274 at 22.4K lbs. Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works leads reported pounds (53.0M lbs) at 17 chemicals (chemical-count #27). Eq Detroit Inc leads chemical count at 71 chemicals (14.0M lbs, pounds #5). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Cascade Die Casting Mid-State; Superior Stone Products Inc.; Schreiber Food Inc.; Worthen Coated Fabrics. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Michigan: Northern Stainless Corp; Hydro Extrusion USA LLC; Electric Materials Co; Cpp-Syracuse. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper; Manganese; Chromium; Nickel.
Phillips & Johnston Rock River Fabrications stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.5% off-site transfers) across 4 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 22.4K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Northern Stainless Corp and Hydro Extrusion USA LLC.
Phillips & Johnston Rock River Fabrications vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
22K lbs Top 31% higher than 69% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Phillips & Johnston Rock River Fabrications: Copper-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Phillips & Johnston Rock River Fabrications reports the 627th-largest volume (22.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Copper alone is 84.2% of the total. Scale peers outside Michigan include Northern Stainless Corp and Hydro Extrusion USA LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Phillips & Johnston Rock River Fabrications's pounds in one chemical - here Copper at 84.2%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Phillips & Johnston Rock River Fabrications's total reported releases fell from 19.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Phillips & Johnston Rock River Fabrications's water releases rose from 19 lb in 2022 to 42 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Phillips & Johnston Rock River Fabrications's off-site transfers fell from 19.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Phillips & Johnston Rock River Fabrications Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Phillips & Johnston Rock River Fabrications releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 22.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 1175% (176 lbs to 2.2K lbs).
Phillips & Johnston Rock River Fabrications: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Phillips & Johnston Rock River Fabrications year-over-year reported totals (increased by 1175% from 2019 to 2023). 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 | 176 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 261 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 129 lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 19.6K lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 2.2K lbs | 4 |
Phillips & Johnston Rock River Fabrications · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Phillips & Johnston Rock River Fabrications
Closest other reporters in Michigan - including Cascade Die Casting Mid-State, Superior Stone Products Inc., Schreiber Food Inc., ordered by distance.
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Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Michigan - e.g. Northern Stainless Corp, Hydro Extrusion USA LLC, Electric Materials Co.
Compare beyond Michigan
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Phillips & Johnston Rock River Fabrications on cumulative reported pounds (22.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (4). Release-pound peers include Plaskolite Llc., Milkrite Interpuls Inc, Danisco USA Inc. Chemical-count peers include Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc., Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC, Solenis 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).
- Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc. Santa Isabel, PR · Transportation Equipment 4 chemicals
- Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC Vega Baja, PR · Electrical Equipment 4 chemicals
- Solenis LLC Chicopee, MA · Chemicals 4 chemicals
- Adhesive Applications Inc. - O'Neill St Easthampton Easthampton, MA · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 4 chemicals
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, Manganese, Chromium, Nickel; nearby reporters include Cascade Die Casting Mid-State. Phillips & Johnston Rock River Fabrications stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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 Phillips & Johnston Rock River Fabrications TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Copper) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Phillips & Johnston Rock River Fabrications totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Grand Rapids, MI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331210 · Primary Metals. 0.7% of Kent TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Plaskolite Llc. (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Phillips & Johnston Rock River Fabrications stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · 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