EPA TRI Facility · Machinery
Columbia Gear Corp
Avon, MN
- Total releases
- 477 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Columbia Gear Corp: how the 477 lbs splits
477 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 471 lbs 98.7%
- Air Releases 6 lbs 1.3%
Columbia Gear Corp's 477 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 98.7% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 1.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Manganese.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Columbia Gear Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Avon, MN, in the machinery sector. It reported 209 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 477 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 14,883 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Minnesota's 459 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Columbia Gear Corp is pounds #307 and chemical-count #288 at 477 lbs. Xcel Energy Sherburne County Generating Plant leads reported pounds (21.5M lbs) at 24 chemicals (chemical-count #4). 3M Chemical Operations' Cottage Grove Facility leads chemical count at 72 chemicals (3.0M lbs, pounds #8). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Wells Concrete Products - Albany; Kerry Inc; Acp - St. Joseph; Knife River St. Joseph Ready Mix. Similar-scale Machinery peers outside Minnesota: Rexnord Industries Llc-Canal Street; Excel Industries Inc.; Ball Screws & Actuators; Carlson Paving Products Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese; Nickel.
Columbia Gear Corp stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (98.7% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 477 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Rexnord Industries Llc-Canal Street and Excel Industries Inc..
Columbia Gear Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
477 lbs 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Columbia Gear Corp in the Machinery sector extract
Among the 1,186 Machinery facilities in this database, Columbia Gear Corp reports the 488th-largest volume (477 lbs). Scale peers outside Minnesota include Rexnord Industries Llc-Canal Street and Excel Industries Inc..
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Columbia Gear Corp's total reported releases fell from 266 lb in 2022 to 209 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Columbia Gear Corp's off-site transfers fell from 264 lb in 2022 to 207 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Columbia Gear Corp Form-R facts
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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 Columbia Gear Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 477 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Columbia Gear Corp: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Columbia Gear Corp year-over-year reported totals. 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: Manganese.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 266 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 209 lbs | 2 |
Columbia Gear Corp · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Columbia Gear Corp
Closest other reporters in Minnesota - including Wells Concrete Products - Albany, Kerry Inc, Acp - St. Joseph, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 458 other reporting facilities in Minnesota.
Similar Machinery Facilities
Other Machinery facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Minnesota - e.g. Rexnord Industries Llc-Canal Street, Excel Industries Inc., Ball Screws & Actuators.
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 Manganese, Nickel; nearby reporters include Wells Concrete Products - Albany. Columbia Gear Corp stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE 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.
Use and verify this record
This Columbia Gear Corp TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Columbia Gear Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Avon, MN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 333612 · Machinery. 0.0% of Stearns TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Strahman Valves Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Columbia Gear Corp stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese. 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