EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Hearing Components Inc.
Saint Paul, MN
- Total releases
- 3 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Hearing Components Inc.: how the 3 lbs splits
3 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 3 lbs 100.0%
Hearing Components Inc.'s 3 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: Diisocyanates.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Hearing Components Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Saint Paul, MN, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 2 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 3 lbs in total across its 2021-2023 reporting years. That ranks 19,307 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. Hearing Components Inc. is pounds #423 and chemical-count #436 at 3 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC St Paul; Cemstone - Childs Road; Ayrshire Electronics Mn; Hawkins Inc. - Red Rock. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Minnesota: Ncfi Polyurethanes Slc; Dura-Line Corp; Spartech LLC; Richardson Molding LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Diisocyanates.
Hearing Components Inc. stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 3 lbs (2021–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Ncfi Polyurethanes Slc and Dura-Line Corp.
Hearing Components Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
3 lbs 26th percentile higher than 26% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Hearing Components Inc. in the Plastics and Rubber sector extract
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Hearing Components Inc. reports the 1,248th-largest volume (3 lbs). Scale peers outside Minnesota include Ncfi Polyurethanes Slc and Dura-Line Corp.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Hearing Components Inc. 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 Hearing Components Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2021 to 2023, total releases increased by 1617% (0 lbs to 2 lbs).
Hearing Components Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2021–2023
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Hearing Components Inc. year-over-year reported totals (increased by 1617% from 2021 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: Diisocyanates.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2021–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Diisocyanates | 3 lbs | - |
Hearing Components Inc. · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Hearing Components Inc.
Closest other reporters in Minnesota - including Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC St Paul, Cemstone - Childs Road, Ayrshire Electronics Mn, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 458 other reporting facilities in Minnesota.
Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Minnesota - e.g. Ncfi Polyurethanes Slc, Dura-Line Corp, Spartech LLC.
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 Diisocyanates; nearby reporters include Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC St Paul. Hearing Components Inc. stamps TRACE volume · AIR 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 Hearing Components Inc. TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Diisocyanates) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Hearing Components Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Saint Paul, MN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2021–2023 (3 years). NAICS 326150 · Plastics and Rubber. 0.0% of Washington TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Cadillac Asphalt LLC - Romulus (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Hearing Components Inc. stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Diisocyanates. 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