EPA TRI Facility · Miscellaneous Manufacturing
Precision Optics
Saint Cloud, MN · Parent: Essilor Laboratories of America
- Total releases
- 191 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Precision Optics: how the 191 lbs splits
191 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 191 lbs 100.0%
Precision Optics's 191 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: Lead.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-HEAVY
Precision Optics is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Saint Cloud, MN, in the miscellaneous manufacturing sector. It reported 65 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2022, and 191 lbs in total across its 2021-2022 reporting years. That ranks 15,896 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. Precision Optics is pounds #342 and chemical-count #396 at 191 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: Nahan Printing Inc; Park Industries; Cemstone - St. Cloud; Dci Inc. Similar-scale Miscellaneous Manufacturing peers outside Minnesota: Midmark Corp; Shor-Line Now a Part of Midmark; Kirkhill Inc.; Viant Medical Inc., Viant Sterilization Services. Other Essilor Laboratories of America sites in this extract: Chesapeake Optical Laboratory; Omega Laboratories. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead.
Precision Optics stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 191 lbs (2021–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Midmark Corp and Shor-Line Now a Part of Midmark.
Precision Optics vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
191 lbs 39th percentile higher than 39% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Precision Optics in the Miscellaneous Manufacturing sector extract
Among the 371 Miscellaneous Manufacturing facilities in this database, Precision Optics reports the 207th-largest volume (191 lbs). Scale peers outside Minnesota include Midmark Corp and Shor-Line Now a Part of Midmark.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Precision Optics Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Precision Optics releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 191 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2021 to 2022, total releases decreased by 48% (125 lbs to 65 lbs).
Precision Optics: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2021–2022
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Precision Optics year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 48% from 2021 to 2022). 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: Lead.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 125 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 65 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2021–2022). 1 of 1 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead | 191 lbs | Carcinogen |
Precision Optics · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Precision Optics
Closest other reporters in Minnesota - including Nahan Printing Inc, Park Industries, Cemstone - St. Cloud, ordered by distance.
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Similar Miscellaneous Manufacturing Facilities
Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Minnesota - e.g. Midmark Corp, Shor-Line Now a Part of Midmark, Kirkhill Inc..
Other Essilor Laboratories of America Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Chesapeake Optical Laboratory, Omega Laboratories.
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 Lead; nearby reporters include Nahan Printing Inc. Precision Optics stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Precision Optics TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Precision Optics totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Saint Cloud, MN, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2021–2022 (2 years). NAICS 339115 · Miscellaneous Manufacturing. 0.0% of Stearns TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Refresco Beverages US Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Precision Optics stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead. 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