EPA TRI Facility · Miscellaneous Manufacturing
Walman Optical
Brooklyn Park, MN · Parent: Essilorluxottica USA Inc
- Total releases
- 334 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Walman Optical: how the 334 lbs splits
334 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 334 lbs 100.0%
Walman Optical's 334 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
Walman Optical is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Brooklyn Park, MN, in the miscellaneous manufacturing sector. It reported 334 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 334 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 15,258 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. Walman Optical is pounds #319 and chemical-count #389 at 334 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Technical Plating Inc; Protolabs; Ceram-Traz Corp Ceramic Indl Coatings; Caterpillar Paving Products Inc. Similar-scale Miscellaneous Manufacturing peers outside Minnesota: Luxottica Atlanta Service Center; Everbrite LLC; Viant Wheeling Inc.; Arrow International Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead.
Walman Optical stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 334 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Luxottica Atlanta Service Center and Everbrite LLC.
Walman Optical vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
334 lbs 41st percentile higher than 41% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Walman Optical in the Miscellaneous Manufacturing sector extract
Among the 371 Miscellaneous Manufacturing facilities in this database, Walman Optical reports the 199th-largest volume (334 lbs). Scale peers outside Minnesota include Luxottica Atlanta Service Center and Everbrite LLC.
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
- Walman Optical's total reported releases rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 334 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Walman Optical's off-site transfers rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 334 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Walman Optical Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Walman Optical releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 334 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 1669900% (0 lbs to 334 lbs).
Walman Optical: 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 Walman Optical year-over-year reported totals (increased by 1669900% 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: Lead.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 334 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 1 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead | 334 lbs | Carcinogen |
Walman Optical · OFFSITE-pathway site
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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 Lead; nearby reporters include Technical Plating Inc. Walman Optical 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.
Use and verify this record
This Walman Optical TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Walman Optical totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Brooklyn Park, MN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 339115 · Miscellaneous Manufacturing. 0.0% of Hennepin TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Cirexx International (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Walman Optical 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