EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Cyalume Specialty Products
Bound Brook, NJ · Parent: Cps Performance Materials Corp.
- Total releases
- 1.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Cyalume Specialty Products: how the 1.2K lbs splits
1.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 1.1K lbs 98.5%
- Air Releases 18 lbs 1.5%
Cyalume Specialty Products's 1.2K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 98.5% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 1.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nickel compounds.
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 CARC-HEAVY
Cyalume Specialty Products is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Bound Brook, NJ, in the chemicals sector. It reported 552 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2022, and 1.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2022 reporting years. That ranks 13,640 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In New Jersey's 327 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Cyalume Specialty Products is pounds #207 and chemical-count #178 at 1.2K lbs. Phillips 66 Co-Bayway Refinery leads reported pounds (16.1M lbs) at 39 chemicals (chemical-count #2). US Army Picatinny Arsenal leads chemical count at 42 chemicals (9.0K lbs, pounds #130). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Covalence Adhesives; Veolia Es Technical Solutions L.L.C.; Polymer Molded Products LLC; Braddock Heat Treating Inc. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside New Jersey: Sasco Chemical Group Inc; The Champion Co; Avient Corp; Kemira Water Solutions Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nickel compounds; Xylene (mixed isomers).
Cyalume Specialty Products stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (98.5% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.2K lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Sasco Chemical Group Inc and The Champion Co.
Cyalume Specialty Products vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.2K lbs 48th percentile higher than 48% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cyalume Specialty Products: Nickel compounds-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Cyalume Specialty Products reports the 2,795th-largest volume (1.2K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nickel compounds alone is 97.6% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 97.6% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside New Jersey include Sasco Chemical Group Inc and The Champion Co.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Cyalume Specialty Products's pounds in one chemical - here Nickel compounds at 97.6%. Not a toxicity score.
Cyalume Specialty Products Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cyalume Specialty Products releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases increased by 2803% (19 lbs to 552 lbs).
Cyalume Specialty Products: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Cyalume Specialty Products year-over-year reported totals (increased by 2803% from 2019 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: Nickel compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 19 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 9 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 583 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 552 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). 1 of 2 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nickel compounds | 1.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 28 lbs | - |
Cyalume Specialty Products · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Cyalume Specialty Products
Closest other reporters in New Jersey - including Covalence Adhesives, Veolia Es Technical Solutions L.L.C., Polymer Molded Products LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 326 other reporting facilities in New Jersey.
Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside New Jersey - e.g. Sasco Chemical Group Inc, The Champion Co, Avient Corp.
Compare beyond New Jersey
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cyalume Specialty Products on cumulative reported pounds (1.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Sasco Chemical Group Inc, Dobson Batch Plant #12, Sterilization Services of Georgia. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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.
- Sasco Chemical Group Inc Albany, GA · Chemicals 1.2K lbs reported
- Dobson Batch Plant #12 Scottsdale, AZ · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 1.2K lbs reported
- Sterilization Services of Georgia Atlanta, GA · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 1.2K lbs reported
- Federal Correctional Institution Williamsburg Salters, SC · Other 1.2K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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 Nickel compounds, Xylene (mixed isomers); nearby reporters include Covalence Adhesives. Cyalume Specialty Products stamps LIGHT 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 Cyalume Specialty Products TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-HEAVY · lead Nickel compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cyalume Specialty Products totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Bound Brook, NJ, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 325199 · Chemicals. 0.2% of Somerset TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Sasco Chemical Group Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cyalume Specialty Products stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Nickel compounds. 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