EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Emd Performance Materials Corp
Somerville, NJ · Parent: Emd Performance Materials Corp
- Total releases
- 1.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Emd Performance Materials Corp: how the 1.8K lbs splits
1.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 1.8K lbs 100.0%
Emd Performance Materials Corp's 1.8K 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: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone.
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 AIR pathway TRACE-CARC
Emd Performance Materials Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Somerville, NJ, in the chemicals sector. It reported 248 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2024, and 1.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 13,217 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. Emd Performance Materials Corp is pounds #195 and chemical-count #176 at 1.5K 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). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Symrise Inc; Air Liquide Advanced Materials Inc; Rathgibson North Branch; Fisher Scientific Co. L.L.C.. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside New Jersey: Actavis Laboratories Ut Inc; Umicore Specialty Chemicals-Arab; Plaze Inc. DBA Shield Packaging of California; Slide Products Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone; Naphthalene.
Emd Performance Materials Corp stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.5K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Actavis Laboratories Ut Inc and Umicore Specialty Chemicals-Arab.
Emd Performance Materials Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.5K lbs 49th percentile higher than 49% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Emd Performance Materials Corp: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Emd Performance Materials Corp reports the 2,712th-largest volume (1.5K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone alone is 99.3% of the total. Scale peers outside New Jersey include Actavis Laboratories Ut Inc and Umicore Specialty Chemicals-Arab.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Emd Performance Materials Corp's pounds in one chemical - here N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone at 99.3%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Emd Performance Materials Corp's total reported releases fell from 310 lb in 2022 to 247 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Emd Performance Materials Corp's air releases fell from 310 lb in 2022 to 247 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Emd Performance Materials 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 Emd Performance Materials Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 27% (338 lbs to 248 lbs).
Emd Performance Materials Corp: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Emd Performance Materials Corp year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 27% from 2019 to 2024). 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: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 338 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 304 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 320 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 310 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 247 lbs | 1 |
| 2024 | 248 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 1 of 2 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 1.8K lbs | - |
| Naphthalene | 12 lbs | Carcinogen |
Emd Performance Materials Corp · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Emd Performance Materials Corp
Closest other reporters in New Jersey - including Symrise Inc, Air Liquide Advanced Materials Inc, Rathgibson North Branch, 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. Actavis Laboratories Ut Inc, Umicore Specialty Chemicals-Arab, Plaze Inc. DBA Shield Packaging of California.
Compare beyond New Jersey
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Emd Performance Materials Corp on cumulative reported pounds (1.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Hope's Windows Inc., Babbitt Bearing Co Inc, Organic Dyes & Pigments. 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.
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 N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone, Naphthalene; nearby reporters include Symrise Inc. Emd Performance Materials Corp stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Emd Performance Materials Corp TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · TRACE-CARC · lead N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Emd Performance Materials Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Somerville, NJ, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 325992 · Chemicals. 0.3% of Somerset TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Hope's Windows Inc. (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Emd Performance Materials Corp stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone. 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