EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp
Kearny, NJ
- Total releases
- 135 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp: how the 135 lbs splits
135 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 135 lbs 100.0%
Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp's 135 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: Zinc compounds.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Kearny, NJ, in the primary metals sector. It reported 12 lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2022, and 135 lbs in total across its 2019-2022 reporting years. That ranks 16,248 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. Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp is pounds #242 and chemical-count #102 at 135 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: Weldon Asphalt Co; Benjamin Moore & Co-Newark; Srm - Newark; Cwc Industries Inc. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside New Jersey: Burndy LLC; Materion Brush Performance Alloys; General Aluminum Manufacturing Co; Dw National Standard-Niles LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Lead; Nickel; Copper.
Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 4 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 135 lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Burndy LLC and Materion Brush Performance Alloys.
Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
135 lbs 37th percentile higher than 37% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp in the Primary Metals sector extract
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp reports the 1,186th-largest volume (135 lbs). Scale peers outside New Jersey include Burndy LLC and Materion Brush Performance Alloys.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Kearny Smelting & Refining 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 Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 135 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases decreased by 59% (29 lbs to 12 lbs).
Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 59% 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 29 lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 38 lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 56 lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 12 lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). 2 of 4 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 128 lbs | - |
| Lead | 5 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nickel | 2 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Copper | 0 lbs | - |
Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp
Closest other reporters in New Jersey - including Weldon Asphalt Co, Benjamin Moore & Co-Newark, Srm - Newark, ordered by distance.
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Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside New Jersey - e.g. Burndy LLC, Materion Brush Performance Alloys, General Aluminum Manufacturing Co.
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 Zinc compounds, Lead, Nickel, Copper; nearby reporters include Weldon Asphalt Co. Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Kearny, NJ, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 331420 · Primary Metals. 0.0% of Hudson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Starlite Trailers Mfg. Inc. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Zinc 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