EPA TRI Facility · Food
Balchem Corp
Slate Hill, NY · Parent: Balchem Corp
- Total releases
- 52 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Balchem Corp: how the 53 lbs splits
53 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 53 lbs 100.0%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Balchem Corp's 53 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ethylene oxide.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Balchem Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Slate Hill, NY, in the food sector. It reported 1 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2024, and 52 lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 17,153 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In New York's 581 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Balchem Corp is pounds #425 and chemical-count #352 at 52 lbs. St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill leads reported pounds (9.7M lbs) at 10 chemicals (chemical-count #40). Norlite LLC leads chemical count at 93 chemicals (28.3K lbs, pounds #152). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Valley Energy Center; Fleurchem Inc.; Federal Correctional Institution; Advanced Coating Technologies. Similar-scale Food peers outside New York: Skylark Meats LLC; Essentia Protein Solutions; Apc Sublette; Michigan Dairy. Other Balchem Corp sites in this extract: Bcp Ingredients Inc.; Albion Manufacturing Technologies; Bcp Ingredients Inc; Chelated Minerals Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ethylene oxide; Ethylene glycol.
Compare Balchem Corp with
Nearest reporters in New York
- Valley Energy Center Middletown · 1.4M lbs
- Fleurchem Inc. Middletown · 52 lbs
- Federal Correctional Institution Otisville · 1.1K lbs
- Advanced Coating Technologies Middletown · 1.3K lbs
Similar-scale Food sites elsewhere: Skylark Meats LLC (NE) · Essentia Protein Solutions (IA) · Apc Sublette (KS)
Balchem Corp stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 52 lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Skylark Meats LLC and Essentia Protein Solutions.
Balchem Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
52 lbs 34th percentile higher than 34% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Balchem Corp in the Food sector extract
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Balchem Corp reports the 1,285th-largest volume (52 lbs). Scale peers outside New York include Skylark Meats LLC and Essentia Protein Solutions.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Balchem Corp Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Balchem Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 53 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 93% (15 lbs to 1 lbs).
Balchem Corp: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Balchem Corp year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 93% 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: Ethylene oxide.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 15 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 14 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 11 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 7 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 6 lbs | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ethylene oxide | 38 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ethylene glycol | 16 lbs | - |
Balchem Corp · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Balchem Corp
Closest other reporters in New York - including Valley Energy Center, Fleurchem Inc., Federal Correctional Institution, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside New York - e.g. Skylark Meats LLC, Essentia Protein Solutions, Apc Sublette.
Other Balchem Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Bcp Ingredients Inc., Albion Manufacturing Technologies, Bcp Ingredients Inc.
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 Ethylene oxide, Ethylene glycol; nearby reporters include Valley Energy Center. Balchem Corp stamps TRACE volume · AIR 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 Balchem Corp TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Ethylene oxide) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Balchem Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Slate Hill, NY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 311119 · Food. 0.0% of Orange TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Fleurchem Inc. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Balchem Corp stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Ethylene oxide. 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