EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Omega Wire Inc-Owi Plant
Camden, NY · Parent: International Wire Group Inc.
- Total releases
- 3.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Omega Wire Inc-Owi Plant: how the 3.1K lbs splits
3.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 3.1K lbs 100.0%
Omega Wire Inc-Owi Plant's 3.1K 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: Copper.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Omega Wire Inc-Owi Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Camden, NY, in the primary metals sector. It reported 3.1K lbs of releases across 1 chemical, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 12,033 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. Omega Wire Inc-Owi Plant is pounds #288 and chemical-count #468 at 3.1K 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: Omega Wire Inc.- Plant 1; Omega Wire Inc - Williamstown Facility; Germanium Corp of America; Worthington Steel Rome LLC. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside New York: Smc Precious Metals Smelter & Base Metals Refinery; Honeywell International Inc; Goldens' Foundry & Machine Co; Pcc Structurals Carson City. Other International Wire Group Inc. sites in this extract: Iwg Nest Inc- Boonville; Omega Wire Inc.- Plant 1; Omega Wire Inc. - Jordan Plant; Omega Wire Inc-Sherrill Operations. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper.
Omega Wire Inc-Owi Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 3.1K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Smc Precious Metals Smelter & Base Metals Refinery and Honeywell International Inc.
Omega Wire Inc-Owi Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
3.1K lbs Top 46% higher than 54% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Omega Wire Inc-Owi Plant: Copper-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Omega Wire Inc-Owi Plant reports the 907th-largest volume (3.1K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Copper alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside New York include Smc Precious Metals Smelter & Base Metals Refinery and Honeywell International Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Omega Wire Inc-Owi Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Copper at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Omega Wire Inc-Owi Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Omega Wire Inc-Owi Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 100% (1.2K lbs to 0 lbs).
Omega Wire Inc-Owi Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Omega Wire Inc-Owi Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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: Copper.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 321 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 240 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 694 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 694 lbs | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Copper | 3.1K lbs | - |
Omega Wire Inc-Owi Plant · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Omega Wire Inc-Owi Plant
Closest other reporters in New York - including Omega Wire Inc.- Plant 1, Omega Wire Inc - Williamstown Facility, Germanium Corp of America, ordered by distance.
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Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside New York - e.g. Smc Precious Metals Smelter & Base Metals Refinery, Honeywell International Inc, Goldens' Foundry & Machine Co.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Omega Wire Inc-Owi Plant on cumulative reported pounds (3.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Fci Memphis, Uniseal Inc., Custom Truck One Source. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. 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).
Other International Wire Group Inc. Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Iwg Nest Inc- Boonville, Omega Wire Inc.- Plant 1, Omega Wire Inc. - Jordan Plant.
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 Copper; nearby reporters include Omega Wire Inc.- Plant 1. Omega Wire Inc-Owi Plant stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN 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 Omega Wire Inc-Owi Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Copper) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Omega Wire Inc-Owi Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Camden, NY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 331420 · Primary Metals. 0.2% of Oneida TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Fci Memphis (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Omega Wire Inc-Owi Plant stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Copper. 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