EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Rochester Silver Works LLC
Rochester, NY
- Total releases
- 8.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Rochester Silver Works LLC: how the 11.7K lbs splits
11.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 11.0K lbs 94.2%
- Air Releases 681 lbs 5.8%
Rochester Silver Works LLC's 11.7K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 94.2% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 5.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Silver And Silver Compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Rochester Silver Works LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Rochester, NY, in the primary metals sector. It reported 2.9K lbs of releases across 6 chemicals in 2024, and 8.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 10,084 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. Rochester Silver Works LLC is pounds #227 and chemical-count #58 at 8.8K 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). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Semiconductor Components Industries LLC; Red-Rochester LLC - Eastman Business Park; Eastman Kodak Co Eastman Business Park; Carestream Health Inc-Isc B-14. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside New York: Almatis Burnside Inc; Kaiser Aluminum Fabricated Products Llc.; Hydro Aluminum; Aludyne Pierceton. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Silver And Silver Compounds; Lead compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Silver compounds.
Rochester Silver Works LLC stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (94.2% off-site transfers) across 8 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 8.8K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Almatis Burnside Inc and Kaiser Aluminum Fabricated Products Llc..
Rochester Silver Works LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
8.8K lbs Top 39% higher than 61% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Rochester Silver Works LLC: Silver And Silver Compounds-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Rochester Silver Works LLC reports the 759th-largest volume (8.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Silver And Silver Compounds alone is 67.3% of the total. Scale peers outside New York include Almatis Burnside Inc and Kaiser Aluminum Fabricated Products Llc..
Concentrated means ≥60% of Rochester Silver Works LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Silver And Silver Compounds at 67.3%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Rochester Silver Works LLC's total reported releases rose from 1.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Rochester Silver Works LLC's off-site transfers rose from 1.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Rochester Silver Works LLC's air releases fell from 135 lb in 2022 to 79 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Rochester Silver Works LLC Form-R facts
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See how Rochester Silver Works LLC stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
1757.3× more than the comparison
8.0× more than the comparison
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 Rochester Silver Works LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 11.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 103% (1.4K lbs to 2.9K lbs).
Rochester Silver Works LLC: 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 Rochester Silver Works LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 103% 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: Silver And Silver Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.4K lbs | 6 |
| 2020 | 1.4K lbs | 6 |
| 2021 | 1.8K lbs | 6 |
| 2022 | 1.7K lbs | 6 |
| 2023 | 2.4K lbs | 6 |
| 2024 | 2.9K lbs | 6 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Silver And Silver Compounds | 7.9K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 1.3K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 1.3K lbs | - |
| Silver compounds | 928 lbs | - |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 244 lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 0 lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 0 lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Rochester Silver Works LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Rochester Silver Works LLC
Closest other reporters in New York - including Semiconductor Components Industries LLC, Red-Rochester LLC - Eastman Business Park, Eastman Kodak Co Eastman Business Park, ordered by distance.
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Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside New York - e.g. Almatis Burnside Inc, Kaiser Aluminum Fabricated Products Llc., Hydro Aluminum.
Compare beyond New York
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Rochester Silver Works LLC on cumulative reported pounds (8.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include Owens Corning Roofing & Asphalt LLC, Tesoro - Colton Terminal, Kore Mart Ltd. Chemical-count peers include Prepa-South Coast Power Plant, Argos Puerto Rico Corp., US Tsubaki Automotive 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).
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 Silver And Silver Compounds, Lead compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds, Silver compounds; nearby reporters include Semiconductor Components Industries LLC. Rochester Silver Works LLC 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.
Use and verify this record
This Rochester Silver Works LLC TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Silver And Silver Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Rochester Silver Works LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Rochester, NY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 331492 · Primary Metals. 0.1% of Monroe TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Owens Corning Roofing & Asphalt LLC (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Rochester Silver Works LLC stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Silver And Silver 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