EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Special Metals Corp
New Hartford, NY · Parent: Berkshire Hathaway Inc
- Total releases
- 9.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Special Metals Corp: how the 11.5K lbs splits
11.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 9.0K lbs 78.7%
- Air Releases 2.3K lbs 20.5%
- Water Discharges 91 lbs 0.8%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Special Metals Corp's 11.5K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 78.7% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 20.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nickel.
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 OFFSITE pathway CARC-HEAVY
Special Metals Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in New Hartford, NY, in the primary metals sector. It reported 2.1K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2024, and 9.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 9,940 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. Special Metals Corp is pounds #217 and chemical-count #123 at 9.4K 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: Resonetics Smart Materials Inc; Indium Corp of America; Tect Utica; Indium Corp of America. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside New York: Nanshan America Advanced Aluminum Technologies; Ashland Foundry & Machine Works; Kentucky Smelting Technology; Heraeus Precious Metals Na LLC. Other Berkshire Hathaway Inc sites in this extract: Cerro Wire LLC; Midamerican Energy Co Walter Scott Jr Energy Center; Pacificorp Dave Johnston Plant; Pacificorp Jim Bridger Plant & Bridger Coal Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nickel; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper.
Special Metals Corp stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (78.7% off-site transfers) across 5 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 9.4K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Nanshan America Advanced Aluminum Technologies and Ashland Foundry & Machine Works.
Special Metals Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
9.4K lbs Top 38% higher than 62% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Special Metals Corp: Nickel-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Special Metals Corp reports the 748th-largest volume (9.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nickel alone is 73.4% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 79.1% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside New York include Nanshan America Advanced Aluminum Technologies and Ashland Foundry & Machine Works.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Special Metals Corp's pounds in one chemical - here Nickel at 73.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Special Metals Corp's total reported releases rose from 1.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Special Metals Corp's air releases rose from 179 lb in 2022 to 272 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Special Metals Corp's off-site transfers rose from 1.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Special Metals Corp Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Special Metals Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 11.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 21% (2.6K lbs to 2.1K lbs).
Special Metals Corp: 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 Special Metals Corp year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 21% 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: Nickel.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.6K lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 1.7K lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 1.3K lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 1.7K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 2.1K lbs | 5 |
| 2024 | 2.1K lbs | 4 |
Special Metals Corp · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Special Metals Corp
Closest other reporters in New York - including Resonetics Smart Materials Inc, Indium Corp of America, Tect Utica, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 580 other reporting facilities in New York.
Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside New York - e.g. Nanshan America Advanced Aluminum Technologies, Ashland Foundry & Machine Works, Kentucky Smelting Technology.
Compare beyond New York
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Special Metals Corp on cumulative reported pounds (9.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Jaytec LLC, Nupla Corp LLC, Gsi Group LLC. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of 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 Berkshire Hathaway Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Cerro Wire LLC, Midamerican Energy Co Walter Scott Jr Energy Center, Pacificorp Dave Johnston 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 Nickel, Chromium, Cobalt, Copper; nearby reporters include Resonetics Smart Materials Inc. Special Metals Corp stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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 Special Metals Corp TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-HEAVY · lead Nickel) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Special Metals Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for New Hartford, NY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 331491 · Primary Metals. 0.6% of Oneida TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Jaytec LLC (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Special Metals Corp stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Nickel. 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