EPA TRI Facility · Metal Mining
St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill
Gouverneur, NY
- Total releases
- 9.7M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 10
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill: how the 11.8M lbs splits
11.8M lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 11.6M lbs 98.4%
- Air Releases 181.1K lbs 1.5%
- Water Discharges 7.6K lbs 0.1%
St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill's 11.8M lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 98.4% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 1.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
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.
HEAVY volume LAND pathway CARC-LEAN
St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Gouverneur, NY, in the metal mining sector. It reported 2.0M lbs of releases across 6 chemicals in 2024, and 9.7M lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 218 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. 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Vanderbilt Minerals LLC - Gouverneur Minerals Div; Cives Steel Co Northern Div; Corning Inc; Slack Chemical Co. Inc.. Similar-scale Metal Mining peers outside New York: Freeport-McMoran Sierrita Inc; Bald Mountain Mine; Coeur Alaska Inc Kensington Gold Project; Wharf Resources. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Cadmium And Cadmium Compounds; Lead compounds.
In-state chemical count is not the pounds ranking
New York TRI reporters with pounds > 0 and chemicals > 0 (n=581)
- Norlite LLC
- St Lawrence Zinc Co... 10
What this shows Norlite LLC leads New York chemical count. St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill leads reported pounds and sits at chemical-count #40. Chemical count is a disclosure mix, not toxicity or health risk.
St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant LAND pathway (98.4% land disposal) across 10 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 9.7M lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Freeport-McMoran Sierrita Inc and Bald Mountain Mine.
St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
9.7M lbs Top 1% higher than 99% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill inside St. Lawrence's TRI pounds
Among the 103 Metal Mining facilities in this database, St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill reports the 36th-largest volume (9.7M lbs). This one site accounts for 72.9% of every pound reported in St. Lawrence. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 81.4% of the total. Scale peers outside New York include Freeport-McMoran Sierrita Inc and Bald Mountain Mine.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of St. Lawrence's reported pounds (13.4M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill's total reported releases fell from 2.7 million lb in 2022 to 2.2 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill's air releases rose from 30.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 37.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill's water releases fell from 1.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 928 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill's land releases fell from 2.6 million lb in 2022 to 2.2 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 11.8M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 43% (1.4M lbs to 2.0M lbs).
St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 1
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
What this shows St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill year-over-year reported totals (increased by 43% 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.4M lbs | 6 |
| 2020 | 1.6M lbs | 6 |
| 2021 | 1.8M lbs | 6 |
| 2022 | 2.7M lbs | 6 |
| 2023 | 2.2M lbs | 6 |
| 2024 | 2.0M lbs | 6 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 2 of 10 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 9.6M lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 1.5M lbs | - |
| Cadmium And Cadmium Compounds | 329.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead compounds | 187.1K lbs | - |
| Cadmium compounds | 99.9K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 64.3K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 36.2K lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 8.2K lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 3.4K lbs | - |
| Cyanide compounds | 1.7K lbs | - |
St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill · LAND-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in New York - including Vanderbilt Minerals LLC - Gouverneur Minerals Div, Cives Steel Co Northern Div, Corning Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Metal Mining Facilities
Other Metal Mining facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside New York - e.g. Freeport-McMoran Sierrita Inc, Bald Mountain Mine, Coeur Alaska Inc Kensington Gold Project.
Compare beyond New York
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill on cumulative reported pounds (9.7M lbs) and distinct chemical count (10). Release-pound peers include Tyson Farms Inc. - Carthage Ms Processing Plant, Amalgamated Sugar Co, Columbus Cellulose Fibers. Chemical-count peers include Harris Paints Corp., Saint Thomas Bulk Terminal, Total Guaynabo Bulk Terminal. 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 Zinc compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds, Cadmium And Cadmium Compounds, Lead compounds; nearby reporters include Vanderbilt Minerals LLC - Gouverneur Minerals Div. St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill stamps HEAVY volume · LAND 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 St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill TRI extract (HEAVY · LAND · CARC-LEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Gouverneur, NY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 212230 · Metal Mining. 72.9% of St. Lawrence TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Tyson Farms Inc. - Carthage Ms Processing Plant (Δ 13.1K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill stamps HEAVY volume · LAND 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