EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Welded Tube USA Inc.
Lackawanna, NY
- Total releases
- 41 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Welded Tube USA Inc.: how the 71 lbs splits
71 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 58 lbs 80.9%
- Air Releases 14 lbs 19.1%
Welded Tube USA Inc.'s 71 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 80.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 19.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Manganese.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Welded Tube USA Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Lackawanna, NY, in the primary metals sector. It reported 31 lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2024, and 41 lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 17,402 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. Welded Tube USA Inc. is pounds #432 and chemical-count #177 at 41 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: Republic Steel - Lackawanna; Quikrete - Buffalo Ny Plant; New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. Inc.; Sopark Corp. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside New York: Melron Corp.; Oerlikon (us) Plymouth; Marcegaglia Stainless Richburg LLC; Smoky Mountain Metals Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese; Copper; Chromium; Nickel.
Welded Tube USA Inc. stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (80.9% off-site transfers) across 4 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 41 lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Melron Corp. and Oerlikon (us) Plymouth.
Welded Tube USA Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
41 lbs 33rd percentile higher than 33% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Welded Tube USA Inc. in the Primary Metals sector extract
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Welded Tube USA Inc. reports the 1,265th-largest volume (41 lbs). Scale peers outside New York include Melron Corp. and Oerlikon (us) Plymouth.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Welded Tube USA Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Welded Tube USA Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 71 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 355% (7 lbs to 31 lbs).
Welded Tube USA Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Welded Tube USA Inc. year-over-year reported totals (increased by 355% 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: Manganese.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 7 lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 6 lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 11 lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 16 lbs | 4 |
| 2024 | 31 lbs | 4 |
Welded Tube USA Inc. · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Welded Tube USA Inc.
Closest other reporters in New York - including Republic Steel - Lackawanna, Quikrete - Buffalo Ny Plant, New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. Inc., 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. Melron Corp., Oerlikon (us) Plymouth, Marcegaglia Stainless Richburg LLC.
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 Manganese, Copper, Chromium, Nickel; nearby reporters include Republic Steel - Lackawanna. Welded Tube USA Inc. stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE 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 Welded Tube USA Inc. TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Welded Tube USA Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Lackawanna, NY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 331210 · Primary Metals. 0.0% of Erie TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Axillon Aerospace (erlanger) LLC (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Welded Tube USA Inc. stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese. 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