EPA TRI Facility · Electrical Equipment
Commscope Inc (catawba Facility)
Catawba, NC · Parent: Commscope Inc
- Total releases
- 132 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Commscope Inc (catawba Facility): how the 132 lbs splits
132 lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 132 lbs 100.0%
- Air Releases 0 lbs <0.1%
Commscope Inc (catawba Facility)'s 132 lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
TRACE volume WATER pathway CLEAN
Commscope Inc (catawba Facility) is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Catawba, NC, in the electrical equipment sector. It reported 132 lbs of releases across 5 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 16,270 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In North Carolina's 787 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Commscope Inc (catawba Facility) is pounds #528 and chemical-count #156 at 132 lbs. Befesa Zinc Metal LLC leads reported pounds (43.1M lbs) at 4 chemicals (chemical-count #158). Pcs Phosphate Co Inc leads chemical count at 29 chemicals (22.9M lbs, pounds #2). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Sws Concrete-Sherrills Ford Road Plant; Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Marshall Steam Station; Commscope Inc-Claremont Nc Facility; Industrial Timber Claremont. Similar-scale Electrical Equipment peers outside North Carolina: Honeywell International Inc-Plant 1; Safran Power USA LLC; Generac Power Systems Inc - Oshkosh; Energizer Manufacturing Inc. Other Commscope Inc sites in this extract: Commscope Inc- Greensboro Facility; Commscope Inc-Claremont Nc Facility; Commscope Technologies LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Copper; Lead compounds; Antimony And Antimony Compounds.
Commscope Inc (catawba Facility) stamps TRACE volume with a dominant WATER pathway (100.0% water discharges) across 5 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 132 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Honeywell International Inc-Plant 1 and Safran Power USA LLC.
Commscope Inc (catawba Facility) vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
132 lbs 37th percentile higher than 37% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Commscope Inc (catawba Facility) in the Electrical Equipment sector extract
Among the 566 Electrical Equipment facilities in this database, Commscope Inc (catawba Facility) reports the 333rd-largest volume (132 lbs). Scale peers outside North Carolina include Honeywell International Inc-Plant 1 and Safran Power USA LLC.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Commscope Inc (catawba Facility) Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Commscope Inc (catawba Facility) releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 132 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (54 lbs to 0 lbs).
Commscope Inc (catawba Facility): annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Commscope Inc (catawba Facility) year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% from 2019 to 2023). 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 | 54 lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 69 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 5 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 113 lbs | - |
| Copper | 17 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 1 lbs | - |
| Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Antimony compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Commscope Inc (catawba Facility) · WATER-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Commscope Inc (catawba Facility)
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including Sws Concrete-Sherrills Ford Road Plant, Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Marshall Steam Station, Commscope Inc-Claremont Nc Facility, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 786 other reporting facilities in North Carolina.
Similar Electrical Equipment Facilities
Other Electrical Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Carolina - e.g. Honeywell International Inc-Plant 1, Safran Power USA LLC, Generac Power Systems Inc - Oshkosh.
Other Commscope Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Commscope Inc- Greensboro Facility, Commscope Inc-Claremont Nc Facility, Commscope Technologies 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 Zinc compounds, Copper, Lead compounds, Antimony And Antimony Compounds; nearby reporters include Sws Concrete-Sherrills Ford Road Plant. Commscope Inc (catawba Facility) stamps TRACE volume · WATER 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 Commscope Inc (catawba Facility) TRI extract (TRACE · WATER · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Commscope Inc (catawba Facility) totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Catawba, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 335929 · Electrical Equipment. 0.0% of Catawba TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Nemak; Glasgow Plant #2 (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Commscope Inc (catawba Facility) stamps TRACE volume · WATER pathway · CLEAN · 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