EPA TRI Facility · Electrical Equipment
Corning Optical Communications Llc-Hmtc
Hickory, NC · Parent: Corning Inc
- Total releases
- 39.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Corning Optical Communications Llc-Hmtc: how the 39.2K lbs splits
39.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 39.2K lbs 100.0%
Corning Optical Communications Llc-Hmtc's 39.2K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Corning Optical Communications Llc-Hmtc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Hickory, NC, in the electrical equipment sector. It reported 2.6K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 39.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 6,698 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. Corning Optical Communications Llc-Hmtc is pounds #224 and chemical-count #282 at 39.2K 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). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Abb Installation Products Inc.; Argos Hickory Concrete Plant; Shurtape Technologies LLC - Hickory Tape Plant; Sonoco Hickory Inc. - Hickory Plant. Similar-scale Electrical Equipment peers outside North Carolina: Wahl Clipper Corp; Bridgeport Fittings LLC; Checon LLC; Virginia Transformer Corp. Other Corning Inc sites in this extract: Corning Inc; Corning Inc; Corning Inc; Hemlock Semiconductor Operations LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Antimony compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)).
Corning Optical Communications Llc-Hmtc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 39.2K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Wahl Clipper Corp and Bridgeport Fittings LLC.
Corning Optical Communications Llc-Hmtc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
39K lbs Top 26% higher than 74% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Corning Optical Communications Llc-Hmtc in the Electrical Equipment sector extract
Among the 566 Electrical Equipment facilities in this database, Corning Optical Communications Llc-Hmtc reports the 115th-largest volume, placing it in the top 20.3% of its sector. Scale peers outside North Carolina include Wahl Clipper Corp and Bridgeport Fittings LLC.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Corning Optical Communications Llc-Hmtc's total reported releases fell from 11.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Corning Optical Communications Llc-Hmtc's off-site transfers fell from 11.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Corning Optical Communications Llc-Hmtc's chemicals reported fell from 3 in 2022 to 2 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Corning Optical Communications Llc-Hmtc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Corning Optical Communications Llc-Hmtc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 39.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 69% (8.3K lbs to 2.6K lbs).
Corning Optical Communications Llc-Hmtc: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Corning Optical Communications Llc-Hmtc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 69% 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 | 8.3K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 2.2K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 14.9K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 11.2K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 2.6K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 20.7K lbs | - |
| Antimony compounds | 12.8K lbs | - |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 5.7K lbs | - |
Corning Optical Communications Llc-Hmtc · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Corning Optical Communications Llc-Hmtc
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including Abb Installation Products Inc., Argos Hickory Concrete Plant, Shurtape Technologies LLC - Hickory Tape Plant, ordered by distance.
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Other Electrical Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Carolina - e.g. Wahl Clipper Corp, Bridgeport Fittings LLC, Checon LLC.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Corning Optical Communications Llc-Hmtc on cumulative reported pounds (39.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Phillips 66 Co-Santa Maria Refinery, Faurecia Interior Systems, 3M Co - Medina. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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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).
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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, Antimony compounds, Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); nearby reporters include Abb Installation Products Inc.. Corning Optical Communications Llc-Hmtc 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.
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This Corning Optical Communications Llc-Hmtc TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Corning Optical Communications Llc-Hmtc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Hickory, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 335921 · Electrical Equipment. 0.5% of Catawba TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Phillips 66 Co-Santa Maria Refinery (Δ 7 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Corning Optical Communications Llc-Hmtc stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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