EPA TRI Facility · Food
Eastern Minerals Inc
Henderson, NC
- Total releases
- 3.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Eastern Minerals Inc: how the 3.8K lbs splits
3.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 3.8K lbs 100.0%
Eastern Minerals Inc's 3.8K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases 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 AIR pathway CLEAN
Eastern Minerals Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Henderson, NC, in the food sector. It reported 750 lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 3.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 11,699 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. Eastern Minerals Inc is pounds #376 and chemical-count #88 at 3.8K 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: Kennametal Inc; Ardagh Glass Inc; Sunrock Industries LLC - Kittrell; Revlon Consumer Products Corp. Similar-scale Food peers outside North Carolina: Southeastern Minerals Inc; Sem Minerals LP; Marshall Minerals Inc; Dfa Dairy Brands Ice Cream LLC DBA Meadow Gold Ice Cream. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Copper And Copper Compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Copper compounds.
Eastern Minerals Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 7 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 3.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Southeastern Minerals Inc and Sem Minerals LP.
Eastern Minerals Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
3.8K lbs Top 45% higher than 55% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Eastern Minerals Inc in the Food sector extract
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Eastern Minerals Inc reports the 1,054th-largest volume (3.8K lbs). Scale peers outside North Carolina include Southeastern Minerals Inc and Sem Minerals LP.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Eastern Minerals Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Eastern Minerals Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases held roughly flat (750 lbs to 750 lbs).
Eastern Minerals Inc: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Eastern Minerals Inc year-over-year reported totals (held roughly flat 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 | 750 lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 750 lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 750 lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 750 lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 750 lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 1.3K lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 1.0K lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 1.0K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 250 lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 250 lbs | - |
| Cobalt compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Selenium compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Eastern Minerals Inc · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Eastern Minerals Inc
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including Kennametal Inc, Ardagh Glass Inc, Sunrock Industries LLC - Kittrell, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 786 other reporting facilities in North Carolina.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Carolina - e.g. Southeastern Minerals Inc, Sem Minerals LP, Marshall Minerals Inc.
Compare beyond North Carolina
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Eastern Minerals Inc on cumulative reported pounds (3.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Allegheny Coatings, Southeastern Minerals Inc, Mobile Rosin Oil Co Inc. Chemical-count peers include Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. 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, Copper And Copper Compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Copper compounds; nearby reporters include Kennametal Inc. Eastern Minerals Inc stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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.
Use and verify this record
This Eastern Minerals Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Eastern Minerals Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Henderson, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311119 · Food. 7.5% of Vance TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Allegheny Coatings (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Eastern Minerals Inc stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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