EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Gaston Electronics
Mount Holly, NC
- Total releases
- 2 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Gaston Electronics: how the 2 lbs splits
2 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 2 lbs 100.0%
Gaston Electronics's 2 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: Lead.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Gaston Electronics is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Mount Holly, NC, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 1 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 2 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 19,523 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. Gaston Electronics is pounds #648 and chemical-count #362 at 2 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: Arrochem Inc; Clariant Corp-Mount Holly West Plant; American & Efird LLC Plant 05 & 15; Daimler Trucks Na LLC. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside North Carolina: Atlas Bolt & Screw Co LLC; Asco L.P.; Veridiam; Badgett Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead; Chromium; Nickel.
Gaston Electronics stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 3 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Atlas Bolt & Screw Co LLC and Asco L.P..
Gaston Electronics vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2 lbs 25th percentile higher than 25% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Gaston Electronics in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Gaston Electronics reports the 2,642nd-largest volume (2 lbs). Scale peers outside North Carolina include Atlas Bolt & Screw Co LLC and Asco L.P..
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Gaston Electronics Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Gaston Electronics releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 63900% (0 lbs to 1 lbs).
Gaston Electronics: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Gaston Electronics year-over-year reported totals (increased by 63900% 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: Lead.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 lbs | 1 |
Gaston Electronics · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Gaston Electronics
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including Arrochem Inc, Clariant Corp-Mount Holly West Plant, American & Efird LLC Plant 05 & 15, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 786 other reporting facilities in North Carolina.
Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Carolina - e.g. Atlas Bolt & Screw Co LLC, Asco L.P., Veridiam.
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 Lead, Chromium, Nickel; nearby reporters include Arrochem Inc. Gaston Electronics stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Gaston Electronics TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Gaston Electronics totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Mount Holly, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (4 years). NAICS 332313 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Gaston TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Central Concrete Pinole (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Gaston Electronics stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead. 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