EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Kennametal Inc
Henderson, NC · Parent: Kennametal Inc
- Total releases
- 65 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Kennametal Inc: how the 65 lbs splits
65 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 53 lbs 81.5%
- Off-site Transfers 12 lbs 18.5%
- Water Discharges 0 lbs 0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Kennametal Inc's 65 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 81.5% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 18.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Cobalt.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Kennametal Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Henderson, NC, in the primary metals sector. It reported 65 lbs of releases across 1 chemical, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 16,962 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. Kennametal Inc is pounds #545 and chemical-count #636 at 65 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: Ardagh Glass Inc; Eastern Minerals Inc; Sunrock Industries LLC - Kittrell; Revlon Consumer Products Corp. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside North Carolina: Materion Advanced Materials Technologies & Services North; Metallic Resources Inc; Littlestown Foundry Inc; Rathgibson North Branch. Other Kennametal Inc sites in this extract: Kennametal Inc DBA Kennametal Firth Sterling; Kennametal Inc (refinery); Kennametal Stellite; Kennametal Bedford Casting Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Cobalt.
Kennametal Inc stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (81.5% air releases) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 65 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Materion Advanced Materials Technologies & Services North and Metallic Resources Inc.
Kennametal Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
65 lbs 35th percentile higher than 35% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Kennametal Inc in the Primary Metals sector extract
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Kennametal Inc reports the 1,238th-largest volume (65 lbs). Scale peers outside North Carolina include Materion Advanced Materials Technologies & Services North and Metallic Resources Inc.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Kennametal Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Kennametal Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 65 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (3 lbs to 0 lbs).
Kennametal Inc: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Kennametal Inc 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: Cobalt.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 7 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 50 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 5 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 1 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Cobalt | 65 lbs | Carcinogen |
Kennametal Inc · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Kennametal Inc
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including Ardagh Glass Inc, Eastern Minerals Inc, Sunrock Industries LLC - Kittrell, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 786 other reporting facilities in North Carolina.
Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Carolina - e.g. Materion Advanced Materials Technologies & Services North, Metallic Resources Inc, Littlestown Foundry Inc.
Other Kennametal Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Kennametal Inc DBA Kennametal Firth Sterling, Kennametal Inc (refinery), Kennametal Stellite.
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 Cobalt; nearby reporters include Ardagh Glass Inc. Kennametal Inc 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 Kennametal Inc TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Cobalt) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Kennametal Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Henderson, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331492 · Primary Metals. 0.1% of Vance TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Polaris Industries Inc Huntsville Facility (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Kennametal Inc stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Cobalt. 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