EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Railroad Friction Products Corp
Maxton, NC · Parent: Wabtec Corp
- Total releases
- 1.8M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 10
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Railroad Friction Products Corp: how the 1.8M lbs splits
1.8M lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 1.5M lbs 80.8%
- Off-site Transfers 352.3K lbs 19.1%
- Water Discharges 125 lbs <0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Railroad Friction Products Corp's 1.8M lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 80.8% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 19.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: n-Hexane.
HEAVY volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Railroad Friction Products Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Maxton, NC, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 383.3K lbs of releases across 9 chemicals in 2023, and 1.8M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 899 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. Railroad Friction Products Corp is pounds #32 and chemical-count #47 at 1.8M 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Edwards Wood Products Inc.; Edwards Wood Products Inc. - Laurinburg East; Murphy-Brown LLC Laurinburg Feed Mill; Pilkington Na. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside North Carolina: Ford Motor Co Kentucky Truck Plant; Honda Development & Manufacturing of America LLC - Alabama; Malibu Boats LLC; Ford Motor Co Chicago Assembly. Other Wabtec Corp sites in this extract: Aero Transportation Products Inc; Sancast Inc; Wabtec Components; Barber Steel Foundry Corporation. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Hexane; Toluene; Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms); Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
Railroad Friction Products Corp stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant AIR pathway (80.8% air releases) across 10 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.8M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Ford Motor Co Kentucky Truck Plant and Honda Development & Manufacturing of America LLC - Alabama.
Railroad Friction Products Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.8M lbs Top 3% higher than 97% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Railroad Friction Products Corp inside Scotland's TRI pounds
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Railroad Friction Products Corp reports the 17th-largest volume, placing it in the top 1.1% of its sector. This one site accounts for 73.5% of every pound reported in Scotland. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: n-Hexane alone is 68.4% of the total. Scale peers outside North Carolina include Ford Motor Co Kentucky Truck Plant and Honda Development & Manufacturing of America LLC - Alabama.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Scotland's reported pounds (2.5M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Railroad Friction Products Corp's total reported releases rose from 337.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 383.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Railroad Friction Products Corp's air releases rose from 268.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 314.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Railroad Friction Products Corp's off-site transfers rose from 68.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 68.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Railroad Friction Products Corp Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Railroad Friction Products Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.8M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 7% (414.0K lbs to 383.3K lbs).
Railroad Friction Products Corp: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Railroad Friction Products Corp year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 7% 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: n-Hexane.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 414.0K lbs | 9 |
| 2020 | 376.1K lbs | 9 |
| 2021 | 329.0K lbs | 9 |
| 2022 | 337.1K lbs | 9 |
| 2023 | 383.3K lbs | 9 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 10 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| n-Hexane | 1.3M lbs | - |
| Toluene | 222.8K lbs | - |
| Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms) | 167.5K lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 87.7K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 61.7K lbs | - |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 21.0K lbs | - |
| Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 14.6K lbs | - |
| Phenol | 6.4K lbs | - |
| 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Thiram | 0 lbs | - |
Railroad Friction Products Corp · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Railroad Friction Products Corp
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including Edwards Wood Products Inc., Edwards Wood Products Inc. - Laurinburg East, Murphy-Brown LLC Laurinburg Feed Mill, ordered by distance.
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Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Carolina - e.g. Ford Motor Co Kentucky Truck Plant, Honda Development & Manufacturing of America LLC - Alabama, Malibu Boats LLC.
Compare beyond North Carolina
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Railroad Friction Products Corp on cumulative reported pounds (1.8M lbs) and distinct chemical count (10). Release-pound peers include Gulf Coast Growth Ventures LLC, Brembo Homer Foundry, Bunge N.a. (east) L.L.C.. Chemical-count peers include Harris Paints Corp., Saint Thomas Bulk Terminal, Total Guaynabo Bulk Terminal. 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).
Other Wabtec Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Aero Transportation Products Inc, Sancast Inc, Wabtec Components.
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 n-Hexane, Toluene, Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms), Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); nearby reporters include Edwards Wood Products Inc.. Railroad Friction Products Corp stamps HEAVY 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 Railroad Friction Products Corp TRI extract (HEAVY · AIR · CLEAN · lead n-Hexane) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Railroad Friction Products Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Maxton, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336510 · Transportation Equipment. 73.5% of Scotland TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Gulf Coast Growth Ventures LLC (Δ 1.3K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Railroad Friction Products Corp stamps HEAVY volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead n-Hexane. 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