EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Lake City Plating
Ashtabula, OH
- Total releases
- 282.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Lake City Plating: how the 282.4K lbs splits
282.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 282.4K lbs 100.0%
Lake City Plating's 282.4K 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.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Lake City Plating is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Ashtabula, OH, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 9.9K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 282.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,673 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Ohio's 1,299 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Lake City Plating is pounds #146 and chemical-count #561 at 282.4K lbs. Ineos Nitriles USA LLC leads reported pounds (42.4M lbs) at 31 chemicals (chemical-count #10). Heritage Thermal Services leads chemical count at 217 chemicals (431.4K lbs, pounds #116). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Lake City Plating Plant 2; Vibrantz Color Solutions Inc.; Ashtabula Rubber Co.; Molded Fiber Glass Composite Systems Co. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Ohio: Valmont - Birmingham Galvanizing Inc.; Pioneer Metal Finishing - Chippewa Falls; Reef Services, LLC; Precoat Metals. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Lake City Plating stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 282.4K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Valmont - Birmingham Galvanizing Inc. and Pioneer Metal Finishing - Chippewa Falls.
Lake City Plating vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
282K lbs Top 10% higher than 90% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Lake City Plating: Zinc compounds-led volume
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Lake City Plating reports the 196th-largest volume, placing it in the top 5.7% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 89.7% of the total. Scale peers outside Ohio include Valmont - Birmingham Galvanizing Inc. and Pioneer Metal Finishing - Chippewa Falls.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Lake City Plating's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 89.7%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Lake City Plating's total reported releases fell from 42.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 9.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Lake City Plating's off-site transfers fell from 42.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 9.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Lake City Plating's chemicals reported fell from 2 in 2022 to 1 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Lake City Plating Form-R facts
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Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Lake City Plating releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 282.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 92% (119.7K lbs to 9.9K lbs).
Lake City Plating: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Lake City Plating year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 92% 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 | 119.7K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 103.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 7.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 42.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 9.9K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 253.3K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 29.1K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Lake City Plating · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Lake City Plating
Closest other reporters in Ohio - including Lake City Plating Plant 2, Vibrantz Color Solutions Inc., Ashtabula Rubber Co., ordered by distance.
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Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Ohio - e.g. Valmont - Birmingham Galvanizing Inc., Pioneer Metal Finishing - Chippewa Falls, Reef Services, LLC.
Compare beyond Ohio
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Lake City Plating on cumulative reported pounds (282.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include US Army Fort Ap Hill, Allnex USA Inc., Valmont - Birmingham Galvanizing Inc.. 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.
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, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Lake City Plating Plant 2. Lake City Plating stamps MID 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.
Use and verify this record
This Lake City Plating TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Lake City Plating totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Ashtabula, OH, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332813 · Fabricated Metals. 0.6% of Ashtabula TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: US Army Fort Ap Hill (Δ 66 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Lake City Plating stamps MID 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