EPA TRI Facility · Petroleum
Owens Corning - Medina
Medina, OH · Parent: Owens Corning
- Total releases
- 40.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Owens Corning - Medina: how the 40.4K lbs splits
40.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 38.3K lbs 94.7%
- Off-site Transfers 2.2K lbs 5.3%
Owens Corning - Medina's 40.4K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 94.7% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 5.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Hydrogen sulfide.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Owens Corning - Medina is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Medina, OH, in the petroleum sector. It reported 7.7K lbs of releases across 6 chemicals in 2023, and 40.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 6,634 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. Owens Corning - Medina is pounds #428 and chemical-count #229 at 40.4K 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: Carlisle Brake & Friction; 3M Co - Medina; Republic Powdered Metals Inc; Sfs Group USA Inc. Similar-scale Petroleum peers outside Ohio: Fuchs Lubricants Co-Corporate Office; Olein Recovery Corp 2; Valor LLC; Phillips 66 Co-Santa Maria Refinery. Other Owens Corning sites in this extract: Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC Newark Oh Facility; Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC - Waxahachie; Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC; Masonite Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Hydrogen sulfide; Polycyclic aromatic compounds; Benzo[g,h,i]perylene; Lead compounds.
Owens Corning - Medina stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (94.7% air releases) across 7 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 40.4K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Fuchs Lubricants Co-Corporate Office and Olein Recovery Corp 2.
Owens Corning - Medina vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
40K lbs Top 26% higher than 74% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Owens Corning - Medina: Hydrogen sulfide-led volume
Among the 902 Petroleum facilities in this database, Owens Corning - Medina reports the 179th-largest volume, placing it in the top 19.8% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Hydrogen sulfide alone is 94.5% of the total. Scale peers outside Ohio include Fuchs Lubricants Co-Corporate Office and Olein Recovery Corp 2.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Owens Corning - Medina's pounds in one chemical - here Hydrogen sulfide at 94.5%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Owens Corning - Medina's total reported releases fell from 8.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 7.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Owens Corning - Medina's off-site transfers fell from 723 lb in 2022 to 26 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Owens Corning - Medina Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Owens Corning - Medina releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 40.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 10% (8.5K lbs to 7.7K lbs).
Owens Corning - Medina: 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 Owens Corning - Medina year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 10% 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: Hydrogen sulfide.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 8.5K lbs | 7 |
| 2020 | 7.5K lbs | 7 |
| 2021 | 8.3K lbs | 6 |
| 2022 | 8.4K lbs | 6 |
| 2023 | 7.7K lbs | 6 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrogen sulfide | 38.2K lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 1.9K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 313 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 27 lbs | - |
| Naphthalene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Copper compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Owens Corning - Medina · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Owens Corning - Medina
Closest other reporters in Ohio - including Carlisle Brake & Friction, 3M Co - Medina, Republic Powdered Metals Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,298 other reporting facilities in Ohio.
Similar Petroleum Facilities
Other Petroleum facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Ohio - e.g. Fuchs Lubricants Co-Corporate Office, Olein Recovery Corp 2, Valor LLC.
Compare beyond Ohio
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Owens Corning - Medina on cumulative reported pounds (40.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Cargill-Vitamin E, US Polymers - Accurez LLC, Felker Brothers Corp. 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).
Other Owens Corning Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC Newark Oh Facility, Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC - Waxahachie, Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC.
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 Hydrogen sulfide, Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene, Lead compounds; nearby reporters include Carlisle Brake & Friction. Owens Corning - Medina stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Owens Corning - Medina TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Hydrogen sulfide) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Owens Corning - Medina totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Medina, OH, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 324121 · Petroleum. 1.7% of Medina TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Cargill-Vitamin E (Δ 28 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Owens Corning - Medina stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Hydrogen sulfide. 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