EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Welded Tubes Inc.
Orwell, OH
- Total releases
- 10.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Welded Tubes Inc.: how the 10.9K lbs splits
10.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 10.9K lbs 100.0%
Welded Tubes Inc.'s 10.9K 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: Manganese.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Welded Tubes Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Orwell, OH, in the primary metals sector. It reported 2.2K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 10.9K lbs in total across its 2020-2023 reporting years. That ranks 9,634 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. Welded Tubes Inc. is pounds #649 and chemical-count #1062 at 10.9K 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Kennametal Inc Orwell Plant; Cabinetworks Group Middlefield Plant 3; Real Alloy Speciality Products LLC; Hexpol Middlefield. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Ohio: Mississippi Silicon LLC; Lone Star Tubular Operations; Hydro Extrusion USA LLC; Alpha Assembly Solutions. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese.
Welded Tubes Inc. stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 10.9K lbs (2020–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Mississippi Silicon LLC and Lone Star Tubular Operations.
Welded Tubes Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
11K lbs Top 37% higher than 63% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Welded Tubes Inc.: Manganese-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Welded Tubes Inc. reports the 727th-largest volume (10.9K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Manganese alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Ohio include Mississippi Silicon LLC and Lone Star Tubular Operations.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Welded Tubes Inc.'s pounds in one chemical - here Manganese at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Welded Tubes Inc.'s total reported releases rose from 1.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Welded Tubes Inc.'s off-site transfers rose from 1.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Welded Tubes Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Welded Tubes Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 10.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2020 to 2023, total releases decreased by 42% (3.8K lbs to 2.2K lbs).
Welded Tubes Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2020–2023
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Welded Tubes Inc. year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 42% from 2020 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: Manganese.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 3.7K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 1.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 2.2K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2020–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Manganese | 10.9K lbs | - |
Welded Tubes Inc. · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Welded Tubes Inc.
Closest other reporters in Ohio - including Kennametal Inc Orwell Plant, Cabinetworks Group Middlefield Plant 3, Real Alloy Speciality Products LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,298 other reporting facilities in Ohio.
Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Ohio - e.g. Mississippi Silicon LLC, Lone Star Tubular Operations, Hydro Extrusion USA LLC.
Compare beyond Ohio
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Welded Tubes Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (10.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Central Valley Cheese, Mississippi Silicon LLC, Tamko Building Products LLC. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. 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 Manganese; nearby reporters include Kennametal Inc Orwell Plant. Welded Tubes Inc. stamps LIGHT 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.
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This Welded Tubes Inc. TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Manganese) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Welded Tubes Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Orwell, OH, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2020–2023 (4 years). NAICS 331210 · Primary Metals. 0.0% of Ashtabula TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Central Valley Cheese (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Welded Tubes Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Manganese. 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