EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
3M Aston
Chester Township, PA · Parent: 3M Co
- Total releases
- 3.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2022
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
3M Aston: how the 3.8K lbs splits
3.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 3.8K lbs 99.0%
- Air Releases 40 lbs 1.0%
3M Aston's 3.8K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 1.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Copper.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
3M Aston is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Chester Township, PA, in the chemicals sector. It reported 1.2K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2022, and 3.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2022 reporting years. That ranks 11,661 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Pennsylvania's 1,010 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. 3M Aston is pounds #534 and chemical-count #862 at 3.8K lbs. Max Environmental -- Yukon Facility leads reported pounds (34.8M lbs) at 18 chemicals (chemical-count #24). Keystone Cement Co leads chemical count at 53 chemicals (155.4K lbs, pounds #149). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Congoleum Acquisition LLC; Monroe Energy Llc-Trainer Refinery; Braskem America Inc; Evonik Corp. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Pennsylvania: Halliburton Port Fourchon South Facility; Scientific Design Co Inc; Fujifilm Hunt Chemicals USA Inc; Capital Resin Corporation-Michigan. Other 3M Co sites in this extract: 3M Chemical Operations' Cottage Grove Facility; 3M Co - Tonawanda; 3M Co - Little Rock; 3M Co-Hutchinson. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper.
3M Aston stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.0% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 3.8K lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Halliburton Port Fourchon South Facility and Scientific Design Co Inc.
3M Aston vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
3.8K lbs Top 45% higher than 55% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
3M Aston: Copper-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, 3M Aston reports the 2,418th-largest volume (3.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Copper alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Halliburton Port Fourchon South Facility and Scientific Design Co Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of 3M Aston's pounds in one chemical - here Copper at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
3M Aston Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How 3M Aston releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases decreased by 4% (1.3K lbs to 1.2K lbs).
3M Aston: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows 3M Aston year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 4% from 2019 to 2022). 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: Copper.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 1.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 1.2K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Copper | 3.8K lbs | - |
3M Aston · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to 3M Aston
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Congoleum Acquisition LLC, Monroe Energy Llc-Trainer Refinery, Braskem America Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,009 other reporting facilities in Pennsylvania.
Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. Halliburton Port Fourchon South Facility, Scientific Design Co Inc, Fujifilm Hunt Chemicals USA Inc.
Compare beyond Pennsylvania
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest 3M Aston on cumulative reported pounds (3.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Mechanical Galv-Plating Corp, Matcor Metal Fabrication, Halliburton Port Fourchon South Facility. 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.
- Mechanical Galv-Plating Corp Sidney, OH · Fabricated Metals 3.8K lbs reported
- Matcor Metal Fabrication Morton, IL · Fabricated Metals 3.8K lbs reported
- Halliburton Port Fourchon South Facility Golden Meadow, LA · Chemicals 3.8K lbs reported
- Scientific Design Co Inc Little Ferry, NJ · Chemicals 3.8K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other 3M Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including 3M Chemical Operations' Cottage Grove Facility, 3M Co - Tonawanda, 3M Co - Little Rock.
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 Copper; nearby reporters include Congoleum Acquisition LLC. 3M Aston 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.
Use and verify this record
This 3M Aston TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Copper) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
3M Aston totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Chester Township, PA, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (3 years). NAICS 325211 · Chemicals. 0.1% of Delaware TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Matcor Metal Fabrication (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
3M Aston stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Copper. 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