EPA TRI Facility · Chemical Wholesalers
Airgas Specialty Products-Palmerton Pa
Palmerton, PA · Parent: Airgas Inc
- Total releases
- 7.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Airgas Specialty Products-Palmerton Pa: how the 8.0K lbs splits
8.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 8.0K lbs 100.0%
Airgas Specialty Products-Palmerton Pa's 8.0K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Airgas Specialty Products-Palmerton Pa is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Palmerton, PA, in the chemical wholesalers sector. It reported 989 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2024, and 7.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 10,547 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. Airgas Specialty Products-Palmerton Pa is pounds #465 and chemical-count #847 at 7.0K 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). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Befesa Zinc US Inc.; Ampal; American Nickeloid Co; Blue Ridge Pressure Castings. Similar-scale Chemical Wholesalers peers outside Pennsylvania: Cascade Columbia Distribution; Championx-Dickinson 597; Tilley Distribution Inc.; Ideal Chemical & Supply Co.. Other Airgas Inc sites in this extract: Airgas Nitrous Oxide; Airgas Nitrous Oxide Corp; Airgas Dry Ice; Airgas Specialty Products-Waxahachie Tx. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia.
Airgas Specialty Products-Palmerton Pa stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 7.0K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Cascade Columbia Distribution and Championx-Dickinson 597.
Airgas Specialty Products-Palmerton Pa vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
7.0K lbs Top 41% higher than 59% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Airgas Specialty Products-Palmerton Pa: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 530 Chemical Wholesalers facilities in this database, Airgas Specialty Products-Palmerton Pa reports the 169th-largest volume (7.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Cascade Columbia Distribution and Championx-Dickinson 597.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Airgas Specialty Products-Palmerton Pa's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Airgas Specialty Products-Palmerton Pa's total reported releases fell from 1.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Airgas Specialty Products-Palmerton Pa's air releases fell from 1.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Airgas Specialty Products-Palmerton Pa 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 Airgas Specialty Products-Palmerton Pa releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 8.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 32% (1.4K lbs to 989 lbs).
Airgas Specialty Products-Palmerton Pa: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Airgas Specialty Products-Palmerton Pa year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 32% from 2019 to 2024). 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 1.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 1.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 1.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 1.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2024 | 989 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 8.0K lbs | - |
Airgas Specialty Products-Palmerton Pa · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Airgas Specialty Products-Palmerton Pa
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Befesa Zinc US Inc., Ampal, American Nickeloid Co, ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemical Wholesalers Facilities
Other Chemical Wholesalers facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. Cascade Columbia Distribution, Championx-Dickinson 597, Tilley Distribution Inc..
Compare beyond Pennsylvania
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Airgas Specialty Products-Palmerton Pa on cumulative reported pounds (7.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Jtekt Bearings N.a. LLC - Walhalla Sc Plant, Intelligrated Systems LLC, Tread Corp. 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).
Other Airgas Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Airgas Nitrous Oxide, Airgas Nitrous Oxide Corp, Airgas Dry Ice.
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 Ammonia; nearby reporters include Befesa Zinc US Inc.. Airgas Specialty Products-Palmerton Pa stamps LIGHT 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 Airgas Specialty Products-Palmerton Pa TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Airgas Specialty Products-Palmerton Pa totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Palmerton, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 424690 · Chemical Wholesalers. 0.2% of Carbon TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Jtekt Bearings N.a. LLC - Walhalla Sc Plant (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Airgas Specialty Products-Palmerton Pa stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ammonia. 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