EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Bulk Chemicals Inc
Shoemakersville, PA
- Total releases
- 18.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Latest report
- 2019
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Bulk Chemicals Inc: how the 18.8K lbs splits
18.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 18.1K lbs 96.0%
- Water Discharges 750 lbs 4.0%
Bulk Chemicals Inc's 18.8K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 96.0% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 4.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitric acid.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Bulk Chemicals Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Shoemakersville, PA, in the chemicals sector. It reported 18.8K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2019. That ranks 8,383 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. Bulk Chemicals Inc is pounds #367 and chemical-count #260 at 18.8K 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: Materion Brush Inc; Materion Corp - Reading Plant 2; Glen-Gery Corp Mid Atla Ntic Plant; Brenntag Northeast - Snyder Road. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Pennsylvania: Noramco; Polyventive 140 Executive Drive; Synthomer USA LLC; Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid; Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Certain glycol ethers; Hydrogen fluoride.
Bulk Chemicals Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (96.0% off-site transfers) across 5 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 18.8K lbs (2019–2019). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Noramco and Polyventive 140 Executive Drive.
Bulk Chemicals Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
19K lbs Top 32% higher than 68% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Bulk Chemicals Inc: Nitric acid-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Bulk Chemicals Inc reports the 1,765th-largest volume (18.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitric acid alone is 98.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Noramco and Polyventive 140 Executive Drive.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Bulk Chemicals Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Nitric acid at 98.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Bulk Chemicals Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Bulk Chemicals Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 18.8K lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2019). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 18.6K lbs | - |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 207 lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 0 lbs | - |
| Hydrogen fluoride | 0 lbs | - |
| N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 0 lbs | - |
Bulk Chemicals Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Bulk Chemicals Inc
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Materion Brush Inc, Materion Corp - Reading Plant 2, Glen-Gery Corp Mid Atla Ntic Plant, ordered by distance.
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Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. Noramco, Polyventive 140 Executive Drive, Synthomer USA LLC.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Bulk Chemicals Inc on cumulative reported pounds (18.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Phillips 66 Co Denver Terminal, Elk Co of Texas LLC, U.S. Dod Naws China Lake. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of Puerto Rico LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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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 Nitric acid, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Certain glycol ethers, Hydrogen fluoride; nearby reporters include Materion Brush Inc. Bulk Chemicals 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 Bulk Chemicals Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Bulk Chemicals Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Shoemakersville, PA, latest year 2019. NAICS 325998 · Chemicals. 0.1% of Berks TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Phillips 66 Co Denver Terminal (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Bulk Chemicals Inc stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid. 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