EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Carpenter Technology Corp
Reading, PA · Parent: Carpenter Technology Corp
- Total releases
- 5.8M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 21
- Carcinogens
- 5
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Carpenter Technology Corp: how the 8.3M lbs splits
8.3M lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 6.0M lbs 72.3%
- Off-site Transfers 2.1M lbs 25.5%
- Air Releases 185.5K lbs 2.2%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Carpenter Technology Corp's 8.3M lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 72.3% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 25.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
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.
HEAVY volume WATER pathway CARC-LEAN
Carpenter Technology Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Reading, PA, in the primary metals sector. It reported 2.5M lbs of releases across 15 chemicals in 2024, and 5.8M lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 361 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. Carpenter Technology Corp is pounds #9 and chemical-count #14 at 5.8M 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc.; Industrial Metal Plating Inc; Gai-Tronics Corp; Dairy Farmers of America Inc.. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Pennsylvania: Griffin Pipe Products Co; Atlantic Alumina Gramercy Operations; Titanium Metals Corp; Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp - Mansfield Works. Other Carpenter Technology Corp sites in this extract: Dynamet Inc; Talley Metals Technology; Latrobe Specialty Metals; Carpenter Technology Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Nickel And Nickel Compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds.
Carpenter Technology Corp stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant WATER pathway (72.3% water discharges) across 21 chemicals · 5 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 5.8M lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Griffin Pipe Products Co and Atlantic Alumina Gramercy Operations.
Carpenter Technology Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
5.8M lbs Top 1% higher than 99% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Carpenter Technology Corp inside Berks's TRI pounds
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Carpenter Technology Corp reports the 48th-largest volume, placing it in the top 3% of its sector. This one site accounts for 44.8% of every pound reported in Berks. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 72.2% of the total. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Griffin Pipe Products Co and Atlantic Alumina Gramercy Operations.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Berks's reported pounds (13.0M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Carpenter Technology Corp's total reported releases rose from 877.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.5 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Carpenter Technology Corp's off-site transfers rose from 2.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 444.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Carpenter Technology Corp's water releases rose from 843.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Carpenter Technology Corp's air releases rose from 31.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 33.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Carpenter Technology Corp Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Carpenter Technology Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 8.3M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 84% (1.4M lbs to 2.5M lbs).
Carpenter Technology Corp: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 1
- 2020 1
- 2021 1
- 2022 1
- 2023
- 2024
What this shows Carpenter Technology Corp year-over-year reported totals (increased by 84% 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.4M lbs | 15 |
| 2020 | 937.3K lbs | 15 |
| 2021 | 1.1M lbs | 15 |
| 2022 | 877.8K lbs | 15 |
| 2023 | 1.5M lbs | 15 |
| 2024 | 2.5M lbs | 15 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 5 of 21 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
Carpenter Technology Corp · WATER-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Carpenter Technology Corp
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc., Industrial Metal Plating Inc, Gai-Tronics Corp, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,009 other reporting facilities in Pennsylvania.
Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. Griffin Pipe Products Co, Atlantic Alumina Gramercy Operations, Titanium Metals Corp.
Compare beyond Pennsylvania
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Carpenter Technology Corp on cumulative reported pounds (5.8M lbs) and distinct chemical count (21). Release-pound peers include Ohio Galvanizing Corp, Glanbia Foods Inc, Griffin Pipe Products Co. Chemical-count peers include Clean Earth of North Jersey Inc, International Paper Franklin Mill, Chemsolv Inc. 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 Carpenter Technology Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Dynamet Inc, Talley Metals Technology, Latrobe Specialty Metals.
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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Nickel And Nickel Compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds; nearby reporters include Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc.. Carpenter Technology Corp stamps HEAVY volume · WATER 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 Carpenter Technology Corp TRI extract (HEAVY · WATER · CARC-LEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Carpenter Technology Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Reading, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 331110 · Primary Metals. 44.8% of Berks TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Ohio Galvanizing Corp (Δ 528 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Carpenter Technology Corp stamps HEAVY volume · WATER pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). 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