EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Colorcon
West Point, PA · Parent: Berwind Corp
- Total releases
- 19.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Colorcon: how the 19.7K lbs splits
19.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 19.6K lbs 99.5%
- Air Releases 94 lbs 0.5%
Colorcon's 19.7K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.5% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Colorcon is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in West Point, PA, in the chemicals sector. It reported 19.7K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 8,285 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. Colorcon is pounds #357 and chemical-count #464 at 19.7K 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: Precision Tube Co LLC; Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Lehigh Valley Dairy Farms; Rex Heat Treat-Lansdale Inc; Saint Gobain Abrasives Inc. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Pennsylvania: Toll Solutions LLC; Icp Construction; Anchor Paint Manufacturing Co Inc; Basf Corp. Other Berwind Corp sites in this extract: Crc Industries Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Phthalic anhydride; Nitric acid.
Colorcon stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.5% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 19.7K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Toll Solutions LLC and Icp Construction.
Colorcon vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
20K 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
Colorcon: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Colorcon reports the 1,736th-largest volume (19.7K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 98.0% of the total. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Toll Solutions LLC and Icp Construction.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Colorcon's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 98.0%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Colorcon's total reported releases rose from 21 lb in 2022 to 8.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Colorcon's off-site transfers rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 8.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Colorcon Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Colorcon releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 19.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 100% (20 lbs to 0 lbs).
Colorcon: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Colorcon year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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 | 20 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 11.0K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 19 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 21 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 8.6K lbs | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 19.3K lbs | - |
| Phthalic anhydride | 297 lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 94 lbs | - |
Colorcon · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Colorcon
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Precision Tube Co LLC, Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Lehigh Valley Dairy Farms, Rex Heat Treat-Lansdale 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. Toll Solutions LLC, Icp Construction, Anchor Paint Manufacturing Co Inc.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Colorcon on cumulative reported pounds (19.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include US Coast Guard Base Portsmouth, Toll Solutions LLC, Icp Construction. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International 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 Berwind Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Crc Industries Inc.
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), Phthalic anhydride, Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Precision Tube Co LLC. Colorcon 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 Colorcon TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · 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.
Colorcon totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for West Point, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 325130 · Chemicals. 0.4% of Montgomery TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: US Coast Guard Base Portsmouth (Δ 3 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Colorcon stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · 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