EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Cornell Cookson
Mountain Top, PA
- Total releases
- 27.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Carcinogens
- 5
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Cornell Cookson: how the 51.1K lbs splits
51.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 49.7K lbs 97.3%
- Air Releases 1.4K lbs 2.7%
Cornell Cookson's 51.1K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 97.3% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 2.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Diisocyanates.
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.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Cornell Cookson is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Mountain Top, PA, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 23.6K lbs of releases across 10 chemicals in 2024, and 27.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 7,516 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. Cornell Cookson is pounds #312 and chemical-count #135 at 27.5K 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: Tempur Production USA LLC DBA Mountain Top Foam; I2M Inc.; Hydro Extrusion USA LLC; Avient Corp. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Pennsylvania: Specialty Steel Treating Inc.; Vorteq Coil Finishers; Beretta USA; Paragon Medical - Warsaw Finishing Services. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Diisocyanates; Nickel; Chromium; Zinc compounds.
Cornell Cookson stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (97.3% off-site transfers) across 8 chemicals · 5 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 27.5K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Specialty Steel Treating Inc. and Vorteq Coil Finishers.
Cornell Cookson vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
27K lbs Top 29% higher than 71% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cornell Cookson: Diisocyanates-led volume
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Cornell Cookson reports the 867th-largest volume (27.5K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Diisocyanates alone is 97.3% of the total. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Specialty Steel Treating Inc. and Vorteq Coil Finishers.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Cornell Cookson's pounds in one chemical - here Diisocyanates at 97.3%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Cornell Cookson's total reported releases rose from 550 lb in 2022 to 4.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cornell Cookson's air releases rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 695 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cornell Cookson's off-site transfers rose from 550 lb in 2022 to 3.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cornell Cookson's chemicals reported rose from 7 in 2022 to 8 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Cornell Cookson Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cornell Cookson releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 51.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 124% (10.5K lbs to 23.6K lbs).
Cornell Cookson: 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 Cornell Cookson year-over-year reported totals (increased by 124% 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: Diisocyanates.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 10.5K lbs | 7 |
| 2020 | 5.2K lbs | 7 |
| 2021 | 7.2K lbs | 7 |
| 2022 | 550 lbs | 7 |
| 2023 | 4.0K lbs | 8 |
| 2024 | 23.6K lbs | 10 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 5 of 10 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Diisocyanates | 49.7K lbs | - |
| Nickel | 587 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chromium | 413 lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 158 lbs | - |
| Copper | 80 lbs | - |
| Manganese | 73 lbs | - |
| Cobalt | 40 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead | 40 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Arsenic And Arsenic Compounds | 4 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Cadmium And Cadmium Compounds | 1 lbs | Carcinogen |
Cornell Cookson · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Cornell Cookson
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Tempur Production USA LLC DBA Mountain Top Foam, I2M Inc., Hydro Extrusion USA LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,009 other reporting facilities in Pennsylvania.
Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. Specialty Steel Treating Inc., Vorteq Coil Finishers, Beretta USA.
Compare beyond Pennsylvania
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cornell Cookson on cumulative reported pounds (27.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include Specialty Steel Treating Inc., Vorteq Coil Finishers, Bear Garden Generating Station. Chemical-count peers include Prepa-South Coast Power Plant, Argos Puerto Rico Corp., US Tsubaki Automotive 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.
- Specialty Steel Treating Inc. Fraser, MI · Fabricated Metals 27.5K lbs reported
- Vorteq Coil Finishers Oconomowoc, WI · Fabricated Metals 27.5K lbs reported
- Bear Garden Generating Station New Canton, VA · Electric Utilities 27.5K lbs reported
- Uop LLC Baton Rouge Plant Baton Rouge, LA · Chemicals 27.5K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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 Diisocyanates, Nickel, Chromium, Zinc compounds; nearby reporters include Tempur Production USA LLC DBA Mountain Top Foam. Cornell Cookson stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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 Cornell Cookson TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Diisocyanates) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cornell Cookson totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Mountain Top, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 332321 · Fabricated Metals. 3.2% of Luzerne TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Specialty Steel Treating Inc. (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cornell Cookson stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Diisocyanates. 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