EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Erie Forge & Steel Inc
Erie, PA · Parent: Whemco Inc
- Total releases
- 13 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Erie Forge & Steel Inc: how the 15 lbs splits
15 lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 11 lbs 77.4%
- Off-site Transfers 3 lbs 22.6%
Erie Forge & Steel Inc's 15 lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 77.4% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 22.6%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds.
TRACE volume WATER pathway CLEAN
Erie Forge & Steel Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Erie, PA, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 2 lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2024, and 13 lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 18,349 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. Erie Forge & Steel Inc is pounds #915 and chemical-count #298 at 13 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: Great Lakes Metal Finishing Inc.; American Hollow Boring Co; Union Electric Steel Corp; Klein Plating Works Inc. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Pennsylvania: Rovanco Piping Systems Inc; Abelconn Llc.; Mw Industries Atlantic Spring Div; Rocky Mountain Fabrication. Other Whemco Inc sites in this extract: Lehigh Specialty Melting Inc; Whemco-Steel Castings Inc; Whemco-Ohio Foundry Inc; Lehigh Heavy Forge Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds; Chromium; Copper; Manganese.
Erie Forge & Steel Inc stamps TRACE volume with a dominant WATER pathway (77.4% water discharges) across 5 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 13 lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Rovanco Piping Systems Inc and Abelconn Llc..
Erie Forge & Steel Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
13 lbs 29th percentile higher than 29% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Erie Forge & Steel Inc in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Erie Forge & Steel Inc reports the 2,509th-largest volume (13 lbs). Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Rovanco Piping Systems Inc and Abelconn Llc..
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Erie Forge & Steel Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Erie Forge & Steel Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 15 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 7% (2 lbs to 2 lbs).
Erie Forge & Steel Inc: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Erie Forge & Steel Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 7% 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: Lead And Lead Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 4 lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 2 lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 2 lbs | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 1 of 5 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 15 lbs | - |
| Chromium | 0 lbs | - |
| Copper | 0 lbs | - |
| Manganese | 0 lbs | - |
| Nickel | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Erie Forge & Steel Inc · WATER-pathway site
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Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. Rovanco Piping Systems Inc, Abelconn Llc., Mw Industries Atlantic Spring Div.
Other Whemco Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Lehigh Specialty Melting Inc, Whemco-Steel Castings Inc, Whemco-Ohio Foundry 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 Lead And Lead Compounds, Chromium, Copper, Manganese; nearby reporters include Great Lakes Metal Finishing Inc.. Erie Forge & Steel Inc stamps TRACE volume · WATER 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 Erie Forge & Steel Inc TRI extract (TRACE · WATER · CLEAN · lead Lead And Lead Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Erie Forge & Steel Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Erie, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 332710 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Erie TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Oldcastle Precast Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Erie Forge & Steel Inc stamps TRACE volume · WATER pathway · CLEAN · lead Lead And Lead Compounds. 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