EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Exide Technologies Reading Smelter Div
Reading, PA · Parent: Exide Technologies
- Total releases
- 42.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2019
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Exide Technologies Reading Smelter Div: how the 42.8K lbs splits
42.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 42.7K lbs 99.9%
- Water Discharges 26 lbs 0.1%
- Air Releases 0 lbs <0.1%
Exide Technologies Reading Smelter Div's 42.8K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Exide Technologies Reading Smelter Div is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Reading, PA, in the primary metals sector. It reported 42.8K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2019. That ranks 6,471 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. Exide Technologies Reading Smelter Div is pounds #265 and chemical-count #807 at 42.8K 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: Yuasa Battery Inc.; Gai-Tronics Corp; Dairy Farmers of America Inc.; Russell Standard Corp. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Pennsylvania: Asama Coldwater Manufacturing; Baker Manufacturing Co; Caterpillar Inc; Imperial Zinc Corp. Other Exide Technologies sites in this extract: Exide Technologies. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds.
Exide Technologies Reading Smelter Div stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.9% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 42.8K lbs (2019–2019). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Asama Coldwater Manufacturing and Baker Manufacturing Co.
Exide Technologies Reading Smelter Div vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
43K lbs Top 25% higher than 75% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Exide Technologies Reading Smelter Div: Lead And Lead Compounds-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Exide Technologies Reading Smelter Div reports the 522nd-largest volume (42.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Lead And Lead Compounds alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Asama Coldwater Manufacturing and Baker Manufacturing Co.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Exide Technologies Reading Smelter Div's pounds in one chemical - here Lead And Lead Compounds at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Exide Technologies Reading Smelter Div Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Exide Technologies Reading Smelter Div releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 42.8K lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2019). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 42.8K lbs | - |
Exide Technologies Reading Smelter Div · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Exide Technologies Reading Smelter Div
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Yuasa Battery Inc., Gai-Tronics Corp, Dairy Farmers of America Inc., 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. Asama Coldwater Manufacturing, Baker Manufacturing Co, Caterpillar Inc.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Exide Technologies Reading Smelter Div on cumulative reported pounds (42.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Advance Coatings Co, Justin Tanks LLC, Reg Mason City LLC. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico 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.
Similar chemical count
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Other Exide Technologies Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Exide Technologies.
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; nearby reporters include Yuasa Battery Inc.. Exide Technologies Reading Smelter Div 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 Exide Technologies Reading Smelter Div TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Lead And Lead Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Exide Technologies Reading Smelter Div totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Reading, PA, latest year 2019. NAICS 331492 · Primary Metals. 0.3% of Berks TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Advance Coatings Co (Δ 6 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Exide Technologies Reading Smelter Div stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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