EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Frog Switch & Manufacturing Co
Carlisle, PA
- Total releases
- 92.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Frog Switch & Manufacturing Co: how the 92.3K lbs splits
92.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 81.0K lbs 87.7%
- Air Releases 11.3K lbs 12.2%
- Water Discharges 47 lbs 0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Frog Switch & Manufacturing Co's 92.3K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 87.7% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 12.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Manganese.
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 TRACE-CARC
Frog Switch & Manufacturing Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Carlisle, PA, in the primary metals sector. It reported 12.8K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 92.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,755 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. Frog Switch & Manufacturing Co is pounds #187 and chemical-count #155 at 92.3K 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: Carlisle Syntec a Div of Carlisle Construction Materia; Land O'Lakes - Carlisle; Vitro Flat Glass LLC Carlisle Plant; Safety-Kleen Systems New Kingstown (nkp). Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Pennsylvania: Wellman Dynamics; Cmc Steel Florida; Plymouth Tube Trent Plant; Kennametal Inc (refinery). Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese; Chromium; Zinc compounds; Nickel.
Frog Switch & Manufacturing Co stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (87.7% off-site transfers) across 7 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 92.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Wellman Dynamics and Cmc Steel Florida.
Frog Switch & Manufacturing Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
92K lbs Top 18% higher than 82% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Frog Switch & Manufacturing Co: Manganese-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Frog Switch & Manufacturing Co reports the 421st-largest volume (92.3K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Manganese alone is 90.5% of the total. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Wellman Dynamics and Cmc Steel Florida.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Frog Switch & Manufacturing Co's pounds in one chemical - here Manganese at 90.5%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Frog Switch & Manufacturing Co's total reported releases rose from 11.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 12.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Frog Switch & Manufacturing Co's air releases fell from 2.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 843 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Frog Switch & Manufacturing Co's chemicals reported fell from 2 in 2022 to 1 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Frog Switch & Manufacturing Co's off-site transfers rose from 9.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 12.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Frog Switch & Manufacturing Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Frog Switch & Manufacturing Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 92.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 60% (31.9K lbs to 12.8K lbs).
Frog Switch & Manufacturing Co: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Frog Switch & Manufacturing Co year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 60% from 2019 to 2023). 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: Manganese.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 31.9K lbs | 7 |
| 2020 | 19.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 16.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 11.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 12.8K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Manganese | 83.6K lbs | - |
| Chromium | 5.8K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 2.1K lbs | - |
| Nickel | 782 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 11 lbs | - |
| Nickel compounds | 5 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Molybdenum trioxide | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Frog Switch & Manufacturing Co · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Frog Switch & Manufacturing Co
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Carlisle Syntec a Div of Carlisle Construction Materia, Land O'Lakes - Carlisle, Vitro Flat Glass LLC Carlisle Plant, 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. Wellman Dynamics, Cmc Steel Florida, Plymouth Tube Trent Plant.
Compare beyond Pennsylvania
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Frog Switch & Manufacturing Co on cumulative reported pounds (92.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Nusil Technology (texas Division), Azz Galvanizing Services-Houston, One Earth Energy LLC. Chemical-count peers include Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. 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.
- Nusil Technology (texas Division) Irving, TX · Chemicals 92.4K lbs reported
- Azz Galvanizing Services-Houston Houston, TX · Fabricated Metals 92.3K lbs reported
- One Earth Energy LLC Gibson City, IL · Chemicals 92.2K lbs reported
- Akzonobel Aerospace Coatings Waukegan, IL · Chemicals 92.5K 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 Manganese, Chromium, Zinc compounds, Nickel; nearby reporters include Carlisle Syntec a Div of Carlisle Construction Materia. Frog Switch & Manufacturing Co stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Frog Switch & Manufacturing Co TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Manganese) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Frog Switch & Manufacturing Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Carlisle, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331513 · Primary Metals. 8.6% of Cumberland TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Nusil Technology (texas Division) (Δ 10 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Frog Switch & Manufacturing Co stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Manganese. 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