EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Gelest Inc
Morrisville, PA · Parent: Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc
- Total releases
- 244.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Gelest Inc: how the 484.8K lbs splits
484.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 468.4K lbs 96.6%
- Air Releases 16.4K lbs 3.4%
- Water Discharges 70 lbs <0.1%
Gelest Inc's 484.8K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 96.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 3.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Methanol.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Gelest Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Morrisville, PA, in the chemicals sector. It reported 240.0K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2024, and 244.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 2,901 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. Gelest Inc is pounds #118 and chemical-count #234 at 244.8K 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). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Univar Solutions USA - 4 Steel Road Morrisville Pa; Linde Gas & Equipment Inc.; Air Liquide Electronics U.S. LP; Infinity Ltl. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Pennsylvania: Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc-Front Royal Plant; Hallstar Co Ester Solutions Facility; Basf Corp Pasadena Plant; Tharaldson Ethanol Plant I LLC. Other Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc sites in this extract: Mitsubishi Chemical la Porte; Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc; Mitsubishi Chemical Carbon Fiber & Composites Inc.; Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Toluene; n-Hexane; Certain glycol ethers.
Gelest Inc stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (96.6% off-site transfers) across 5 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 244.8K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc-Front Royal Plant and Hallstar Co Ester Solutions Facility.
Gelest Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
245K lbs Top 11% higher than 89% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Gelest Inc in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Gelest Inc reports the 571st-largest volume, placing it in the top 14.6% of its sector. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc-Front Royal Plant and Hallstar Co Ester Solutions Facility.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Gelest Inc's total reported releases fell from 110.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 20.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gelest Inc's water releases fell from 20 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gelest Inc's off-site transfers fell from 107.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 17.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gelest Inc's air releases rose from 2.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Gelest Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Gelest Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 484.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 4545% (5.2K lbs to 240.0K lbs).
Gelest Inc: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Gelest Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 4545% 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: Methanol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5.2K lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 5.3K lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 102.8K lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 110.6K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 20.9K lbs | 4 |
| 2024 | 240.0K lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methanol | 282.0K lbs | - |
| Toluene | 95.3K lbs | - |
| n-Hexane | 66.5K lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 39.6K lbs | - |
| Maleic anhydride | 1.4K lbs | - |
Gelest Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Gelest Inc
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Univar Solutions USA - 4 Steel Road Morrisville Pa, Linde Gas & Equipment Inc., Air Liquide Electronics U.S. LP, 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. Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc-Front Royal Plant, Hallstar Co Ester Solutions Facility, Basf Corp Pasadena Plant.
Compare beyond Pennsylvania
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Gelest Inc on cumulative reported pounds (244.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Mti Baths, Darling Ingredients Inc, Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc-Front Royal Plant. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of 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.
- Mti Baths Sugar Hill, GA · Plastics and Rubber 244.8K lbs reported
- Darling Ingredients Inc Berlin, WI · Food 244.7K lbs reported
- Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc-Front Royal Plant Front Royal, VA · Chemicals 244.6K lbs reported
- Hallstar Co Ester Solutions Facility Bedford Park, IL · Chemicals 245.0K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Mitsubishi Chemical la Porte, Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc, Mitsubishi Chemical Carbon Fiber & Composites 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 Methanol, Toluene, n-Hexane, Certain glycol ethers; nearby reporters include Univar Solutions USA - 4 Steel Road Morrisville Pa. Gelest Inc stamps MID 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.
Use and verify this record
This Gelest Inc TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Methanol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Gelest Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Morrisville, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 325199 · Chemicals. 24.2% of Bucks TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Mti Baths (Δ 41 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Gelest Inc stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Methanol. 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