EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Gelest
Morrisville, PA · Parent: Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc
- Total releases
- 15.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Gelest: how the 15.8K lbs splits
15.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 15.1K lbs 95.9%
- Air Releases 648 lbs 4.1%
Gelest's 15.8K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 95.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 4.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Toluene.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Gelest is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Morrisville, PA, in the chemicals sector. It reported 15.8K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023. That ranks 8,782 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 is pounds #385 and chemical-count #615 at 15.8K 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: Infinity Ltl; Brightsmith LLC; Air Liquide Electronics U.S. LP; Linde Gas & Equipment Inc.. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Pennsylvania: Southern Ionics Inc.; Adare Pharmaceuticals Inc; Maverick Molding; Hexa Americas Inc. 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: Toluene; Methanol.
Gelest stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (95.9% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 15.8K lbs (2023–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Southern Ionics Inc. and Adare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Gelest vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
16K lbs Top 34% higher than 66% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Gelest: Toluene-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Gelest reports the 1,847th-largest volume (15.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Toluene alone is 97.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Southern Ionics Inc. and Adare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Gelest's pounds in one chemical - here Toluene at 97.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Gelest Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Gelest releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 15.8K lbs.
Gelest · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Gelest
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Infinity Ltl, Brightsmith LLC, Air Liquide Electronics U.S. LP, ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. Southern Ionics Inc., Adare Pharmaceuticals Inc, Maverick Molding.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Gelest on cumulative reported pounds (15.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include General Mills Operations Inc, Edco Products Inc, Southern Ionics Inc.. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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
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 Toluene, Methanol; nearby reporters include Infinity Ltl. Gelest 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 Gelest TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Toluene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Gelest totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Morrisville, PA, latest year 2023. NAICS 325199 · Chemicals. 1.6% of Bucks TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: General Mills Operations Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Gelest stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Toluene. 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