EPA TRI Facility · Machinery
General Carbide Corp
Greensburg, PA · Parent: General Carbide Corp
- Total releases
- 101.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
General Carbide Corp: how the 101.0K lbs splits
101.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 101.0K lbs 100.0%
General Carbide Corp's 101.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Cobalt.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-HEAVY
General Carbide Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Greensburg, PA, in the machinery sector. It reported 101.0K lbs of releases across 1 chemical, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 4,557 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. General Carbide Corp is pounds #179 and chemical-count #796 at 101.0K 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: Holcim Products & Solutions US Llc.; Surteco N.a. Inc. Jeannette Pa Plant; Powerex Inc; Wabtec Rubber Products. Similar-scale Machinery peers outside Pennsylvania: Precision Pulley & Idler Inc; Lindsay Manufacturing Co; Pyrotek; Usnr LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Cobalt.
General Carbide Corp stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 101.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Precision Pulley & Idler Inc and Lindsay Manufacturing Co.
General Carbide Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
101K 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
General Carbide Corp: Cobalt-led volume
Among the 1,186 Machinery facilities in this database, General Carbide Corp reports the 59th-largest volume, placing it in the top 5% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Cobalt alone is 100% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 100% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Precision Pulley & Idler Inc and Lindsay Manufacturing Co.
Concentrated means ≥60% of General Carbide Corp's pounds in one chemical - here Cobalt at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- General Carbide Corp's total reported releases fell from 28.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- General Carbide Corp's off-site transfers fell from 28.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
General Carbide Corp Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How General Carbide Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 101.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (25.6K lbs to 0 lbs).
General Carbide Corp: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows General Carbide Corp year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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: Cobalt.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 25.6K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 20.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 26.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 28.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 1 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Cobalt | 101.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
General Carbide Corp · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to General Carbide Corp
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Holcim Products & Solutions US Llc., Surteco N.a. Inc. Jeannette Pa Plant, Powerex Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,009 other reporting facilities in Pennsylvania.
Similar Machinery Facilities
Other Machinery facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. Precision Pulley & Idler Inc, Lindsay Manufacturing Co, Pyrotek.
Compare beyond Pennsylvania
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest General Carbide Corp on cumulative reported pounds (101.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding LLC, Air Products & Chemicals Inc (martinez-Waterfront Road), US Premier Tube Mills. 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.
- Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding LLC Pascagoula, MS · Transportation Equipment 101.0K lbs reported
- Air Products & Chemicals Inc (martinez-Waterfront Road) Martinez, CA · Chemicals 101.0K lbs reported
- US Premier Tube Mills Madison, IN · Primary Metals 101.0K lbs reported
- Kronospan Simsboro LLC Simsboro, LA · Wood Products 101.0K 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 Cobalt; nearby reporters include Holcim Products & Solutions US Llc.. General Carbide Corp stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 General Carbide Corp TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CARC-HEAVY · lead Cobalt) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
General Carbide Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Greensburg, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 333514 · Machinery. 0.3% of Westmoreland TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding LLC (Δ 35 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
General Carbide Corp stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Cobalt. 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