EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
General Dynamics Ots (wilkes-Barre) LLC - Hanover Facility
Wilkes Barre, PA · Parent: General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems
- Total releases
- 198 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 6
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
General Dynamics Ots (wilkes-Barre) LLC - Hanover Facility: how the 7.5K lbs splits
7.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 7.1K lbs 94.4%
- Air Releases 423 lbs 5.6%
- Water Discharges 1 lbs <0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
General Dynamics Ots (wilkes-Barre) LLC - Hanover Facility's 7.5K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 94.4% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 5.6%. Leading chemical by pounds: Copper compounds.
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.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
General Dynamics Ots (wilkes-Barre) LLC - Hanover Facility is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Wilkes Barre, PA, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 7.3K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2024, and 198 lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 15,874 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 Dynamics Ots (wilkes-Barre) LLC - Hanover Facility is pounds #789 and chemical-count #222 at 198 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: Bridon - Bekaert Hanover Plant; Safety-Kleen Systems Hanover Township (wbp); Pcc Wyman-Gordon/wilkes-Barre; Reilly Plating Co Inc. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Pennsylvania: Steelfab of Oregon; Prescor Inc.; Monti Inc; Linamar Forging Carolina. Other General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems sites in this extract: General Dynamics Ots (wilkes-Barre) LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper compounds; Copper And Copper Compounds; Manganese compounds; Zinc compounds.
General Dynamics Ots (wilkes-Barre) LLC - Hanover Facility stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (94.4% off-site transfers) across 6 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 198 lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Steelfab of Oregon and Prescor Inc..
General Dynamics Ots (wilkes-Barre) LLC - Hanover Facility vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
198 lbs 39th percentile higher than 39% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
General Dynamics Ots (wilkes-Barre) LLC - Hanover Facility in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, General Dynamics Ots (wilkes-Barre) LLC - Hanover Facility reports the 2,067th-largest volume (198 lbs). Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Steelfab of Oregon and Prescor Inc..
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
- General Dynamics Ots (wilkes-Barre) LLC - Hanover Facility's total reported releases rose from 36 lb in 2022 to 137 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- General Dynamics Ots (wilkes-Barre) LLC - Hanover Facility's air releases rose from 36 lb in 2022 to 137 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- General Dynamics Ots (wilkes-Barre) LLC - Hanover Facility's chemicals reported rose from 2 in 2022 to 4 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
General Dynamics Ots (wilkes-Barre) LLC - Hanover Facility Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How General Dynamics Ots (wilkes-Barre) LLC - Hanover Facility releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 7.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 1060880% (1 lbs to 7.3K lbs).
General Dynamics Ots (wilkes-Barre) LLC - Hanover Facility: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows General Dynamics Ots (wilkes-Barre) LLC - Hanover Facility year-over-year reported totals (increased by 1060880% 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: Copper compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 23 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 36 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 137 lbs | 4 |
| 2024 | 7.3K lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 3 of 9 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Copper compounds | 7.2K lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 179 lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 106 lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 31 lbs | - |
| Nickel compounds | 14 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 3 lbs | - |
| Manganese | 1 lbs | - |
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nickel | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
General Dynamics Ots (wilkes-Barre) LLC - Hanover Facility · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to General Dynamics Ots (wilkes-Barre) LLC - Hanover Facility
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Bridon - Bekaert Hanover Plant, Safety-Kleen Systems Hanover Township (wbp), Pcc Wyman-Gordon/wilkes-Barre, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,009 other reporting facilities in Pennsylvania.
Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. Steelfab of Oregon, Prescor Inc., Monti Inc.
Other General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including General Dynamics Ots (wilkes-Barre) LLC.
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 Copper compounds, Copper And Copper Compounds, Manganese compounds, Zinc compounds; nearby reporters include Bridon - Bekaert Hanover Plant. General Dynamics Ots (wilkes-Barre) LLC - Hanover Facility stamps TRACE 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.
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This General Dynamics Ots (wilkes-Barre) LLC - Hanover Facility TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Copper compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
General Dynamics Ots (wilkes-Barre) LLC - Hanover Facility totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Wilkes Barre, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 332994 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Luzerne TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Marel Inc. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
General Dynamics Ots (wilkes-Barre) LLC - Hanover Facility stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Copper 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