EPA TRI Facility · Machinery
Kennametal Bedford Casting Plant
Bedford, PA · Parent: Kennametal Inc
- Total releases
- 1.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Kennametal Bedford Casting Plant: how the 1.1K lbs splits
1.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 1.1K lbs 100.0%
Kennametal Bedford Casting Plant's 1.1K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Cobalt.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Kennametal Bedford Casting Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Bedford, PA, in the machinery sector. It reported 5 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2024, and 1.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 13,791 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. Kennametal Bedford Casting Plant is pounds #663 and chemical-count #386 at 1.1K 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: Defiance Metal Products; Jlg Industries Inc. - Sunnyside Facility; Cronimet Specialty Metals USA Inc; Rex Heat Treat-Bedford Inc. Similar-scale Machinery peers outside Pennsylvania: Load Trail LLC; H & S Manufacturing Co Inc; H & S Manufacturing Co Inc; Caterpillar Inc. Other Kennametal Inc sites in this extract: Kennametal Inc DBA Kennametal Firth Sterling; Kennametal Inc (refinery); Kennametal Stellite; Kennametal Inc.-Rogers. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Cobalt; Copper; Methanol; Copper compounds.
Kennametal Bedford Casting Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 4 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.1K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Load Trail LLC and H & S Manufacturing Co Inc.
Kennametal Bedford Casting Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.1K lbs 47th percentile higher than 47% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Kennametal Bedford Casting Plant: Cobalt-led volume
Among the 1,186 Machinery facilities in this database, Kennametal Bedford Casting Plant reports the 407th-largest volume (1.1K lbs). 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 Load Trail LLC and H & S Manufacturing Co Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Kennametal Bedford Casting Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Cobalt at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Kennametal Bedford Casting Plant's total reported releases rose from 55 lb in 2022 to 250 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kennametal Bedford Casting Plant's air releases rose from 55 lb in 2022 to 250 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kennametal Bedford Casting Plant's chemicals reported fell from 3 in 2022 to 2 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Kennametal Bedford Casting Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Kennametal Bedford Casting Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 98% (250 lbs to 5 lbs).
Kennametal Bedford Casting Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Kennametal Bedford Casting Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 98% 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: Cobalt.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 250 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 250 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 250 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 55 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 250 lbs | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 1 of 4 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Cobalt | 1.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Copper | 0 lbs | - |
| Methanol | 0 lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Kennametal Bedford Casting Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Kennametal Bedford Casting Plant
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Defiance Metal Products, Jlg Industries Inc. - Sunnyside Facility, Cronimet Specialty Metals USA 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. Load Trail LLC, H & S Manufacturing Co Inc, H & S Manufacturing Co Inc.
Compare beyond Pennsylvania
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Kennametal Bedford Casting Plant on cumulative reported pounds (1.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (4). Release-pound peers include Drake-Williams Steel, Sherwin-Williams Co, Kao Collins Inc. Chemical-count peers include Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc., Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC, Solenis 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
- Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc. Santa Isabel, PR · Transportation Equipment 4 chemicals
- Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC Vega Baja, PR · Electrical Equipment 4 chemicals
- Solenis LLC Chicopee, MA · Chemicals 4 chemicals
- Adhesive Applications Inc. - O'Neill St Easthampton Easthampton, MA · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 4 chemicals
Other Kennametal Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Kennametal Inc DBA Kennametal Firth Sterling, Kennametal Inc (refinery), Kennametal Stellite.
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, Copper, Methanol, Copper compounds; nearby reporters include Defiance Metal Products. Kennametal Bedford Casting Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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.
Use and verify this record
This Kennametal Bedford Casting Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Cobalt) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Kennametal Bedford Casting Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Bedford, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 333131 · Machinery. 0.5% of Bedford TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Drake-Williams Steel (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Kennametal Bedford Casting Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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