EPA TRI Facility · Printing
Lsc Communications / Lancaster West
Lancaster, PA · Parent: Lsc Communications Mcl LLC
- Total releases
- 28.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2022
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Lsc Communications / Lancaster West: how the 28.1K lbs splits
28.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 27.2K lbs 96.8%
- Off-site Transfers 911 lbs 3.2%
Lsc Communications / Lancaster West's 28.1K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 96.8% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 3.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Certain glycol ethers.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Lsc Communications / Lancaster West is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Lancaster, PA, in the printing sector. It reported 3.5K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2022, and 28.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2022 reporting years. That ranks 7,466 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. Lsc Communications / Lancaster West is pounds #311 and chemical-count #600 at 28.1K 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Lumsden Corp Loop Rd; Burnham Commercial; Lumsden Corp Abraso St; Ahf Products Lancaster Facility. Similar-scale Printing peers outside Pennsylvania: Quad/graphics Inc.; Quad/graphics Inc; Bryce Co LLC; Trend Offset Printing Services Inc. Other Lsc Communications Mcl LLC sites in this extract: Lsc Communications / Warsaw; Lsc Communications / Lancaster East; Kodi Collective / Danville; Lsc Communications / Maple Grove. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Certain glycol ethers; Ethylene glycol.
Lsc Communications / Lancaster West stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (96.8% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 28.1K lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Quad/graphics Inc. and Quad/graphics Inc.
Lsc Communications / Lancaster West vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
28K lbs Top 29% higher than 71% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Lsc Communications / Lancaster West: Certain glycol ethers-led volume
Among the 144 Printing facilities in this database, Lsc Communications / Lancaster West reports the 50th-largest volume (28.1K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Certain glycol ethers alone is 64.3% of the total. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Quad/graphics Inc. and Quad/graphics Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Lsc Communications / Lancaster West's pounds in one chemical - here Certain glycol ethers at 64.3%. Not a toxicity score.
Lsc Communications / Lancaster West Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Lsc Communications / Lancaster West releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 28.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases decreased by 56% (7.9K lbs to 3.5K lbs).
Lsc Communications / Lancaster West: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Lsc Communications / Lancaster West year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 56% from 2019 to 2022). 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: Certain glycol ethers.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 7.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 8.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 8.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 3.5K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Certain glycol ethers | 18.0K lbs | - |
| Ethylene glycol | 10.0K lbs | - |
Lsc Communications / Lancaster West · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Lsc Communications / Lancaster West
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Lumsden Corp Loop Rd, Burnham Commercial, Lumsden Corp Abraso St, ordered by distance.
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Similar Printing Facilities
Other Printing facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. Quad/graphics Inc., Quad/graphics Inc, Bryce Co LLC.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Lsc Communications / Lancaster West on cumulative reported pounds (28.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Waco Boom Co Ltd, Jordan Aluminum Co LLC, Chroma Color Corp (formerly Plastic Color Corp. 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.
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Similar chemical count
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Other Lsc Communications Mcl LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Lsc Communications / Warsaw, Lsc Communications / Lancaster East, Kodi Collective / Danville.
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 Certain glycol ethers, Ethylene glycol; nearby reporters include Lumsden Corp Loop Rd. Lsc Communications / Lancaster West stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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 Lsc Communications / Lancaster West TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Lsc Communications / Lancaster West totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Lancaster, PA, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 323111 · Printing. 0.4% of Lancaster TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Waco Boom Co Ltd (Δ 8 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Lsc Communications / Lancaster West stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers. 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