EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Materion Brush Inc
Shoemakersville, PA · Parent: Materion Corp
- Total releases
- 342.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Materion Brush Inc: how the 461.8K lbs splits
461.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 461.4K lbs 99.9%
- Water Discharges 365 lbs 0.1%
- Air Releases 36 lbs <0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Materion Brush Inc's 461.8K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Copper And 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.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Materion Brush Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Shoemakersville, PA, in the primary metals sector. It reported 119.3K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2024, and 342.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 2,407 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. Materion Brush Inc is pounds #100 and chemical-count #232 at 342.6K 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: Glen-Gery Corp Mid Atla Ntic Plant; Bulk Chemicals Inc; Materion Corp - Reading Plant 2; Heidelberg Materials US Cement LLC - Evansville. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Pennsylvania: Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd.; Nucor Steel Nebraska; Arcelormittal Tubular Products USA LLC; Michigan Seamless Tube LLC. Other Materion Corp sites in this extract: Materion Natural Resources Inc Mill; Materion Brush Inc; Materion Advanced Chemicals; Materion Advanced Materials Technologies & Services Mesa Del. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper And Copper Compounds; Copper compounds; Nickel; Beryllium.
Materion Brush Inc stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.9% off-site transfers) across 5 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 342.6K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd. and Nucor Steel Nebraska.
Materion Brush Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
343K lbs Top 9% higher than 91% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Materion Brush Inc in the Primary Metals sector extract
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Materion Brush Inc reports the 249th-largest volume, placing it in the top 15.5% of its sector. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd. and Nucor Steel Nebraska.
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
- Materion Brush Inc's total reported releases rose from 76.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 82.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Materion Brush Inc's off-site transfers rose from 76.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 82.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Materion Brush Inc Form-R facts
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Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Materion Brush Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 461.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 104% (58.5K lbs to 119.3K lbs).
Materion Brush Inc: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Materion Brush Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 104% 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 And Copper Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 58.5K lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 60.6K lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 65.3K lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 76.1K lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 82.0K lbs | 4 |
| 2024 | 119.3K lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 3 of 5 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 212.5K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 183.0K lbs | - |
| Nickel | 43.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Beryllium | 20.4K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead | 2.3K lbs | Carcinogen |
Materion Brush Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Materion Brush Inc
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Glen-Gery Corp Mid Atla Ntic Plant, Bulk Chemicals Inc, Materion Corp - Reading Plant 2, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,009 other reporting facilities in Pennsylvania.
Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Nucor Steel Nebraska, Arcelormittal Tubular Products USA LLC.
Compare beyond Pennsylvania
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Materion Brush Inc on cumulative reported pounds (342.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include National Beef Packing Co LLC, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Maax Spas Industries Corp. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of 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.
- National Beef Packing Co LLC Liberal, KS · Food 342.1K lbs reported
- Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd. Manati, PR · Primary Metals 343.3K lbs reported
- Maax Spas Industries Corp Chandler, AZ · Plastics and Rubber 343.4K lbs reported
- Leisure Pools & Spas Manufacturing N.a. Inc. New Braunfels, TX · Plastics and Rubber 341.7K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Materion Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Materion Natural Resources Inc Mill, Materion Brush Inc, Materion Advanced Chemicals.
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 And Copper Compounds, Copper compounds, Nickel, Beryllium; nearby reporters include Glen-Gery Corp Mid Atla Ntic Plant. Materion Brush Inc stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Materion Brush Inc TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Copper And Copper Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Materion Brush Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Shoemakersville, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 331420 · Primary Metals. 2.6% of Berks TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: National Beef Packing Co LLC (Δ 463 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Materion Brush Inc stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Copper And 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