EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Penn Color Inc.
Hatfield, PA · Parent: Penn Color Inc
- Total releases
- 30.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 17
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Penn Color Inc.: how the 53.4K lbs splits
53.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 48.9K lbs 91.6%
- Air Releases 4.5K lbs 8.4%
Penn Color Inc.'s 53.4K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 91.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 8.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Antimony compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Penn Color Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Hatfield, PA, in the chemicals sector. It reported 23.2K lbs of releases across 9 chemicals in 2024, and 30.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 7,309 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. Penn Color Inc. is pounds #304 and chemical-count #31 at 30.2K 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: Republic Environmental Systems Pennsylvania LLC; Clemens Food Group (hatfield Facility); Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant; Jbs Souderton Inc - Rendering Div. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Pennsylvania: American Phoenix Inc.; Prefere Melamines LLC; Arkema Inc; Bridgeport Ethanol LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Antimony compounds; Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Zinc compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)).
Penn Color Inc. stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (91.6% off-site transfers) across 17 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 30.2K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include American Phoenix Inc. and Prefere Melamines LLC.
Penn Color Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
30K lbs Top 28% higher than 72% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Penn Color Inc. in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Penn Color Inc. reports the 1,542nd-largest volume (30.2K lbs). Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include American Phoenix Inc. and Prefere Melamines LLC.
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
- Penn Color Inc.'s total reported releases fell from 5.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 756 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Penn Color Inc.'s air releases fell from 1.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 146 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Penn Color Inc.'s off-site transfers fell from 3.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 610 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Penn Color Inc.'s chemicals reported fell from 12 in 2022 to 10 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Penn Color Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Penn Color Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 53.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 182% (8.2K lbs to 23.2K lbs).
Penn Color Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Penn Color Inc. year-over-year reported totals (increased by 182% 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: Antimony compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 8.2K lbs | 11 |
| 2020 | 8.9K lbs | 11 |
| 2021 | 7.2K lbs | 11 |
| 2022 | 5.1K lbs | 12 |
| 2023 | 756 lbs | 10 |
| 2024 | 23.2K lbs | 9 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 3 of 18 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Antimony compounds | 10.9K lbs | - |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 10.2K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 6.1K lbs | - |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 4.2K lbs | - |
| Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 3.9K lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 3.6K lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 3.6K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 3.1K lbs | - |
| Toluene | 3.0K lbs | - |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 2.2K lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 1.7K lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 716 lbs | - |
| Cobalt compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Dibutyl phthalate | 0 lbs | - |
| Nickel compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Vanadium compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Phthalic anhydride | 0 lbs | - |
Penn Color Inc. · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Penn Color Inc.
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Republic Environmental Systems Pennsylvania LLC, Clemens Food Group (hatfield Facility), Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant, ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. American Phoenix Inc., Prefere Melamines LLC, Arkema Inc.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Penn Color Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (30.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (17). Release-pound peers include Crane Composites Inc., American Phoenix Inc., Prefere Melamines LLC. Chemical-count peers include Astro Chemicals Inc, Doremus Terminal LLC, Axalta Coating Systems USA LLC - High Point. 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
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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 Antimony compounds, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Zinc compounds, Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); nearby reporters include Republic Environmental Systems Pennsylvania LLC. Penn Color Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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.
Use and verify this record
This Penn Color Inc. TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Antimony compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Penn Color Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Hatfield, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 325510 · Chemicals. 0.6% of Montgomery TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Crane Composites Inc. (Δ 23 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Penn Color Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Antimony 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