EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
Pittsburgh Glass Works Tipton
Tyrone, PA · Parent: Vitro Assets Corp Texas
- Total releases
- 545 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Pittsburgh Glass Works Tipton: how the 545 lbs splits
545 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 545 lbs 100.0%
Pittsburgh Glass Works Tipton's 545 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Pittsburgh Glass Works Tipton is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Tyrone, PA, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 545 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2019. That ranks 14,667 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. Pittsburgh Glass Works Tipton is pounds #720 and chemical-count #698 at 545 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: W R Grace & Co; Multi-Color Corp; Dept of Homeland Security; Amerway Inc. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Pennsylvania: Kirby Road Ready Mix Concrete; Marietta Industrial Enterprise S Inc.; Knife River North Central Bismarck Rock Island; Talons Cove Batch Plant. Other Vitro Assets Corp Texas sites in this extract: Pittsburgh Glass Works - Elkin Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Lead.
Pittsburgh Glass Works Tipton stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 545 lbs (2019–2019). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Kirby Road Ready Mix Concrete and Marietta Industrial Enterprise S Inc..
Pittsburgh Glass Works Tipton vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
545 lbs 44th percentile higher than 44% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Pittsburgh Glass Works Tipton in the Nonmetallic Mineral Product sector extract
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, Pittsburgh Glass Works Tipton reports the 701st-largest volume, placing it in the top 21.5% of its sector. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Kirby Road Ready Mix Concrete and Marietta Industrial Enterprise S Inc..
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Pittsburgh Glass Works Tipton Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Pittsburgh Glass Works Tipton releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 545 lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2019). 1 of 2 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 545 lbs | - |
| Lead | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Pittsburgh Glass Works Tipton · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Similar Nonmetallic Mineral Product Facilities
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. Kirby Road Ready Mix Concrete, Marietta Industrial Enterprise S Inc., Knife River North Central Bismarck Rock Island.
Other Vitro Assets Corp Texas Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Pittsburgh Glass Works - Elkin Plant.
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 Zinc compounds, Lead; nearby reporters include W R Grace & Co. Pittsburgh Glass Works Tipton stamps TRACE 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.
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This Pittsburgh Glass Works Tipton TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Pittsburgh Glass Works Tipton totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Tyrone, PA, latest year 2019. NAICS 327215 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 0.1% of Blair TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Harsco Metals - Koppel (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Pittsburgh Glass Works Tipton stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Zinc 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