EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Puritan Products Inc.
Bethlehem, PA · Parent: Avantor Performance Materials Inc
- Total releases
- 3.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2022
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Puritan Products Inc.: how the 3.8K lbs splits
3.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 3.8K lbs 100.0%
Puritan Products Inc.'s 3.8K 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: Nitric acid.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Puritan Products Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Bethlehem, PA, in the chemicals sector. It reported 24 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2022, and 3.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2022 reporting years. That ranks 11,678 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. Puritan Products Inc. is pounds #536 and chemical-count #653 at 3.8K 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: Cera-Met; B. Braun US Device Manufacturing LLC; Apollo Metals Ltd; Bridesburg Foundry Co. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Pennsylvania: Shield Packaging Co Inc; Seemann Composites LLC; Chem-Pak Inc; Wesco Hmb Inc.. Other Avantor Performance Materials Inc sites in this extract: Avantor Performance Materials; Avantor Performance Materials; Nusil Technology (texas Division); Nusil Technology LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid; Hydrogen fluoride.
Puritan Products Inc. stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 3.8K lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Shield Packaging Co Inc and Seemann Composites LLC.
Puritan Products Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
3.8K lbs Top 45% higher than 55% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Puritan Products Inc.: Nitric acid-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Puritan Products Inc. reports the 2,422nd-largest volume (3.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitric acid alone is 78.3% of the total. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Shield Packaging Co Inc and Seemann Composites LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Puritan Products Inc.'s pounds in one chemical - here Nitric acid at 78.3%. Not a toxicity score.
Puritan Products Inc. Form-R facts
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78% less than the comparison
2.0× more than the comparison
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 Puritan Products Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases decreased by 97% (750 lbs to 24 lbs).
Puritan Products Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Puritan Products Inc. year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 97% 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: Nitric acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 750 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 2.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 920 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 24 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 3.0K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen fluoride | 820 lbs | - |
Puritan Products Inc. · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Puritan Products Inc.
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Cera-Met, B. Braun US Device Manufacturing LLC, Apollo Metals Ltd, ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. Shield Packaging Co Inc, Seemann Composites LLC, Chem-Pak Inc.
Compare beyond Pennsylvania
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Puritan Products Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (3.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Veritas Steel, Camaco Columbus Manufacturing LLC, Epredia. 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.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Veritas Steel Eau Claire, WI · Fabricated Metals 3.8K lbs reported
- Camaco Columbus Manufacturing LLC Columbus, NE · Transportation Equipment 3.8K lbs reported
- Epredia Portsmouth, NH · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 3.8K lbs reported
- W&w-Afco Steel LLC Nashville, NC · Fabricated Metals 3.8K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Avantor Performance Materials Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Avantor Performance Materials, Avantor Performance Materials, Nusil Technology (texas Division).
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 Nitric acid, Hydrogen fluoride; nearby reporters include Cera-Met. Puritan Products 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.
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This Puritan Products Inc. TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Puritan Products Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Bethlehem, PA, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 325998 · Chemicals. 0.1% of Lehigh TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Veritas Steel (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Puritan Products Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid. 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