EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment

Reading Truck Body

Reading, PA · Parent: Jb Poindexter & Co Inc

Total releases
147.7K lbs
Chemicals reported
2
Latest report
2023
Primary pathway
Air Releases

AIR Form-R mix

Reading Truck Body: how the 183.7K lbs splits

183.7K lbs across all reported pathways

  • Air Releases 183.7K lbs 100.0%

Reading Truck Body's 183.7K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Certain glycol ethers.

MID volume AIR pathway CLEAN

Reading Truck Body is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Reading, PA, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 36.1K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2024, and 147.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 3,773 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. Reading Truck Body is pounds #154 and chemical-count #579 at 147.7K 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: Ifs Industries Inc; Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc.; Carpenter Technology Corp; Custom Processing Services Inc. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Pennsylvania: Saf-Holland Inc; Bollinger Fourchon North; Trimold LLC; General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp. Other Jb Poindexter & Co Inc sites in this extract: Truck Accessories Group. LLC DBA Tag East; Custom Fibreglass Manufacturing Co; Morgan Olson LLC; Morgan Olson LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Certain glycol ethers; Diisocyanates; Triglycidyl isocyanurate.

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Reading Truck Body stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 147.7K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Saf-Holland Inc and Bollinger Fourchon North.

#3,773 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by total reported releases. Ranking reflects reported pounds, not toxicity or health risk.

Reading Truck Body vs. every reporting TRI facility

Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution

148K lbs Top 15% higher than 85% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities

This facility 0 lbs 20M+ lbs every reporting TRI facility, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $1M-wide band; taller bars hold more reporting TRI facilities. The dashed line and filled bar mark this facility. Hover, focus, or tap a bar for its full count, share, and position.

Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year

Reading Truck Body: Certain glycol ethers-led volume

Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Reading Truck Body reports the 230th-largest volume, placing it in the top 14.3% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Certain glycol ethers alone is more than 99.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Saf-Holland Inc and Bollinger Fourchon North.

Concentrated means ≥60% of Reading Truck Body's pounds in one chemical - here Certain glycol ethers at more than 99.9%. Not a toxicity score.

Reading Truck Body Form-R facts

Sector
Transportation Equipment
MID volume
147.7K lbs
AIR pathway
Air Releases
CLEAN chem count
2
Lead chemical
Certain glycol ethers

Compare this facility

See how Reading Truck Body stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.

Total reported releases
Reading Truck Body
147.7K lbs
Ifs Industries Inc
548.0K lbs

73% less than the comparison

Chemicals reported
Reading Truck Body
2
Ifs Industries Inc
4

50% less 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 Reading Truck Body releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 183.7K lbs.

Air Releases 183.7K lbs (100.0%)
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Emissions Trend Summary

From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 11% (32.5K lbs to 36.1K lbs).

Reading Truck Body: annual Form-R pounds

MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024

million lbs

What this shows Reading Truck Body year-over-year reported totals (increased by 11% 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: Certain glycol ethers.

Source EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
Year Total Chemicals
2019 32.5K lbs 2
2020 21.9K lbs 2
2021 32.9K lbs 2
2022 30.2K lbs 2
2023 30.2K lbs 1
2024 36.1K lbs 2

Chemical Releases

Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.

Chemical Total Flags
Certain glycol ethers 183.7K lbs -
Diisocyanates 0 lbs -
Triglycidyl isocyanurate 0 lbs -

Reading Truck Body · AIR-pathway site

Reading, PA
40.3185, -75.9419
County TRI context
Berks · 1.1% of county pounds
Parent company
Jb Poindexter & Co Inc

Compare beyond Pennsylvania

Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count

Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Reading Truck Body on cumulative reported pounds (147.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Biazzo Dairy Products Inc., Micronutrients USA LLC, Techni-Cast 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.

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, Diisocyanates, Triglycidyl isocyanurate; nearby reporters include Ifs Industries Inc. Reading Truck Body stamps MID 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 Reading Truck Body TRI extract (MID · AIR · CLEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.

Reading Truck Body totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Reading, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 336211 · Transportation Equipment. 1.1% of Berks TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Biazzo Dairy Products Inc. (Δ 45 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.

Reading Truck Body stamps MID 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