EPA TRI Facility · Electrical Equipment
Speer Carbon Co LLC
Saint Marys, PA · Parent: Helwig Carbon Products Inc
- Total releases
- 27.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Speer Carbon Co LLC: how the 28.2K lbs splits
28.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 27.4K lbs 96.9%
- Off-site Transfers 871 lbs 3.1%
Speer Carbon Co LLC's 28.2K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 96.9% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 3.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Toluene.
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.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Speer Carbon Co LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Saint Marys, PA, in the electrical equipment sector. It reported 780 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2024, and 27.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 7,519 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. Speer Carbon Co LLC is pounds #313 and chemical-count #457 at 27.5K 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: Graftech USA LLC; Sgl Carbon LLC; Morgan Advanced Materials St Marys Site; Mersen USA Gs Corp. - St Marys. Similar-scale Electrical Equipment peers outside Pennsylvania: Generac Power Systems Inc-Whitewater; Tokai Carbon Ge LLC; Trojan Battery Co - Sandersville; Amsted Graphite Materials. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Toluene; Polycyclic aromatic compounds; Copper.
Speer Carbon Co LLC stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (96.9% air releases) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 27.5K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Generac Power Systems Inc-Whitewater and Tokai Carbon Ge LLC.
Speer Carbon Co LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
27K lbs Top 29% higher than 71% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Speer Carbon Co LLC: Toluene-led volume
Among the 566 Electrical Equipment facilities in this database, Speer Carbon Co LLC reports the 131st-largest volume, placing it in the top 23.1% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Toluene alone is 87.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Generac Power Systems Inc-Whitewater and Tokai Carbon Ge LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Speer Carbon Co LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Toluene at 87.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Speer Carbon Co LLC's total reported releases rose from 26 lb in 2022 to 15.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Speer Carbon Co LLC's air releases rose from 26 lb in 2022 to 15.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Speer Carbon Co LLC's chemicals reported rose from 1 in 2022 to 3 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Speer Carbon Co LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Speer Carbon Co LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 28.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 93% (11.2K lbs to 780 lbs).
Speer Carbon Co LLC: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Speer Carbon Co LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 93% 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: Toluene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 11.2K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 723 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 26 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 26 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 15.5K lbs | 3 |
| 2024 | 780 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 1 of 3 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Toluene | 24.7K lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 3.3K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Copper | 317 lbs | - |
Speer Carbon Co LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Speer Carbon Co LLC
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Graftech USA LLC, Sgl Carbon LLC, Morgan Advanced Materials St Marys Site, ordered by distance.
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Similar Electrical Equipment Facilities
Other Electrical Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. Generac Power Systems Inc-Whitewater, Tokai Carbon Ge LLC, Trojan Battery Co - Sandersville.
Compare beyond Pennsylvania
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Speer Carbon Co LLC on cumulative reported pounds (27.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Beretta USA, Bear Garden Generating Station, Associated Milk Producers Inc. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. 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
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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 Toluene, Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Copper; nearby reporters include Graftech USA LLC. Speer Carbon Co LLC stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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 Speer Carbon Co LLC TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Toluene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Speer Carbon Co LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Saint Marys, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 335991 · Electrical Equipment. 1.8% of Elk TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Beretta USA (Δ 3 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Speer Carbon Co LLC stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Toluene. 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