EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Veka Inc
Fombell, PA · Parent: Veka Holdings
- Total releases
- 16.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 9
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Veka Inc: how the 37.4K lbs splits
37.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 37.4K lbs 100.0%
Veka Inc's 37.4K 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: Dichloromethane.
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-HEAVY
Veka Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Fombell, PA, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 20.8K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2024, and 16.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 8,665 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. Veka Inc is pounds #383 and chemical-count #121 at 16.6K 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: Ati Precision Finishing LLC - Zelienople; Honeywell Elec Materials; 400 Robinson Fans; Main Steel Polishing Co.. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Pennsylvania: Shelby Foam System; Rogers Corp - Narragansett; Mfg/alabama LLC - Plant 2; E J Painting & Fiberglass. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Dichloromethane; Antimony compounds; Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Manganese compounds.
Veka Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 9 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 16.6K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Shelby Foam System and Rogers Corp - Narragansett.
Veka Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
17K lbs Top 33% higher than 67% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Veka Inc: Dichloromethane-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Veka Inc reports the 720th-largest volume (16.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Dichloromethane alone is 91.4% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 91.4% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Shelby Foam System and Rogers Corp - Narragansett.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Veka Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Dichloromethane at 91.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Veka Inc's total reported releases rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 16.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Veka Inc's air releases rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 16.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Veka Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Veka Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 37.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Veka Inc: 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 Veka Inc year-over-year reported totals. 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: Dichloromethane.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 16.6K lbs | 4 |
| 2024 | 20.8K lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 2 of 9 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Dichloromethane | 34.2K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Antimony compounds | 1.3K lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 1.2K lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 747 lbs | - |
| Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 0 lbs | - |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Veka Inc · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Veka Inc
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Ati Precision Finishing LLC - Zelienople, Honeywell Elec Materials, 400 Robinson Fans, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,009 other reporting facilities in Pennsylvania.
Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. Shelby Foam System, Rogers Corp - Narragansett, Mfg/alabama LLC - Plant 2.
Compare beyond Pennsylvania
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Veka Inc on cumulative reported pounds (16.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (9). Release-pound peers include Mallinckrodt, Shelby Foam System, Chisholm Trail Gas Complex. Chemical-count peers include Viatris Pharmaceuticals LLC, Prepa - San Juan Steam Plant, Solutia 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).
- Viatris Pharmaceuticals LLC Barceloneta, PR · Chemicals 9 chemicals
- Prepa - San Juan Steam Plant Puerto Nuevo, PR · Electric Utilities 9 chemicals
- Solutia Inc Springfield, MA · Plastics and Rubber 9 chemicals
- O'Connell Oil Co Merrill Road Facility Pittsfield, MA · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 9 chemicals
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 Dichloromethane, Antimony compounds, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Manganese compounds; nearby reporters include Ati Precision Finishing LLC - Zelienople. Veka Inc stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Veka Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Dichloromethane) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Veka Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Fombell, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 326199 · Plastics and Rubber. 0.3% of Beaver TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Mallinckrodt (Δ 8 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Veka Inc stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Dichloromethane. 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