EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Watson Standard Co Harwick Plant
Harwick, PA · Parent: Watson Industries Inc
- Total releases
- 5.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Watson Standard Co Harwick Plant: how the 5.1K lbs splits
5.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 5.1K lbs 100.0%
Watson Standard Co Harwick Plant's 5.1K 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.
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
Watson Standard Co Harwick Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Harwick, PA, in the chemicals sector. It reported 2.0K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2020, and 5.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2020 reporting years. That ranks 11,160 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. Watson Standard Co Harwick Plant is pounds #504 and chemical-count #270 at 5.1K 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: Curtiss Wright Electro Mech Corp; Cheswick Plant Environmental Redevelopment Group LLC; Glen-Gery Corp - Pittsburgh Plant; Ppg Industriesinc-Springdale Complex. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Pennsylvania: Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site; Protech Powder Coatings Inc; The Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Co; Parker Hannifin Corp O-Ring Div. Other Watson Industries Inc sites in this extract: Watson Standard Co (neville Island Plant). Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Certain glycol ethers; 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene; Xylene (mixed isomers); Methyl isobutyl ketone.
Watson Standard Co Harwick Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 5 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 5.1K lbs (2019–2020). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site and Protech Powder Coatings Inc.
Watson Standard Co Harwick Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
5.1K lbs Top 43% higher than 57% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Watson Standard Co Harwick Plant: Certain glycol ethers-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Watson Standard Co Harwick Plant reports the 2,305th-largest volume (5.1K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Certain glycol ethers alone is 77.3% of the total. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site and Protech Powder Coatings Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Watson Standard Co Harwick Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Certain glycol ethers at 77.3%. Not a toxicity score.
Watson Standard Co Harwick Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Watson Standard Co Harwick Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 5.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2020, total releases decreased by 38% (3.2K lbs to 2.0K lbs).
Watson Standard Co Harwick Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2020
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
What this shows Watson Standard Co Harwick Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 38% from 2019 to 2020). 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.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3.2K lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 2.0K lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2020). 2 of 5 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Certain glycol ethers | 4.0K lbs | - |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 500 lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 500 lbs | - |
| Methyl isobutyl ketone | 107 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Naphthalene | 54 lbs | Carcinogen |
Watson Standard Co Harwick Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Watson Standard Co Harwick Plant
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Curtiss Wright Electro Mech Corp, Cheswick Plant Environmental Redevelopment Group LLC, Glen-Gery Corp - Pittsburgh Plant, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,009 other reporting facilities in Pennsylvania.
Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site, Protech Powder Coatings Inc, The Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Co.
Compare beyond Pennsylvania
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Watson Standard Co Harwick Plant on cumulative reported pounds (5.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Jaeger USA Inc., Torrance Casting Inc, Flex-N-Gate Rockford. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of Puerto Rico LLC. 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).
Other Watson Industries Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Watson Standard Co (neville Island 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 Certain glycol ethers, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, Xylene (mixed isomers), Methyl isobutyl ketone; nearby reporters include Curtiss Wright Electro Mech Corp. Watson Standard Co Harwick Plant 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 Watson Standard Co Harwick Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Watson Standard Co Harwick Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Harwick, PA, latest year 2020. Form-R rows span 2019–2020 (2 years). NAICS 325510 · Chemicals. 0.0% of Allegheny TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Jaeger USA Inc. (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Watson Standard Co Harwick Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · 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