EPA TRI Facility · Electrical Equipment
Yuasa Battery Inc.
Laureldale, PA
- Total releases
- 285.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 6
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Yuasa Battery Inc.: how the 316.4K lbs splits
316.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 316.0K lbs 99.9%
- Water Discharges 226 lbs 0.1%
- Air Releases 162 lbs 0.1%
Yuasa Battery Inc.'s 316.4K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds.
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.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
Yuasa Battery Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Laureldale, PA, in the electrical equipment sector. It reported 30.9K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2024, and 285.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 2,655 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. Yuasa Battery Inc. is pounds #111 and chemical-count #182 at 285.5K 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Exide Technologies Reading Smelter Div; Gai-Tronics Corp; Dairy Farmers of America Inc.; Russell Standard Corp. Similar-scale Electrical Equipment peers outside Pennsylvania: Whirlpool Corp - Clyde Operations; Duracell; Maclean Power Systems LLC; Southwire Co Villa Rica Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds; Lead compounds; Antimony And Antimony Compounds; Antimony compounds.
Yuasa Battery Inc. stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.9% off-site transfers) across 6 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 285.5K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Whirlpool Corp - Clyde Operations and Duracell.
Yuasa Battery Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
286K lbs Top 10% higher than 90% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Yuasa Battery Inc. in the Electrical Equipment sector extract
Among the 566 Electrical Equipment facilities in this database, Yuasa Battery Inc. reports the 27th-largest volume, placing it in the top 4.8% of its sector. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Whirlpool Corp - Clyde Operations and Duracell.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Yuasa Battery Inc.'s total reported releases fell from 43.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 40.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Yuasa Battery Inc.'s air releases fell from 50 lb in 2022 to 23 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Yuasa Battery Inc.'s off-site transfers fell from 43.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 40.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Yuasa Battery Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Yuasa Battery Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 316.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 48% (59.1K lbs to 30.9K lbs).
Yuasa Battery Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Yuasa Battery Inc. year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 48% 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: Lead And Lead Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 59.1K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 95.9K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 46.5K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 43.6K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 40.4K lbs | 3 |
| 2024 | 30.9K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 2 of 6 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 161.3K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 155.0K lbs | - |
| Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 30 lbs | - |
| Antimony compounds | 9 lbs | - |
| Arsenic compounds | 9 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Arsenic And Arsenic Compounds | 6 lbs | Carcinogen |
Yuasa Battery Inc. · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Exide Technologies Reading Smelter Div, Gai-Tronics Corp, Dairy Farmers of America Inc., 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. Whirlpool Corp - Clyde Operations, Duracell, Maclean Power Systems LLC.
Compare beyond Pennsylvania
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Yuasa Battery Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (285.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (6). Release-pound peers include Suwannee American Cement, Louisiana-Pacific Corp. Clarke County Osb, Biewer Sawmill - Newton LLC. Chemical-count peers include Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd, Leoni Wire Inc, Turf Care Supply-Hatfield Plant. 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.
- Suwannee American Cement Branford, FL · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 285.7K lbs reported
- Louisiana-Pacific Corp. Clarke County Osb Thomasville, AL · Wood Products 285.8K lbs reported
- Biewer Sawmill - Newton LLC Newton, MS · Wood Products 285.2K lbs reported
- Sargento Cheese Inc - St. Cloud Saint Cloud, WI · Food 285.9K lbs reported
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 Lead And Lead Compounds, Lead compounds, Antimony And Antimony Compounds, Antimony compounds; nearby reporters include Exide Technologies Reading Smelter Div. Yuasa Battery Inc. stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Yuasa Battery Inc. TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Lead And Lead Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Yuasa Battery Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Laureldale, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 335912 · Electrical Equipment. 2.2% of Berks TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Suwannee American Cement (Δ 224 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Yuasa Battery Inc. stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Lead And Lead Compounds. 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