EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Caribe Metallurgical
Bayamon, PR
- Total releases
- 4.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Caribe Metallurgical: how the 5.4K lbs splits
5.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 5.4K lbs 100.0%
Caribe Metallurgical's 5.4K 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: Methanol.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Caribe Metallurgical is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Bayamon, PR, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 958 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2024, and 4.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 11,418 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Puerto Rico's 104 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Caribe Metallurgical is pounds #53 and chemical-count #81 at 4.4K lbs. Ecw Landfill Corp. leads reported pounds (8.3M lbs) at 2 chemicals (chemical-count #41). Aes Puerto Rico LP leads chemical count at 25 chemicals (6.5M lbs, pounds #2). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Island Can Carribean Inc; Island Litho Corp.; Danosa Caribbean Inc; Harris Paints Corp.. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Puerto Rico: Big Bend Galvanizing LLC; Sps Technologies LLC DBA Pb Fasteners; Nitrex Inc.; Bruder Tank. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol.
Caribe Metallurgical stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 4.4K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Big Bend Galvanizing LLC and Sps Technologies LLC DBA Pb Fasteners.
Caribe Metallurgical vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
4.4K lbs Top 44% higher than 56% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Caribe Metallurgical: Methanol-led volume
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Caribe Metallurgical reports the 1,388th-largest volume (4.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Methanol alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Puerto Rico include Big Bend Galvanizing LLC and Sps Technologies LLC DBA Pb Fasteners.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Caribe Metallurgical's pounds in one chemical - here Methanol at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Caribe Metallurgical Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Caribe Metallurgical releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 5.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 15% (1.1K lbs to 958 lbs).
Caribe Metallurgical: 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 Caribe Metallurgical year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 15% 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: Methanol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 958 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 958 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 697 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 698 lbs | 1 |
| 2024 | 958 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methanol | 5.4K lbs | - |
Caribe Metallurgical · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Caribe Metallurgical
Closest other reporters in Puerto Rico - including Island Can Carribean Inc, Island Litho Corp., Danosa Caribbean Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 103 other reporting facilities in Puerto Rico.
Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Puerto Rico - e.g. Big Bend Galvanizing LLC, Sps Technologies LLC DBA Pb Fasteners, Nitrex Inc..
Compare beyond Puerto Rico
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Caribe Metallurgical on cumulative reported pounds (4.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include F&f Composite Group Inc, Boeing Co, Sun Coatings Inc. Chemical-count peers include Cardinal Health / Kpr, Jain Americas - Nucedar Mills, Arclin Surfaces - East Longmeadow Co.. 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 Methanol; nearby reporters include Island Can Carribean Inc. Caribe Metallurgical stamps LIGHT 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 Caribe Metallurgical TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Methanol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Caribe Metallurgical totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Bayamon, PR, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 332811 · Fabricated Metals. 2.9% of Bayamon Municipio TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: F&f Composite Group Inc (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Caribe Metallurgical stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Methanol. 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