EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Owens Corning
Duncan, SC · Parent: Owens Corning
- Total releases
- 47 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Owens Corning: how the 47 lbs splits
47 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 47 lbs 100.0%
Owens Corning's 47 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: Chromium.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Owens Corning is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Duncan, SC, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 4 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 47 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 17,273 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In South Carolina's 574 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Owens Corning is pounds #447 and chemical-count #267 at 47 lbs. Oceanagold Haile Gold Mine leads reported pounds (30.2M lbs) at 19 chemicals (chemical-count #14). Giant Cement Co leads chemical count at 90 chemicals (53.3K lbs, pounds #185). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Afl Telecommunications; Wabtec Passenger Transit Forme Rly Wabco Td; Autolite Spartanburg; Afl Telecommunications. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside South Carolina: Acme Cryogenics Inc.; Ellwood City Forge - X Plant; Wayne Dalton of Pensacola a Div of Overhead Door Corp; Tramontina US Cookware. Other Owens Corning sites in this extract: Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC Newark Oh Facility; Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC - Waxahachie; Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC; Masonite Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium; Nickel; Cobalt.
Owens Corning stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 3 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 47 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Acme Cryogenics Inc. and Ellwood City Forge - X Plant.
Owens Corning vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
47 lbs 34th percentile higher than 34% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Owens Corning in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Owens Corning reports the 2,325th-largest volume (47 lbs). Scale peers outside South Carolina include Acme Cryogenics Inc. and Ellwood City Forge - X Plant.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Owens Corning Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Owens Corning releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 47 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 87% (30 lbs to 4 lbs).
Owens Corning: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Owens Corning year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 87% from 2019 to 2023). 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: Chromium.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 30 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 4 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 4 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 4 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 4 lbs | 3 |
Owens Corning · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Owens Corning
Closest other reporters in South Carolina - including Afl Telecommunications, Wabtec Passenger Transit Forme Rly Wabco Td, Autolite Spartanburg, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 573 other reporting facilities in South Carolina.
Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside South Carolina - e.g. Acme Cryogenics Inc., Ellwood City Forge - X Plant, Wayne Dalton of Pensacola a Div of Overhead Door Corp.
Other Owens Corning Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC Newark Oh Facility, Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC - Waxahachie, Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC.
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 Chromium, Nickel, Cobalt; nearby reporters include Afl Telecommunications. Owens Corning stamps TRACE 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 Owens Corning TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Chromium) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Owens Corning totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Duncan, SC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332710 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Spartanburg TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Flint Hills Industries DBA Hillsboro Ind (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Owens Corning stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Chromium. 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