EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Heraeus Precious Metals N.a. LLC
Wartburg, TN · Parent: Heraeus Precious Metals
- Total releases
- 868 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Heraeus Precious Metals N.a. LLC: how the 868 lbs splits
868 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 868 lbs 100.0%
Heraeus Precious Metals N.a. LLC's 868 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.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Heraeus Precious Metals N.a. LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Wartburg, TN, in the primary metals sector. It reported 29 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 868 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 14,055 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Tennessee's 595 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Heraeus Precious Metals N.a. LLC is pounds #429 and chemical-count #107 at 868 lbs. Nyrstar Clarksville Inc leads reported pounds (72.9M lbs) at 13 chemicals (chemical-count #31). Tradebe Treatment & Recycling of Tn leads chemical count at 75 chemicals (6.3M lbs, pounds #13). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: U.S. Tva Kingston Fossil Plant; Georgia Masonry Supply Rockwood; Nnsa U.S. Doe Central Training Facility; Teijin Carbon America Inc.. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Tennessee: Felker Brothers Corp. Plant 2; Franklin Precision Castings; US Steel Fairless Hills Works; Magnolia Metal Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Silver; Lead; Nickel.
Heraeus Precious Metals N.a. LLC stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 7 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 868 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Felker Brothers Corp. Plant 2 and Franklin Precision Castings.
Heraeus Precious Metals N.a. LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
868 lbs 46th percentile higher than 46% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Heraeus Precious Metals N.a. LLC inside Morgan's TRI pounds
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Heraeus Precious Metals N.a. LLC reports the 1,028th-largest volume (868 lbs). This one site accounts for 100% of every pound reported in Morgan. Scale peers outside Tennessee include Felker Brothers Corp. Plant 2 and Franklin Precision Castings.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Morgan's reported pounds (868 lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Heraeus Precious Metals N.a. LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Heraeus Precious Metals N.a. LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 868 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 79% (138 lbs to 29 lbs).
Heraeus Precious Metals N.a. LLC: 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 Heraeus Precious Metals N.a. LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 79% 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: Methanol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 138 lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 56 lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 618 lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 27 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 29 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methanol | 584 lbs | - |
| Silver | 252 lbs | - |
| Lead | 20 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nickel | 6 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 4 lbs | - |
| Mercury | 2 lbs | - |
| Nickel compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Heraeus Precious Metals N.a. LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Heraeus Precious Metals N.a. LLC
Closest other reporters in Tennessee - including U.S. Tva Kingston Fossil Plant, Georgia Masonry Supply Rockwood, Nnsa U.S. Doe Central Training Facility, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 594 other reporting facilities in Tennessee.
Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Tennessee - e.g. Felker Brothers Corp. Plant 2, Franklin Precision Castings, US Steel Fairless Hills Works.
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, Silver, Lead, Nickel; nearby reporters include U.S. Tva Kingston Fossil Plant. Heraeus Precious Metals N.a. LLC stamps TRACE 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 Heraeus Precious Metals N.a. LLC TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Methanol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Heraeus Precious Metals N.a. LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Wartburg, TN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331492 · Primary Metals. 100% of Morgan TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Felker Brothers Corp. Plant 2 (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Heraeus Precious Metals N.a. LLC stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · 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