EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises Inc.
Sweetwater, TN
- Total releases
- 211 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises Inc.: how the 211 lbs splits
211 lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 209 lbs 99.1%
- Air Releases 2 lbs 0.9%
Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises Inc.'s 211 lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 99.1% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.9%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead.
TRACE volume LAND pathway CARC-HEAVY
Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Sweetwater, TN, in the primary metals sector. It reported 90 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 211 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 15,804 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. Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises Inc. is pounds #479 and chemical-count #544 at 211 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). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Mastermelt America; Arrow Recycling; Merritt Precision LLC; Culpeper of Sweetwater LLC. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Tennessee: Gautier Steel Holdings Inc.; Hofmann Industries Inc; Stryten Kcmo LLC; Crown Foundry Co West Philadelphia Bronze. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead.
Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises Inc. stamps TRACE volume with a dominant LAND pathway (99.1% land disposal) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 211 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Gautier Steel Holdings Inc. and Hofmann Industries Inc.
Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
211 lbs 39th percentile higher than 39% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises Inc. in the Primary Metals sector extract
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises Inc. reports the 1,161st-largest volume (211 lbs). Scale peers outside Tennessee include Gautier Steel Holdings Inc. and Hofmann Industries Inc.
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
- Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises Inc.'s total reported releases rose from 14 lb in 2022 to 90 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises Inc.'s land releases rose from 14 lb in 2022 to 89 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 211 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 62% (55 lbs to 90 lbs).
Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises Inc. year-over-year reported totals (increased by 62% 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: Lead.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 55 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 27 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 24 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 14 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 90 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 1 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead | 211 lbs | Carcinogen |
Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises Inc. · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises Inc.
Closest other reporters in Tennessee - including Mastermelt America, Arrow Recycling, Merritt Precision LLC, ordered by distance.
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Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Tennessee - e.g. Gautier Steel Holdings Inc., Hofmann Industries Inc, Stryten Kcmo 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 Lead; nearby reporters include Mastermelt America. Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises Inc. stamps TRACE volume · LAND 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.
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This Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises Inc. TRI extract (TRACE · LAND · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Sweetwater, TN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331511 · Primary Metals. 0.0% of Monroe TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Wright Asphalt Products - Casa Grande (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises Inc. stamps TRACE volume · LAND pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead. 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