EPA TRI Facility · Computers and Electronic Products
Finisar Corp
Sherman, TX
- Total releases
- 19.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Finisar Corp: how the 19.6K lbs splits
19.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 19.6K lbs 100.0%
Finisar Corp's 19.6K 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: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Finisar Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Sherman, TX, in the computers and electronic products sector. It reported 3.8K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 19.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 8,294 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Texas's 2,016 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Finisar Corp is pounds #806 and chemical-count #1570 at 19.6K lbs. Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant leads reported pounds (94.0M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #35). Veolia Es Technical Solutions LLC Port Arthur Facility leads chemical count at 246 chemicals (1.5M lbs, pounds #112). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Texas Instruments; Kaiser Aluminum Fabricated Products LLC; Eaton Corp.; Redi-Mix - Sherman. Similar-scale Computers and Electronic Products peers outside Texas: Lnd Inc; Alpha Circuit I Llc.; Tclad Inc; Wolfspeed Inc. (rtp). Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone.
Finisar Corp stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 19.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Lnd Inc and Alpha Circuit I Llc..
Finisar Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
20K lbs Top 32% higher than 68% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Finisar Corp: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone-led volume
Among the 760 Computers and Electronic Products facilities in this database, Finisar Corp reports the 126th-largest volume, placing it in the top 16.6% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Lnd Inc and Alpha Circuit I Llc..
Concentrated means ≥60% of Finisar Corp's pounds in one chemical - here N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Finisar Corp's total reported releases rose from 3.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Finisar Corp's air releases rose from 3.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Finisar Corp Form-R facts
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68% less than the comparison
80% less than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Finisar Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 19.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 13% (4.3K lbs to 3.8K lbs).
Finisar Corp: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Finisar Corp year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 13% 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: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 3.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 4.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 3.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 3.8K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 19.6K lbs | - |
Finisar Corp · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Finisar Corp
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Texas Instruments, Kaiser Aluminum Fabricated Products LLC, Eaton Corp., ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
Similar Computers and Electronic Products Facilities
Other Computers and Electronic Products facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Lnd Inc, Alpha Circuit I Llc., Tclad Inc.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Finisar Corp on cumulative reported pounds (19.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Southwest United Industries Inc, Abb Installation Products Inc., Thermo Fisher Scientific. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. 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.
- Southwest United Industries Inc Tulsa, OK · Fabricated Metals 19.6K lbs reported
- Abb Installation Products Inc. Hackettstown, NJ · Electrical Equipment 19.6K lbs reported
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Bedford, MA · Chemicals 19.6K lbs reported
- South Bend Ethanol LLC South Bend, IN · Chemicals 19.6K 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 N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone; nearby reporters include Texas Instruments. Finisar Corp 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.
Use and verify this record
This Finisar Corp TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Finisar Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Sherman, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 334413 · Computers and Electronic Products. 12.0% of Grayson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Southwest United Industries Inc (Δ 3 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Finisar Corp stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone. 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