EPA TRI Facility · Miscellaneous Manufacturing
Visionworks Lab Services Inc
Schertz, TX · Parent: Visionworks of America Inc
- Total releases
- 516 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
Reported-total composition
How the reported total is distributed
516 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 513 lbs 99.3%
- Air Releases 3 lbs 0.7%
- Water Discharges 0 lbs <0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
The segments reconcile to the cumulative total shown above. Off-site transfers are shown separately from releases to air, water, and land.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-HEAVY
Visionworks Lab Services Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Schertz, TX, in the miscellaneous manufacturing sector. It reported 13 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 516 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 14,754 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. Visionworks Lab Services Inc is pounds #1360 and chemical-count #1699 at 516 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Armortex (formerly Safeguard Security Services); Central Texas Iron Works - Schertz; Axel Royal LLC; Ufp Schertz LLC. Similar-scale Miscellaneous Manufacturing peers outside Texas: Playworld Inc; Arrow International Inc; Viant Wheeling Inc.; Everbrite LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead.
Visionworks Lab Services Inc has reported 516 lbs of toxic releases across 1 chemical to the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, based on annual facility disclosures from 2019 through 2023. Of the chemicals reported, 1 is classified as carcinogen, representing 100% of the facility's chemical profile. The facility operates in the Miscellaneous Manufacturing sector. The primary release pathway is off-site transfers, accounting for 99% of total releases. All release data shown below is self-reported to the EPA under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) Section 313.
Visionworks Lab Services Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
516 lbs 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Where this facility sits in the TRI record
Among the 371 Miscellaneous Manufacturing facilities in this database, Visionworks Lab Services Inc reports the 192nd-largest volume (516 lbs).
Placement is computed from reported TRI pounds in this database. Thresholds are fixed across every facility page: concentrated ≥60% of volume in one chemical, county-dominant ≥25% of the county total, carcinogen-heavy ≥50% of pounds. Share-based statements are shown only for sites reporting at least 1,000 lbs, because a share of a very small total is not a meaningful signal. Reported pounds are self-reported estimates and do not measure toxicity or health risk.
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Visionworks Lab Services Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 516 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 97% (369 lbs to 13 lbs).
Reported total releases by year
Visionworks Lab Services Inc - annual TRI totals
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Year-over-year reported totals. TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production levels, waste-rock handling and reporting changes, not only with emissions controls.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 369 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 124 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 5 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 5 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 13 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 | 516 lbs | Carcinogen |
Location
Nearest TRI Facilities to Visionworks Lab Services Inc
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Armortex (formerly Safeguard Security Services), Central Texas Iron Works - Schertz, Axel Royal LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
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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 Armortex (formerly Safeguard Security Services). Visionworks Lab Services Inc stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE 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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- 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