EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
Wheelabrator Abrasives Inc
Bedford, VA · Parent: Winoa USA Inc
- Total releases
- 479.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Wheelabrator Abrasives Inc: how the 479.9K lbs splits
479.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 419.6K lbs 87.4%
- Land Disposal 60.3K lbs 12.6%
Wheelabrator Abrasives Inc's 479.9K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 87.4% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 12.6%. Leading chemical by pounds: Chromium.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Wheelabrator Abrasives Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Bedford, VA, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 118.8K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2020, and 479.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2020 reporting years. That ranks 2,002 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Virginia's 434 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Wheelabrator Abrasives Inc is pounds #36 and chemical-count #104 at 479.9K lbs. U.S. Army Radford Army Ammunition Plant leads reported pounds (50.1M lbs) at 12 chemicals (chemical-count #15). Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc-Front Royal Plant leads chemical count at 28 chemicals (244.6K lbs, pounds #59). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Custom Truck One Source; General Shale Brick Inc Plant 35 & 36; Safety-Kleen Systems Vinton (roa); Gp Big Island LLC. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Virginia: Graymont Western U.S. Inc Cricket Mtn Lime Production; Cemex Construction Materials Pacific LLC; Corning Inc; Carmeuse Lime Inc Buffington. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium; Manganese; Lead; Nickel.
Wheelabrator Abrasives Inc stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (87.4% off-site transfers) across 4 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 479.9K lbs (2019–2020). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Graymont Western U.S. Inc Cricket Mtn Lime Production and Cemex Construction Materials Pacific LLC.
Wheelabrator Abrasives Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
480K lbs Top 8% higher than 92% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Wheelabrator Abrasives Inc in the Nonmetallic Mineral Product sector extract
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, Wheelabrator Abrasives Inc reports the 62nd-largest volume, placing it in the top 1.9% of its sector. Scale peers outside Virginia include Graymont Western U.S. Inc Cricket Mtn Lime Production and Cemex Construction Materials Pacific LLC.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Wheelabrator Abrasives Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Wheelabrator Abrasives Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 479.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2020, total releases decreased by 67% (361.1K lbs to 118.8K lbs).
Wheelabrator Abrasives Inc: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2020
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
What this shows Wheelabrator Abrasives Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 67% from 2019 to 2020). 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 | 361.1K lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 118.8K lbs | 4 |
Wheelabrator Abrasives Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Wheelabrator Abrasives Inc
Closest other reporters in Virginia - including Custom Truck One Source, General Shale Brick Inc Plant 35 & 36, Safety-Kleen Systems Vinton (roa), ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 433 other reporting facilities in Virginia.
Similar Nonmetallic Mineral Product Facilities
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Virginia - e.g. Graymont Western U.S. Inc Cricket Mtn Lime Production, Cemex Construction Materials Pacific LLC, Corning Inc.
Compare beyond Virginia
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Wheelabrator Abrasives Inc on cumulative reported pounds (479.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (4). Release-pound peers include Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant, Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC, Graymont Western U.S. Inc Cricket Mtn Lime Production. Chemical-count peers include Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc., Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC, Solenis 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.
- Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant Carson, CA · Petroleum 480.7K lbs reported
- Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC Halsey, OR · Paper 480.7K lbs reported
- Graymont Western U.S. Inc Cricket Mtn Lime Production Delta, UT · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 478.4K lbs reported
- Hearth & Home Technologies LLC Mount Pleasant, IA · Machinery 478.3K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
- Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc. Santa Isabel, PR · Transportation Equipment 4 chemicals
- Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC Vega Baja, PR · Electrical Equipment 4 chemicals
- Solenis LLC Chicopee, MA · Chemicals 4 chemicals
- Adhesive Applications Inc. - O'Neill St Easthampton Easthampton, MA · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 4 chemicals
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, Manganese, Lead, Nickel; nearby reporters include Custom Truck One Source. Wheelabrator Abrasives Inc stamps MID volume · OFFSITE 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 Wheelabrator Abrasives Inc TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Chromium) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Wheelabrator Abrasives Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Bedford, VA, latest year 2020. Form-R rows span 2019–2020 (2 years). NAICS 327910 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 16.4% of Bedford TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant (Δ 749 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Wheelabrator Abrasives Inc stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · 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