EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Northwest Etch
Tacoma, WA
- Total releases
- 27 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Northwest Etch: how the 27 lbs splits
27 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 27 lbs 100.0%
Northwest Etch's 27 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: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Northwest Etch is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Tacoma, WA, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 10 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 27 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 17,719 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Washington's 311 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Northwest Etch is pounds #266 and chemical-count #291 at 27 lbs. Lamb Weston Inc Richland Facility leads reported pounds (13.1M lbs) at 3 chemicals (chemical-count #106). Hf Sinclair Puget Sound Refining LLC leads chemical count at 46 chemicals (711.7K lbs, pounds #26). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Airgas USA LLC; Bradken Energy; General Plastics Manufacturing Co; Caraustar Tacoma Paperboard. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Washington: Cst Covers; Forged Products; Alco Manufacturing Corp; Holo-Krome Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
Northwest Etch stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 27 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Cst Covers and Forged Products.
Northwest Etch vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
27 lbs 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Northwest Etch in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Northwest Etch reports the 2,409th-largest volume (27 lbs). Scale peers outside Washington include Cst Covers and Forged Products.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Northwest Etch Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Northwest Etch releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 27 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases held roughly flat (10 lbs to 10 lbs).
Northwest Etch: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Northwest Etch year-over-year reported totals (held roughly flat 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: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 10 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 6 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 10 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 27 lbs | - |
Northwest Etch · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Northwest Etch
Closest other reporters in Washington - including Airgas USA LLC, Bradken Energy, General Plastics Manufacturing Co, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 310 other reporting facilities in Washington.
Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Washington - e.g. Cst Covers, Forged Products, Alco Manufacturing Corp.
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 Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); nearby reporters include Airgas USA LLC. Northwest Etch stamps TRACE 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.
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This Northwest Etch TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Northwest Etch totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Tacoma, WA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (4 years). NAICS 332999 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Pierce TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Coastal Agrobusiness Inc-Tcs (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Northwest Etch stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size). 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