EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Novolex Shields
Yakima, WA
- Total releases
- 1.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2020
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Novolex Shields: how the 1.0K lbs splits
1.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 1.0K lbs 100.0%
Novolex Shields's 1.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Novolex Shields is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Yakima, WA, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 1.0K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2020, and 1.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2020 reporting years. That ranks 13,803 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. Novolex Shields is pounds #204 and chemical-count #265 at 1.0K 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: Central Pre-Mix - Yakima; Triumph Actuation Systems-Yakima; Ultra Yield Micronutrients; Tree Top Inc - Selah Sprayfield. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Washington: Specification Rubber Products Inc; Transcontinental Spartanburg; Acton Technologies Inc; Evolve Furniture LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds.
Novolex Shields stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.0K lbs (2019–2020). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Specification Rubber Products Inc and Transcontinental Spartanburg.
Novolex Shields vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.0K lbs 47th percentile higher than 47% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Novolex Shields: Lead And Lead Compounds-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Novolex Shields reports the 1,034th-largest volume (1.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Lead And Lead Compounds alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Washington include Specification Rubber Products Inc and Transcontinental Spartanburg.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Novolex Shields's pounds in one chemical - here Lead And Lead Compounds at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Novolex Shields Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Novolex Shields releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Novolex Shields: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2020
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
What this shows Novolex Shields year-over-year reported totals. 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 And Lead Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 1.0K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2020). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 1.0K lbs | - |
Novolex Shields · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Washington - including Central Pre-Mix - Yakima, Triumph Actuation Systems-Yakima, Ultra Yield Micronutrients, ordered by distance.
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Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Washington - e.g. Specification Rubber Products Inc, Transcontinental Spartanburg, Acton Technologies Inc.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Novolex Shields on cumulative reported pounds (1.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Post Consumer Brands LLC, Specification Rubber Products Inc, Weasler Engineering Inc. 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.
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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 And Lead Compounds; nearby reporters include Central Pre-Mix - Yakima. Novolex Shields stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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 Novolex Shields TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Lead And Lead Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Novolex Shields totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Yakima, WA, latest year 2020. Form-R rows span 2019–2020 (2 years). NAICS 326111 · Plastics and Rubber. 0.0% of Yakima TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Post Consumer Brands LLC (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Novolex Shields stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Lead And Lead Compounds. 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