EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Rec Solar Grade Silicon
Moses Lake, WA
- Total releases
- 385 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Rec Solar Grade Silicon: how the 385 lbs splits
385 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 385 lbs 100.0%
Rec Solar Grade Silicon's 385 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: Nitric acid.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Rec Solar Grade Silicon is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Moses Lake, WA, in the primary metals sector. It reported 66 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 385 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 15,106 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. Rec Solar Grade Silicon is pounds #222 and chemical-count #272 at 385 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: Performix Nutrition Systems LLC; Simplot U.S. Food Group Holdings Llc.; D&l Foundry Inc; Boeing A&m Moses Lake. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Washington: Universal Electric Foundry Inc; Premier Aluminum LLC; Steel Warehouse Tennessee; Pimalco (a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Arconic). Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid.
Rec Solar Grade Silicon stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 385 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Universal Electric Foundry Inc and Premier Aluminum LLC.
Rec Solar Grade Silicon vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
385 lbs 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Rec Solar Grade Silicon in the Primary Metals sector extract
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Rec Solar Grade Silicon reports the 1,111th-largest volume (385 lbs). Scale peers outside Washington include Universal Electric Foundry Inc and Premier Aluminum LLC.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Rec Solar Grade Silicon Form-R facts
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See how Rec Solar Grade Silicon stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
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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 Rec Solar Grade Silicon releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 385 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 47% (124 lbs to 66 lbs).
Rec Solar Grade Silicon: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Rec Solar Grade Silicon year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 47% 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: Nitric acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 124 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 67 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 66 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 62 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 66 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 385 lbs | - |
Rec Solar Grade Silicon · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Rec Solar Grade Silicon
Closest other reporters in Washington - including Performix Nutrition Systems LLC, Simplot U.S. Food Group Holdings Llc., D&l Foundry Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Washington - e.g. Universal Electric Foundry Inc, Premier Aluminum LLC, Steel Warehouse Tennessee.
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 Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Performix Nutrition Systems LLC. Rec Solar Grade Silicon 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.
Use and verify this record
This Rec Solar Grade Silicon TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Rec Solar Grade Silicon totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Moses Lake, WA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331410 · Primary Metals. 0.0% of Grant TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Farbest Foods Inc. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Rec Solar Grade Silicon stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid. 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