Facility detail

WATSONTOWN BRICK CO

RT 405, WATSONTOWN, PA, 17777

Parent company: GENERAL SHALE BRICK INC

Carcinogen PBT — EPA classifications across all reporting years

Year-over-year total releases

Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.

Top chemical totals

The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.

Full release table

Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.

All values in pounds (lbs)
Year Hydrogen fluoride Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) Manganese compounds Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) Total (lbs)
2024 1,220 — — — — 1,231
2023 1,276 — — — — 1,287
2022 1,520 — — — — 1,520
2021 1,374 — — — — 1,374
2020 1,200 — — — — 1,200
2019 1,288 — — — — 1,288
2018 1,490 — 1 3 0 1,494
2017 5,915 — 4 7 5 5,932
2016 2,221 — 1 2 1 2,225
2015 13,376 — 2 7 4 13,390
2014 14,061 — 5 10 5 14,082
2013 8,003 — 2 5 3 8,014
2012 12,761 — 5 6 4 12,777
2011 11,122 — 3 4 3 11,133
2010 1,291 — — 2 1 1,294
2009 1,402 657 1 4 2 2,067
2008 19,773 — 5 7 13 19,804
2007 37,915 — 13 16 11 37,960
2006 — — 21 20 4 45
2005 — — 18 15 12 51
2004 — — 11 7 14 40
2003 — — 30 6 7 43
2002 13,240 13,540 29 7 — 26,816
2001 22,715 10,201 8 4 — 32,928
2000 60,515 27,083 41 12 — 87,651
1999 57,116 25,710 — — — 82,826
1998 54,421 — — — — 54,421
1997 49,112 — — — — 49,112
1996 38,967 — — — — 38,967
1995 40,453 — — — — 40,453
1994 35,816 — — — — 35,816
1993 31,812 — — — — 31,812
1992 37,804 — — — — 37,804
1991 30,874 — — — — 30,874
1990 33,350 — — — — 33,350
1989 36,424 — — — — 36,424

▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.