Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
FRANKLIN SMELTING & REFINING CORP
CASTOR AVE EAST OF RICHMOND STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA, 19134
Parent company: NA
Carcinogen
PBT
— EPA classifications across all reporting years
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 | Zinc (fume or dust) | Lead | Copper | Cadmium | Chromium | Total (lbs) |
| 1996 | 16,661 | 6,319 | 1,000 | 1,250 | 1,250 | 27,300 |
| 1995 | 16,661 | 6,319 | 4,485 | 1,250 | 1,250 | 30,970 |
| 1994 | 16,627 | 6,306 | 4,476 | 1,250 | 1,250 | 30,914 |
| 1993 | 16,533 | 1,250 | 4,512 | 1,250 | 1,250 | 26,050 |
| 1992 | 17,140 | 7,180 | 4,660 | 1,250 | 1,250 | 32,980 |
| 1991 | 24,635 | 6,676 | 5,850 | 1,250 | 1,250 | 41,161 |
| 1990 | 21,500 | 7,100 | 6,200 | 1,250 | 750 | 37,800 |
| 1989 | 25,050 | 6,919 | 5,975 | 1,250 | 1,250 | 42,944 |
| 1988 | — | 6,940 | — | 1,250 | — | 16,040 |
| 1987 | 26,483 | — | 7,985 | — | 1,250 | 36,468 |
▎ 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.