US Army Picatinny Arsenal
Total reported releases 15k lb rose sharply year over year (+64%). Total releases concentrations are up 64% since 2023.
STATE ROUTE 15, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey · 921190 · Other · operated by US Department Of Defense
Notable Signals
No notable signals at this facility for the current reporting year. See chemicals and equity context below for the full picture.
What This Facility Releases
Lead
Lead volumes here are too small to anchor a multi-year trend; YoY movement is still shown above.
Lead compounds
Lead compounds volumes here are too small to anchor a multi-year trend; YoY movement is still shown above.
Methanol
Methanol concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2023.
Nitric acid
Nitric acid concentrations have fallen 33% since 2023.
Toluene
Toluene concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2023.
Ethylbenzene
Ethylbenzene concentrations have more than doubled since 2023.
n-Hexane
n-Hexane volumes here are too small to anchor a multi-year trend; YoY movement is still shown above.
Acetonitrile
Acetonitrile concentrations have more than doubled since 2023.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (25 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 41,762. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.